Splitting the work into main projects, hobby builds, and experiments
The homepage and projects view work better once the structure matches how I actually think about the work instead of forcing everything into one flat archive.
The old structure was too flat
When every project lives in one bucket, the site starts treating very different work as if it should be judged the same way. A maintained product, a side tool, and a one-off experiment do not deserve the same framing.
The new buckets
The fix was to split the work into three groups:
- Main projects for the things I actively maintain.
- Hobby projects for smaller tools that still matter.
- Experiments for ideas that are useful mostly because they taught me something.
Why it reads better
Once the structure matched how I already think about the work, the homepage and projects pages became easier to scan. The categories started explaining the portfolio instead of fighting it.
Why it helps later
This also makes future updates cleaner. New projects now have a clearer home, and the site navigation can reflect intent instead of pretending everything belongs in one archive.
