ci: auto-tag CalVer after deploy if commit untagged

Hero subtitle and blurb rewritten to lead with security operations
and homelab credentials over generic "builder" framing.

Projects: archive plAIground, service-monitor, ThoughtSpace (2025);
add open-pact and helm as featured; add risk-ops to archive (2026).
Add statusBadge + externalUrl to Project type; wire golf-book-mobile.

Services: 24 → 37 — split grouped arr/media entries, add mail relay,
gluetun, Home Assistant, Glance, Filebrowser, Prowlarr, Bazarr,
nzbget, qBittorrent, Kavita, Openshelf. Drop Calibre-Web.

Skills: add Go to Languages. Timeline: update monitoring stack.
Homelab ADRs: add Authentik over Authelia.

.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -41,3 +41,30 @@ jobs:
              docker stop portfolio 2>/dev/null || true && \
              docker rm portfolio 2>/dev/null || true && \
              docker run -d --name portfolio -p 80:80 --restart unless-stopped portfolio"
+
+      - name: Tag release (CalVer)
+        run: |
+          git fetch --tags
+          if git describe --exact-match --tags HEAD 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Commit already tagged, skipping."
+          else
+            YEAR=$(date +%Y)
+            MONTH=$(date +%m)
+            LATEST=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | grep -E '^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]+$' | head -1)
+            if [ -n "$LATEST" ]; then
+              LATEST_YEAR=$(echo "$LATEST" | cut -d. -f1)
+              LATEST_MONTH=$(echo "$LATEST" | cut -d. -f2)
+              LATEST_MICRO=$(echo "$LATEST" | cut -d. -f3)
+              if [ "$YEAR" = "$LATEST_YEAR" ] && [ "$MONTH" = "$LATEST_MONTH" ]; then
+                MICRO=$((LATEST_MICRO + 1))
+              else
+                MICRO=1
+              fi
+            else
+              MICRO=1
+            fi
+            NEW_TAG="${YEAR}.$(printf '%02d' $MONTH).${MICRO}"
+            git tag "$NEW_TAG"
+            git push origin "$NEW_TAG"
+            echo "Tagged $NEW_TAG"
+          fi

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pages
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm ci && npm run build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: out/
+
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# lerko96 portfolio
+# Tyler Koenig portfolio
 
-Personal portfolio site. Live at [lerkolabs.com](https://lerkolabs.com) — self-hosted, deployed and maintained through my own operation.
+Personal portfolio site. Live at [lerkolabs.com](https://lerkolabs.com) — self-hosted.
 
-Source lives on my Gitea at [gitea.lerkolabs.com](https://gitea.lerkolabs.com). GitHub is a backup mirror, not the primary.
+Source: [gitea.lerkolabs.com/lerko/portfolio](https://gitea.lerkolabs.com/lerko/portfolio)
 
 **Stack:** Next.js 16 · React 19 · TypeScript · Tailwind v4
 
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Source lives on my Gitea at [gitea.lerkolabs.com](https://gitea.lerkolabs.com).
 
 ## Branches
 
-- `dev` — source code, all work happens here
-- `master` — built output only; what GitHub Pages serves for the backup mirror. don't touch this manually.
+- `dev` — source code; pushing here updates lerkolabs.com
+- `master` — reserved for future GitHub mirror; don't touch manually
 
 ---
 
@@ -20,18 +20,20 @@ Source lives on my Gitea at [gitea.lerkolabs.com](https://gitea.lerkolabs.com).
 ```bash
 npm run dev      # dev server at localhost:3000
 npm run build    # static export into out/
-npm run deploy   # build + push out/ to master (GitHub mirror)
 ```
 
 ---
 
-## How it deploys
+## Deploy
 
-`npm run deploy` runs `predeploy` (build) then pushes the `out/` directory to `master` via `gh-pages`. That's what feeds the GitHub Pages backup at lerko96.com.
+```bash
+git checkout dev && git merge <branch> && git push gitea dev
+```
 
-`postbuild` drops `out/.nojekyll` so GitHub Pages doesn't ignore `_next/` assets.
-
-Custom domain is in `public/CNAME` — gets copied into `out/` on build.
+Push to `dev` triggers Gitea Actions (`.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml`):
+1. Builds the static site (`npm run build`)
+2. rsyncs `out/` to the portfolio LXC
+3. Rebuilds and restarts the Docker container serving lerkolabs.com
 
 ---
 
@@ -51,8 +53,7 @@ src/
   data/
     projects.ts         # all projects, featured + archive split
     services.ts         # homelab services with categories
-public/
-  CNAME                 # www.lerko96.com
+public/                 # static assets copied into out/ on build
 ```
 
 > Tailwind v4 is CSS-first — no `tailwind.config.ts`. All custom tokens live in `globals.css` under `@theme {}`.

src/app/archive/page.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
+import Widget from "@/components/Widget";
 import { archiveProjects } from "@/data/projects";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
@@ -9,51 +10,59 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
 export default function ArchivePage() {
   return (
     <>
-      <div className="mb-14">
-        <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-2">
-          Archive
+      <div className="mb-16">
+        <p className="font-mono text-base font-bold text-[var(--color-text)] mb-3">
+          <span className="text-[var(--color-accent-green)] select-none mr-2" aria-hidden="true">❯</span>
+          tyler/projects/archive
         </p>
-        <h1 className="font-mono text-2xl font-bold text-[var(--color-text-light)] mb-4">
-          Earlier Work
-        </h1>
-        <p className="text-[var(--color-grey-3)] text-sm leading-relaxed max-w-xl">
-          Experiments, browser extensions, and bootcamp projects. Kept here for context — not representative of current work.
+        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed max-w-xl opacity-80">
+          Experiments, browser extensions, and bootcamp projects. Kept here for context — not
+          representative of current work.
         </p>
       </div>
 
-      <div className="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-5">
+      <Widget title="tyler/projects/archive" badge={archiveProjects.length} as="section">
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-px bg-[var(--color-border)]">
           {archiveProjects.map((project) => (
             <a
               key={project.slug}
               href={project.githubUrl}
               target="_blank"
               rel="noopener noreferrer"
-            className="group border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] rounded-lg p-6 bg-[var(--color-bg)] hover:border-[var(--color-green-darker)] transition-colors flex flex-col gap-4"
+              className="bg-[var(--color-surface)] hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)] flex items-start justify-between gap-6 px-4 py-4 group"
             >
-            <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-2">
-              <h2 className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold text-[var(--color-text-light)] group-hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors">
+              <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1 min-w-0">
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+                  {project.year && (
+                    <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)] shrink-0">
+                      {project.year}
+                    </span>
+                  )}
+                  <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] group-hover:text-[var(--color-accent-green)] truncate">
                     {project.title}
-              </h2>
-              <i className="fas fa-arrow-up-right-from-square text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] shrink-0 mt-0.5 group-hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors" aria-hidden="true" />
+                  </span>
                 </div>
-
-            <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] leading-relaxed flex-1">
+                <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed opacity-75">
                   {project.description}
                 </p>
-
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+                <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-3 gap-y-0.5">
                   {project.tags.map((tag) => (
-                <span
-                  key={tag}
-                  className="font-mono text-xs px-2 py-0.5 border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] text-[var(--color-grey-2)] rounded"
-                >
+                    <span key={tag} className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">
                       {tag}
                     </span>
                   ))}
                 </div>
+              </div>
+              <span
+                className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-label)] group-hover:text-[var(--color-text)] shrink-0 mt-0.5"
+                aria-hidden="true"
+              >
+                ↗
+              </span>
             </a>
           ))}
         </div>
+      </Widget>
     </>
   );
 }

src/app/globals.css

@@ -3,65 +3,86 @@
 @variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));
 
 @theme {
-  /* Colors */
-  --color-green: #2bf3c4;
-  --color-green-dark: #27bb98;
-  --color-green-darker: #238770;
-  --color-green-darkest: #1f4b40;
+  /* macOS Classic Dark (default) */
+  --color-bg:             #131313;
+  --color-surface:        #1e1d1e;
+  --color-surface-raised: #272727;
+  --color-border:         #3a3a3a;
+  --color-border-bright:  #404040;
+  --color-text:           #caccca;
+  --color-text-label:     #9e9e9e;
+  --color-text-dim:       #8f8f8f;
+  --color-accent-green:   #62ba46;
+  --color-accent-red:     #c74028;
 
-  --color-bg: #272727;
-  --color-bg-deep: #1b1b1b;
-  --color-surface: #333333;
-
-  --color-grey-1: #4b4b4b;
-  --color-grey-2: #707171;
-  --color-grey-3: #999a9a;
-  --color-grey-4: #c5c6c6;
-
-  --color-text: #c5c6c6;
-  --color-text-muted: #999a9a;
-  --color-text-light: #f7f9fb;
+  /* Timeline type colors — dark */
+  --color-timeline-career:    #62ba46;
+  --color-timeline-education: #c28b12;
+  --color-timeline-cert:      #c75828;
+  --color-timeline-project:   #c72855;
+  --color-timeline-homelab:   #e1d797;
 
   /* Typography */
   --font-mono: "Source Code Pro", ui-monospace, monospace;
-  --font-sans: "Montserrat", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
+  --font-sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
 
   /* Breakpoints */
   --breakpoint-xs: 576px;
 
   /* Animations */
-  --animate-fade-in: fadeIn 0.6s ease forwards;
-  --animate-slide-up: slideUp 0.5s ease forwards;
-  --animate-app-scale: appScale 0.4s ease forwards;
+  --animate-fade-in: fadeIn 120ms linear forwards;
 
   @keyframes fadeIn {
     from { opacity: 0; }
     to   { opacity: 1; }
   }
-
-  @keyframes slideUp {
-    from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(20px); }
-    to   { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
-  }
-
-  @keyframes appScale {
-    from { transform: scale(0.97); opacity: 0; }
-    to   { transform: scale(1);    opacity: 1; }
-  }
 }
 
 /* Base */
 html {
   scroll-behavior: smooth;
-  background-color: var(--color-bg-deep);
+  font-size: 14px;
+  background-color: var(--color-bg);
   color: var(--color-text);
-  font-family: var(--font-sans);
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
 }
 
-* {
+@keyframes blink { 50% { opacity: 0; } }
+.animate-cursor { animation: blink 1s step-start infinite; }
+
+@layer base {
+  * {
     box-sizing: border-box;
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+/* macOS Classic Light overrides */
+:root:not(.dark) {
+  --color-bg:             #ffffff;
+  --color-surface:        #f9f9f9;
+  --color-surface-raised: #f7f7f7;
+  --color-border:         #e0e0e0;
+  --color-border-bright:  #d2d2d2;
+  --color-text:           #000000;
+  --color-text-label:     #505050;
+  --color-text-dim:       #929292;
+  --color-accent-green:   #036a07;
+  --color-accent-red:     #d21f07;
+
+  --color-timeline-career:    #036a07;
+  --color-timeline-education: #0433ff;
+  --color-timeline-cert:      #957931;
+  --color-timeline-project:   #6f42c1;
+  --color-timeline-homelab:   #0000a2;
+}
+
+/* Default transitions — linear, fast */
+a,
+button {
+  transition: color 120ms linear, border-color 120ms linear,
+    background-color 120ms linear, opacity 120ms linear;
 }
 
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {

src/app/homelab/page.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
+import Widget from "@/components/Widget";
 import { services, categoryOrder, categoryLabels } from "@/data/services";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
@@ -7,6 +8,18 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
     "Production-grade personal homelab: Proxmox, pfSense, 8 VLANs, WireGuard, Caddy, Authentik SSO, and 20+ self-hosted services.",
 };
 
+const glanceStats = [
+  { label: "Hypervisor", value: "Proxmox VE" },
+  { label: "Firewall", value: "pfSense (Intel N100)" },
+  { label: "Switching", value: "TP-Link Omada (managed)" },
+  { label: "ISP", value: "AT&T Fiber 1 Gbps" },
+  { label: "VPN", value: "WireGuard (pfSense)" },
+  { label: "Reverse Proxy", value: "Caddy + Cloudflare DNS-01" },
+  { label: "Auth", value: "Authentik SSO" },
+  { label: "DNS", value: "Pi-hole → Unbound → Cloudflare" },
+  { label: "Containers", value: "9 LXC + 2 VMs" },
+];
+
 const vlans = [
   { id: "1000", name: "MGMT",    subnet: "10.0.0.0/24",   purpose: "Network equipment only" },
   { id: "1010", name: "LAN",     subnet: "10.1.0.0/24",   purpose: "Trusted personal devices" },
@@ -58,8 +71,13 @@ const adrs = [
   {
     title: "Gitea CI/CD: Self-hosted runner with container build + SSH rsync deploy",
     decision:
-      "act_runner v0.3.1 on Gitea LXC (10.99.0.22). Push to dev → node:22-alpine container builds Next.js → rsync out/ to Portfolio LXC → SSH docker rebuild. Runner WorkingDirectory=/opt/docker/gitea. Feature branches for daily work; merge to dev to deploy.",
-    why: "Keeps the full pipeline internal — no GitHub Actions, no external runners. Build runs in an isolated Alpine container so the Gitea LXC isn't polluted. Portfolio LXC (10.99.0.23) just serves pre-built static files via nginx. Runner must be registered with the LXC IP (10.99.0.22:3000), not localhost — containers can't resolve localhost to the host. The .runner file must live in WorkingDirectory or the daemon crashes on start.",
+      "act_runner v0.3.1 on Gitea LXC (10.99.0.22). Push to dev → node:22-alpine container builds Next.js → rsync out/ to Portfolio LXC → SSH docker rebuild.",
+    why: "Keeps the full pipeline internal — no GitHub Actions, no external runners. Build runs in an isolated Alpine container so the Gitea LXC isn't polluted. Portfolio LXC (10.99.0.23) just serves pre-built static files via nginx.",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Authentik over Authelia",
+    decision: "Authentik as the SSO provider across all self-hosted services.",
+    why: "Full OIDC provider + forward auth in one. Lets services like Outline, Gitea, and Vikunja use real SSO rather than just a login gate. Authelia is forward-auth only — no OIDC provider capability.",
   },
 ];
 
@@ -68,114 +86,110 @@ export default function HomelabPage() {
     <>
       {/* Header */}
       <div className="mb-16">
-        <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-2">
-          lerkolabs
+        <p className="font-mono text-base font-bold text-[var(--color-text)] mb-3">
+          <span className="text-[var(--color-accent-green)] select-none mr-2" aria-hidden="true">❯</span>
+          homelab
         </p>
-        <h1 className="font-mono text-2xl font-bold text-[var(--color-text-light)] mb-4">
-          Home Infrastructure Lab
-        </h1>
-        <p className="text-[var(--color-grey-3)] text-sm leading-relaxed max-w-2xl">
-          Personal infrastructure environment for learning, self-hosting, and operational practice.
-          Running 24/7 on production-grade hardware with real network segmentation, SSO,
-          monitoring, and IaC-style documentation.
+        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed max-w-2xl opacity-80">
+          Personal infrastructure environment for learning, self-hosting, and operational
+          practice. Running 24/7 on production-grade hardware with real network segmentation,
+          SSO, monitoring, and IaC-style documentation.
         </p>
       </div>
 
-      {/* At a glance */}
-      <section className="mb-16" aria-labelledby="glance-heading">
-        <h2
-          id="glance-heading"
-          className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-6"
-        >
-          At a Glance
-        </h2>
-        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 xs:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
-          {[
-            { label: "Hypervisor", value: "Proxmox VE" },
-            { label: "Firewall", value: "pfSense (Intel N100)" },
-            { label: "Switching", value: "TP-Link Omada (managed)" },
-            { label: "ISP", value: "AT&T Fiber 1 Gbps" },
-            { label: "VPN", value: "WireGuard (pfSense)" },
-            { label: "Reverse Proxy", value: "Caddy + Cloudflare DNS-01" },
-            { label: "Auth", value: "Authentik SSO" },
-            { label: "DNS", value: "Pi-hole → Unbound → Cloudflare" },
-            { label: "Containers", value: "9 LXC + 2 VMs" },
-          ].map(({ label, value }) => (
+      {/* At a Glance */}
+      <Widget title="homelab/overview" badge={glanceStats.length} as="section">
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 xs:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 gap-px bg-[var(--color-border)]">
+          {glanceStats.map(({ label, value }) => (
             <div
               key={label}
-              className="border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] rounded-lg p-4 bg-[var(--color-bg)]"
+              className="bg-[var(--color-surface)] px-4 py-3"
             >
-              <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] mb-1">{label}</p>
-              <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-light)]">{value}</p>
+              <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)] uppercase tracking-wider mb-1">
+                {label}
+              </p>
+              <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)]">{value}</p>
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>
-      </section>
+      </Widget>
 
       {/* VLAN table */}
-      <section className="mb-16" aria-labelledby="network-heading">
-        <h2
-          id="network-heading"
-          className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-6"
+      <Widget
+        title="homelab/network"
+        meta="8 isolated vlans · default deny inter-vlan"
+        as="section"
       >
-          Network — 8 Isolated VLANs
-        </h2>
-        <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] mb-4">
-          Default deny inter-VLAN policy. Each VLAN has explicit firewall rules for what it can reach.
-        </p>
         <div className="overflow-x-auto">
-          <table className="w-full text-sm border-collapse">
+          <table className="w-full text-xs border-collapse">
             <thead>
-              <tr className="border-b border-[var(--color-grey-1)]">
-                <th className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] text-left py-2 pr-4 uppercase tracking-wider">VLAN</th>
-                <th className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] text-left py-2 pr-4 uppercase tracking-wider">Name</th>
-                <th className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] text-left py-2 pr-4 uppercase tracking-wider">Subnet</th>
-                <th className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] text-left py-2 uppercase tracking-wider">Purpose</th>
+              <tr className="border-b border-[var(--color-border)]">
+                <th className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text-dim)] text-left py-2 pr-6 uppercase tracking-wider">
+                  VLAN
+                </th>
+                <th className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text-dim)] text-left py-2 pr-6 uppercase tracking-wider">
+                  Name
+                </th>
+                <th className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text-dim)] text-left py-2 pr-6 uppercase tracking-wider">
+                  Subnet
+                </th>
+                <th className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text-dim)] text-left py-2 uppercase tracking-wider">
+                  Purpose
+                </th>
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
               {vlans.map((v) => (
-                <tr key={v.id} className="border-b border-[var(--color-grey-1)] border-opacity-30 hover:bg-[var(--color-bg)] transition-colors">
-                  <td className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] py-2.5 pr-4">{v.id}</td>
-                  <td className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-light)] py-2.5 pr-4">{v.name}</td>
-                  <td className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] py-2.5 pr-4">{v.subnet}</td>
-                  <td className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] py-2.5">{v.purpose}</td>
+                <tr
+                  key={v.id}
+                  className="border-b border-[var(--color-border)] hover:bg-[var(--color-surface)]"
+                >
+                  <td className="font-mono text-[var(--color-accent-green)] py-2.5 pr-6">
+                    {v.id}
+                  </td>
+                  <td className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text)] py-2.5 pr-6">{v.name}</td>
+                  <td className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text-label)] py-2.5 pr-6">
+                    {v.subnet}
+                  </td>
+                  <td className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] py-2.5 opacity-80">{v.purpose}</td>
                 </tr>
               ))}
             </tbody>
           </table>
         </div>
-      </section>
+      </Widget>
 
       {/* Services */}
-      <section className="mb-16" aria-labelledby="services-heading">
-        <h2
-          id="services-heading"
-          className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-6"
+      <Widget
+        title="homelab/services"
+        badge={services.length}
+        as="section"
       >
-          Self-Hosted Services
-        </h2>
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-8">
           {categoryOrder.map((cat) => {
             const catServices = services.filter((s) => s.category === cat);
             return (
               <div key={cat}>
-                <h3 className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] uppercase tracking-wider mb-3">
+                <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)] uppercase tracking-wider mb-3">
                   {categoryLabels[cat]}
-                </h3>
-                <div className="grid grid-cols-1 xs:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 gap-3">
+                </p>
+                <div className="grid grid-cols-1 xs:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 gap-px bg-[var(--color-border)]">
                   {catServices.map((svc) => (
                     <div
                       key={svc.name}
-                      className="flex items-start gap-3 border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] rounded-lg p-4 bg-[var(--color-bg)] hover:border-[var(--color-green-darker)] transition-colors"
+                      className="bg-[var(--color-surface)] hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)] flex items-start gap-3 px-4 py-3"
                     >
                       <i
-                        className={`${svc.icon} text-[var(--color-green)] text-sm mt-0.5 w-4 shrink-0`}
+                        className={`${svc.icon} text-[var(--color-text-label)] text-xs mt-0.5 w-3.5 shrink-0`}
                         aria-hidden="true"
                       />
                       <div>
-                        <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-light)] mb-0.5">{svc.name}</p>
-                        <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] leading-relaxed">{svc.description}</p>
+                        <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text)] mb-0.5">
+                          {svc.name}
+                        </p>
+                        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed opacity-75">
+                          {svc.description}
+                        </p>
                       </div>
                     </div>
                   ))}
@@ -184,52 +198,48 @@ export default function HomelabPage() {
             );
           })}
         </div>
-      </section>
+      </Widget>
 
       {/* ADRs */}
-      <section className="mb-16" aria-labelledby="adr-heading">
-        <h2
-          id="adr-heading"
-          className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-2"
+      <Widget
+        title="homelab/ADRs"
+        meta="why things are configured the way they are"
+        badge={adrs.length}
+        as="section"
       >
-          Architecture Decisions
-        </h2>
-        <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] mb-6">
-          Short-form ADRs — why things are configured the way they are.
-        </p>
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-5">
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-px bg-[var(--color-border)]">
           {adrs.map((adr) => (
             <div
               key={adr.title}
-              className="border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] rounded-lg p-5 bg-[var(--color-bg)] hover:border-[var(--color-green-darker)] transition-colors"
+              className="bg-[var(--color-surface)] hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)] px-4 py-4"
             >
-              <h3 className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-light)] mb-2">{adr.title}</h3>
-              <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] leading-relaxed mb-2">
-                <span className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)]">Decision: </span>{adr.decision}
+              <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] mb-2">{adr.title}</p>
+              <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed mb-1.5 opacity-75">
+                <span className="text-[var(--color-text-label)] opacity-100">decision: </span>
+                {adr.decision}
               </p>
-              <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)] leading-relaxed">
-                <span className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)]">Why: </span>{adr.why}
+              <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed opacity-75">
+                <span className="text-[var(--color-text-label)] opacity-100">why: </span>
+                {adr.why}
               </p>
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>
-      </section>
+      </Widget>
 
       {/* GitHub CTA */}
-      <section className="border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] rounded-lg p-6 bg-[var(--color-bg)] flex flex-col sm:flex-row items-start sm:items-center justify-between gap-4">
-        <div>
-          <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-light)] mb-1">lerkolabs on GitHub</p>
-          <p className="text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-3)]">
-            Full documentation: VLAN maps, runbooks, service registry, config exports, and setup guides.
+      <section className="pt-2">
+        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-dim)] mb-1">homelab/docs → github.com/lerko96/homelab-wip</p>
+        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] mb-3 opacity-75">
+          VLAN maps, runbooks, service registry, config exports, and setup guides.
         </p>
-        </div>
         <a
           href="https://github.com/lerko96/homelab-wip"
           target="_blank"
           rel="noopener noreferrer"
-          className="shrink-0 font-mono text-xs px-4 py-2 border border-[var(--color-green-darker)] text-[var(--color-green)] rounded hover:bg-[var(--color-green-darkest)] transition-colors"
+          className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
         >
-          View repo <i className="fas fa-arrow-up-right-from-square ml-1 text-xs" aria-hidden="true" />
+          ↗ github.com/lerko96/homelab-wip
         </a>
       </section>
     </>

src/app/layout.tsx

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
-import { Montserrat, Source_Code_Pro } from "next/font/google";
+import { Source_Code_Pro } from "next/font/google";
 import "./globals.css";
 import ThemeScript from "@/components/ThemeScript";
 import Nav from "@/components/Nav";
 import Footer from "@/components/Footer";
 import { ThemeProvider } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 
-const montserrat = Montserrat({
-  subsets: ["latin"],
-  variable: "--font-sans",
-  display: "swap",
-});
-
 const sourceCodePro = Source_Code_Pro({
   subsets: ["latin"],
   variable: "--font-mono",
@@ -19,7 +13,7 @@ const sourceCodePro = Source_Code_Pro({
 });
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
-  title: "Tyler Koenig | Portfolio",
+  title: "Tyler Koenig",
   description:
     "SOC Helpdesk I by day, building beyond the title. Projects in AI tooling, mobile apps, infrastructure, and more.",
 };
@@ -33,22 +27,21 @@ export default function RootLayout({
     <html lang="en" className="dark">
       <head>
         <ThemeScript />
-        <link
-          rel="stylesheet"
-          href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.0/css/all.min.css"
-          crossOrigin="anonymous"
-          referrerPolicy="no-referrer"
-        />
       </head>
       <body
-        className={`${montserrat.variable} ${sourceCodePro.variable} bg-[var(--color-bg-deep)] text-[var(--color-text)] font-sans min-h-screen`}
+        className={`${sourceCodePro.variable} bg-[var(--color-bg)] text-[var(--color-text)] font-mono min-h-screen`}
       >
         <ThemeProvider>
+          {/* Full-width sticky nav */}
           <Nav />
-          <main className="max-w-5xl mx-auto px-6 py-16">
+
+          {/* Centered content column — border-l/r makes centering always visible */}
+          <div className="max-w-[740px] mx-auto border-l border-r border-[var(--color-border)]">
+            <main className="px-8 py-14">
               {children}
             </main>
             <Footer />
+          </div>
         </ThemeProvider>
       </body>
     </html>

src/app/page.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 import Hero from "@/components/Hero";
 import Skills from "@/components/Skills";
+import Timeline from "@/components/Timeline";
 import ProjectCard from "@/components/ProjectCard";
+import Widget from "@/components/Widget";
 import { featuredProjects } from "@/data/projects";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
-  title: "Tyler Koenig | Portfolio",
+  title: "Tyler Koenig",
   description:
     "SOC Helpdesk I by day, building beyond the title. Projects in AI tooling, mobile apps, infrastructure, and more.",
 };
@@ -14,19 +16,15 @@ export default function Home() {
   return (
     <>
       <Hero />
-      <Skills />
-
-      <section aria-labelledby="projects-heading">
-        <h2
-          id="projects-heading"
-          className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-10"
-        >
-          Projects
-        </h2>
-        {featuredProjects.map((project, i) => (
-          <ProjectCard key={project.slug} project={project} reversed={i % 2 !== 0} />
+      <Widget title="tyler/projects" badge={featuredProjects.length}>
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+          {featuredProjects.map((project) => (
+            <ProjectCard key={project.slug} project={project} />
           ))}
-      </section>
+        </div>
+      </Widget>
+      <Skills />
+      <Timeline />
     </>
   );
 }

src/components/Footer.tsx

@@ -1,35 +1,28 @@
 export default function Footer() {
   return (
-    <footer className="border-t border-[var(--color-grey-1)] py-8 mt-16">
-      <div className="max-w-5xl mx-auto px-6 flex flex-col sm:flex-row items-center justify-between gap-4">
-        <p className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] tracking-widest">
+    <footer className="border-t border-[var(--color-border)] py-5 mt-8">
+      <div className="px-8 flex items-center justify-between">
+        <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">
           &copy; {new Date().getFullYear()} Tyler Koenig
-        </p>
+        </span>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-5">
           <a
             href="https://github.com/lerko96"
             target="_blank"
             rel="noopener noreferrer"
             aria-label="GitHub"
-            className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
+            className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
           >
-            <i className="fab fa-github text-lg" aria-hidden="true" />
+            [github]
           </a>
           <a
             href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-koenig"
             target="_blank"
             rel="noopener noreferrer"
             aria-label="LinkedIn"
-            className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
+            className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
           >
-            <i className="fab fa-linkedin text-lg" aria-hidden="true" />
-          </a>
-          <a
-            href="mailto:tylerkoenig96@gmail.com"
-            aria-label="Email"
-            className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
-          >
-            <i className="fas fa-envelope text-lg" aria-hidden="true" />
+            [linkedin]
           </a>
         </div>
       </div>

src/components/Hero.tsx

@@ -1,61 +1,53 @@
-import Image from "next/image";
-
 export default function Hero() {
   return (
-    <section className="flex flex-col sm:flex-row items-center sm:items-start gap-8 mb-20">
-      <div className="shrink-0">
-        <Image
-          src="/images/headshot-tyler_koenig.png"
-          alt="Tyler Koenig"
-          width={120}
-          height={120}
-          className="rounded-full border-2 border-[var(--color-green-darker)]"
-          priority
-        />
-      </div>
-
-      <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 text-center sm:text-left">
+    <section className="mb-16">
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
         <div>
-          <h1 className="font-mono text-2xl font-bold text-[var(--color-text-light)] tracking-wide">
-            Tyler Koenig
-          </h1>
-          <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mt-1">
-            SOC Helpdesk I by day, building beyond the title
+          <p className="font-mono text-base font-bold text-[var(--color-text)]">
+            <span className="text-[var(--color-accent-green)] select-none mr-2" aria-hidden="true">❯</span>
+            tyler koenig
+          </p>
+          <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] mt-0.5">
+            Security Operations · Self-Hosted Infrastructure
           </p>
         </div>
 
-        <p className="text-[var(--color-grey-3)] text-sm leading-relaxed max-w-lg">
-          I write software and run infrastructure that goes well past what my job
-          title implies. Games, AI tooling, mobile apps, and a homelab running
-          20+ self-hosted services on segmented VLANs. Continuously learning
-          by building things that actually work.
+        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed max-w-lg opacity-70">
+          Security operations and self-hosted infrastructure. Homelab runs 37
+          services across segmented VLANs — pfSense, Authentik SSO, full
+          observability stack. Write software too: mobile apps, Go backends,
+          open protocols. Daily drivers, all of it.{' '}
+          <span className="animate-cursor text-[var(--color-accent-green)]" aria-hidden="true">█</span>
         </p>
 
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-5 justify-center sm:justify-start">
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-5 gap-y-1">
+          <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-accent-green)]">
+            ● available
+          </span>
           <a
             href="https://github.com/lerko96"
             target="_blank"
             rel="noopener noreferrer"
             aria-label="GitHub"
-            className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
+            className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
           >
-            <i className="fab fa-github text-xl" aria-hidden="true" />
+            [github]
           </a>
           <a
             href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-koenig"
             target="_blank"
             rel="noopener noreferrer"
             aria-label="LinkedIn"
-            className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
+            className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
           >
-            <i className="fab fa-linkedin text-xl" aria-hidden="true" />
+            [linkedin]
           </a>
           <a
             href="mailto:tylerkoenig96@gmail.com"
             aria-label="Email"
-            className="text-[var(--color-grey-2)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
+            className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
           >
-            <i className="fas fa-envelope text-xl" aria-hidden="true" />
+            [email]
           </a>
         </div>
       </div>

src/components/Nav.tsx

@@ -2,39 +2,40 @@
 
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
-
+import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 
 const links = [
-  { href: "/", label: "Home" },
-  { href: "/homelab/", label: "Homelab" },
-  { href: "/archive/", label: "Archive" },
+  { href: "/", label: "tyler" },
+  { href: "/homelab/", label: "homelab" },
+  { href: "/archive/", label: "archive" },
 ];
 
 export default function Nav() {
   const pathname = usePathname();
+  const { isDark, toggle } = useTheme();
   return (
-    <header className="sticky top-0 z-50 bg-[var(--color-bg-deep)] border-b border-[var(--color-grey-1)]">
-      <nav className="max-w-5xl mx-auto px-6 h-14 flex items-center justify-between">
+    <header className="sticky top-0 z-50 bg-[var(--color-surface)] border-b border-[var(--color-border)]">
+      <nav className="max-w-[740px] mx-auto px-8 h-11 flex items-center justify-between">
         <Link
           href="/"
-          className="font-mono text-xl font-bold text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest hover:opacity-80 transition-opacity"
+          className="font-mono text-sm font-bold text-[var(--color-text)] hover:text-[var(--color-text-label)]"
         >
-          tk
+          ~/
         </Link>
 
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-6">
-          <ul className="flex gap-6">
+        <ul className="flex items-center gap-6">
           {links.map(({ href, label }) => {
-              const active = pathname === href || pathname === href.replace(/\/$/, "");
+            const active =
+              pathname === href || pathname === href.replace(/\/$/, "");
             return (
               <li key={href}>
                 <Link
                   href={href}
                   aria-current={active ? "page" : undefined}
-                    className={`text-xs font-mono tracking-widest uppercase transition-colors ${
+                  className={`font-mono text-sm ${
                     active
-                        ? "text-[var(--color-green)]"
-                        : "text-[var(--color-grey-3)] hover:text-[var(--color-grey-4)]"
+                      ? "text-[var(--color-text)]"
+                      : "text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
                   }`}
                 >
                   {label}
@@ -42,9 +43,16 @@ export default function Nav() {
               </li>
             );
           })}
+          <li>
+            <button
+              onClick={toggle}
+              aria-label={isDark ? "Switch to light mode" : "Switch to dark mode"}
+              className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)] cursor-pointer"
+            >
+              {isDark ? "[light]" : "[dark]"}
+            </button>
+          </li>
         </ul>
-
-        </div>
       </nav>
     </header>
   );

src/components/ProjectCard.tsx

@@ -2,68 +2,66 @@ import type { Project } from "@/data/projects";
 
 type Props = {
   project: Project;
-  reversed?: boolean;
 };
 
-export default function ProjectCard({ project, reversed = false }: Props) {
+export default function ProjectCard({ project }: Props) {
   return (
-    <article className={`group flex flex-col ${reversed ? "sm:flex-row-reverse" : "sm:flex-row"} gap-6 mb-16`}>
-      {/* Gradient image tile */}
+    <article className="border border-[var(--color-border)] bg-[var(--color-surface)] flex flex-col gap-4 p-5 hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]">
+      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
         <a
           href={project.githubUrl}
           target="_blank"
           rel="noopener noreferrer"
-        className="shrink-0 sm:w-56 h-36 rounded-lg overflow-hidden"
-        aria-label={`View ${project.title} on GitHub`}
-        tabIndex={-1}
-      >
-        <div
-          className={`w-full h-full bg-gradient-to-br ${project.gradient} flex items-center justify-center transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105`}
-        >
-          <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] opacity-60 tracking-widest">
-            {project.slug}
-          </span>
-        </div>
-      </a>
-
-      {/* Content */}
-      <div className={`flex flex-col justify-center gap-3 ${reversed ? "sm:text-right sm:items-end" : ""}`}>
-        {/* Animated accent bar */}
-        <div
-          className={`h-0.5 w-8 bg-[var(--color-grey-1)] rounded-full transition-all duration-300 group-hover:w-16 group-hover:bg-[var(--color-green-darker)] ${reversed ? "self-end" : ""}`}
-        />
-
-        <div>
-          <a
-            href={project.githubUrl}
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noopener noreferrer"
-            className="font-mono text-base font-semibold text-[var(--color-text-light)] hover:text-[var(--color-green)] transition-colors"
+          className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold text-[var(--color-text)] hover:text-[var(--color-accent-green)]"
         >
           {project.title}
         </a>
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3 shrink-0">
           {project.stats && (
-            <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] ml-3 opacity-70">
+            <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">
               {project.stats}
             </span>
           )}
+          {project.externalUrl && (
+            <a
+              href={project.externalUrl}
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              aria-label={`View ${project.title} externally`}
+              className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
+            >
+              ↗
+            </a>
+          )}
+          <a
+            href={project.githubUrl}
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            aria-label={`View ${project.title} on GitHub`}
+            className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-label)] hover:text-[var(--color-text)]"
+          >
+            ↗
+          </a>
+        </div>
       </div>
 
-        <p className="text-sm text-[var(--color-grey-3)] leading-relaxed max-w-md">
+      {project.statusBadge && (
+        <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-accent-amber,#d4a027)] border border-[var(--color-accent-amber,#d4a027)] px-1.5 py-0.5 w-fit opacity-80">
+          {project.statusBadge}
+        </span>
+      )}
+
+      <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed flex-1 opacity-70">
         {project.description}
       </p>
 
-        <div className={`flex flex-wrap gap-2 ${reversed ? "justify-end" : ""}`}>
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-3 gap-y-1 mt-1">
         {project.tags.map((tag) => (
-            <span
-              key={tag}
-              className="font-mono text-xs px-2 py-0.5 border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] text-[var(--color-grey-2)] rounded"
-            >
+          <span key={tag} className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">
             {tag}
           </span>
         ))}
       </div>
-      </div>
     </article>
   );
 }

src/components/Skills.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+import Widget from "@/components/Widget";
+
 const skillGroups = [
   {
     label: "Languages",
-    skills: ["JavaScript", "TypeScript", "HTML", "CSS"],
+    skills: ["Go", "JavaScript", "TypeScript", "HTML", "CSS"],
   },
   {
-    label: "Frontend & Mobile",
-    skills: ["React", "React Native", "Expo", "Next.js", "Three.js", "Responsive Design"],
+    label: "Frontend",
+    skills: ["React", "React Native", "Expo", "Next.js", "Three.js"],
   },
   {
     label: "Desktop & Tools",
@@ -21,34 +23,26 @@ const skillGroups = [
   },
 ];
 
+const totalCount = skillGroups.reduce((n, g) => n + g.skills.length, 0);
+
 export default function Skills() {
   return (
-    <section className="mb-20" aria-labelledby="skills-heading">
-      <h2
-        id="skills-heading"
-        className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-green)] tracking-widest uppercase mb-8"
-      >
-        Skills
-      </h2>
-      <div className="flex flex-col gap-5">
+    <Widget title="tyler/skills" badge={totalCount} as="section">
+      <div className="flex flex-col">
         {skillGroups.map(({ label, skills }) => (
-          <div key={label} className="flex flex-col xs:flex-row gap-2 xs:items-start">
-            <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-grey-2)] w-36 shrink-0 pt-0.5">
+          <div
+            key={label}
+            className="flex flex-col xs:flex-row gap-1 xs:gap-6 py-3"
+          >
+            <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-dim)] w-28 shrink-0">
               {label}
             </span>
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
-              {skills.map((skill) => (
-                <span
-                  key={skill}
-                  className="text-xs font-mono px-3 py-1 border border-[var(--color-grey-1)] text-[var(--color-grey-3)] rounded hover:border-[var(--color-green-darker)] hover:text-[var(--color-grey-4)] transition-colors"
-                >
-                  {skill}
+            <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)]">
+              {skills.join(" · ")}
             </span>
-              ))}
-            </div>
           </div>
         ))}
       </div>
-    </section>
+    </Widget>
   );
 }

src/components/Timeline.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+'use client'
+
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import Widget from '@/components/Widget'
+import { timeline, type TimelineType } from '@/data/timeline'
+
+const typeColor: Record<TimelineType, string> = {
+  career:    'var(--color-timeline-career)',
+  education: 'var(--color-timeline-education)',
+  cert:      'var(--color-timeline-cert)',
+  project:   'var(--color-timeline-project)',
+  homelab:   'var(--color-timeline-homelab)',
+}
+
+const typeLabel: Record<TimelineType, string> = {
+  career:    'career',
+  education: 'education',
+  cert:      'cert',
+  project:   'project',
+  homelab:   'homelab',
+}
+
+export default function Timeline() {
+  const listRef = useRef<HTMLOListElement>(null)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) return
+
+    const entries = listRef.current?.querySelectorAll<HTMLLIElement>('[data-tl-entry]')
+    if (!entries) return
+
+    const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
+      (observed) => {
+        observed.forEach((entry) => {
+          if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+            ;(entry.target as HTMLElement).style.opacity = '1'
+            ;(entry.target as HTMLElement).style.transform = 'translateY(0)'
+            observer.unobserve(entry.target)
+          }
+        })
+      },
+      { threshold: 0.15 },
+    )
+
+    entries.forEach((el) => {
+      el.style.opacity = '0'
+      el.style.transform = 'translateY(8px)'
+      el.style.transition = 'opacity 240ms linear, transform 240ms linear'
+      observer.observe(el)
+    })
+
+    return () => observer.disconnect()
+  }, [])
+
+  return (
+    <Widget title="tyler/journey">
+      <ol ref={listRef} className="relative border-l border-[var(--color-border)] ml-1.5 flex flex-col gap-0">
+        {timeline.map((entry, i) => (
+          <li key={i} data-tl-entry className="pl-6 pb-8 last:pb-0 relative">
+            {/* Spine dot */}
+            <span
+              className="absolute -left-[7px] top-[3px] w-3 h-3 rounded-full border border-[var(--color-bg)] shrink-0"
+              style={{ backgroundColor: typeColor[entry.type] }}
+              aria-hidden="true"
+            />
+
+            {/* Date + type badge */}
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1">
+              <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">{entry.date}</span>
+              <span
+                className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wider px-1 rounded-sm border"
+                style={{
+                  color: typeColor[entry.type],
+                  borderColor: typeColor[entry.type],
+                  opacity: 0.7,
+                }}
+              >
+                {typeLabel[entry.type]}
+              </span>
+            </div>
+
+            {/* Title */}
+            <p className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold text-[var(--color-text)] mb-1">
+              {entry.title}
+            </p>
+
+            {/* Description */}
+            <p className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text)] opacity-70 leading-relaxed mb-2">
+              {entry.description}
+            </p>
+
+            {/* Tags */}
+            {entry.tags && entry.tags.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-3 gap-y-1">
+                {entry.tags.map((tag) => (
+                  <span key={tag} className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">
+                    {tag}
+                  </span>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </li>
+        ))}
+      </ol>
+    </Widget>
+  )
+}

src/components/Widget.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+type WidgetProps = {
+  title: string;
+  badge?: string | number;
+  meta?: string;
+  as?: "section" | "div" | "article";
+  className?: string;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+};
+
+export default function Widget({
+  title,
+  badge,
+  meta,
+  as: Tag = "section",
+  className,
+  children,
+}: WidgetProps) {
+  const slashIdx = title.lastIndexOf("/");
+  const prefix = slashIdx >= 0 ? title.slice(0, slashIdx + 1) : null;
+  const name = slashIdx >= 0 ? title.slice(slashIdx + 1) : title;
+
+  return (
+    <Tag className={`mb-16 ${className ?? ""}`}>
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-8">
+        {prefix && (
+          <span className="font-mono text-sm text-[var(--color-text-dim)] select-none">{prefix}</span>
+        )}
+        <span className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold text-[var(--color-text)]">{name}</span>
+        {badge !== undefined && (
+          <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)]">[{badge}]</span>
+        )}
+        {meta && (
+          <span className="font-mono text-xs text-[var(--color-text-dim)] ml-1">— {meta}</span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      {children}
+    </Tag>
+  );
+}

src/data/projects.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ export type Project = {
   description: string;
   tags: string[];
   githubUrl: string;
-  gradient: string; // Tailwind gradient classes for placeholder image tile
   tier: "featured" | "archive";
   stats?: string;
+  year?: number;
+  statusBadge?: string;
+  externalUrl?: string;
 };
 
 export const projects: Project[] = [
@@ -18,9 +20,10 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Offline-first mobile app for tracking golf rounds, managing your 14-club bag, and getting AI-powered club recommendations from a Smart Caddie. Covers 7 shot types per hole with full scorecard history.",
     tags: ["React Native", "Expo", "Zustand", "AI", "Mobile"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/golf-book-mobile",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-green-darkest)] via-[var(--color-bg)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
     tier: "featured",
     stats: "211 commits",
+    statusBadge: "Pending App Store Approval",
+    externalUrl: "#",
   },
   {
     slug: "plaiground",
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Cross-platform desktop AI chat app for developers. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini in a single interface with real-time cost tracking, conversation export, and automatic code explanation.",
     tags: ["Electron", "Node.js", "OpenAI", "Claude", "Gemini"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/plaiground",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-green-darker)] via-[var(--color-surface)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
-    tier: "featured",
+    tier: "archive",
+    year: 2025,
   },
   {
     slug: "service-monitor",
@@ -39,8 +42,8 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Web dashboard for tracking uptime across multiple services with 30-second polling, status history visualization, JWT-authenticated API, and Docker + nginx deployment.",
     tags: ["React 18", "Vite", "Express", "SQLite", "Docker", "JWT"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/service-monitor",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-bg)] via-[var(--color-green-darkest)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
-    tier: "featured",
+    tier: "archive",
+    year: 2025,
   },
   {
     slug: "tht-1.2",
@@ -49,11 +52,40 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "3D visualization platform for exploring and organizing thoughts using a radio-tuning metaphor. Filter ideas by frequency and bandwidth in an instanced Three.js scene with persistent local storage.",
     tags: ["React", "TypeScript", "Three.js", "React Three Fiber", "Zustand"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/tht-1.2",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-surface)] via-[var(--color-green-darkest)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
+    tier: "archive",
+    year: 2025,
+  },
+
+  {
+    slug: "open-pact",
+    title: "open-pact",
+    description:
+      "Open protocol for AI agent identity, delegation, and portable memory. Ed25519 keypair identity, signed delegation warrants, portable signed memory facts. No central registry.",
+    tags: ["TypeScript", "Ed25519", "DID", "npm", "CC0"],
+    githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/open-pact",
+    tier: "featured",
+  },
+  {
+    slug: "helm",
+    title: "helm",
+    description:
+      "Full-stack personal productivity dashboard. Go backend with chi router and SQLite, React + TypeScript frontend. Notes, todos, calendar (CalDAV), clipboard, bookmarks, memos. Self-hosted, single-user, daily use.",
+    tags: ["Go", "React", "TypeScript", "SQLite", "CalDAV"],
+    githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/helm",
     tier: "featured",
   },
 
   // --- Archive ---
+  {
+    slug: "risk-ops",
+    title: "risk-ops",
+    description:
+      "Browser-based strategy dashboard for Risk: Global Domination (SMG Studio). Open one HTML file — no install needed.",
+    tags: ["HTML", "JavaScript"],
+    githubUrl: "#",
+    tier: "archive",
+    year: 2026,
+  },
   {
     slug: "twitter-thread-ext",
     title: "twitter-thread-ext",
@@ -61,8 +93,8 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Chrome extension (Manifest V3) that captures entire Twitter/X threads and exports them as HTML, Markdown, PDF, or image — with metadata preservation and preview before export.",
     tags: ["Chrome Extension", "Manifest V3", "JavaScript", "jsPDF"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/twitter-thread-ext",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-bg)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
     tier: "archive",
+    year: 2023,
   },
   {
     slug: "notes-app-1.0",
@@ -71,8 +103,8 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Lightweight canvas drawing app with color picker, adjustable brush size, and PNG export. Runs in the browser, no dependencies.",
     tags: ["HTML5 Canvas", "JavaScript", "CSS"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/notes-app-1.0",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-bg)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
     tier: "archive",
+    year: 2022,
   },
   {
     slug: "were-hooked",
@@ -81,8 +113,8 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Fishing location discovery app built as a team of 5 during bootcamp. Java/Spring MVC backend with Thymeleaf templates.",
     tags: ["Java", "Spring", "Thymeleaf", "HTML", "CSS"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/were-hooked-repo",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-bg)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
     tier: "archive",
+    year: 2022,
   },
   {
     slug: "mystery-educator",
@@ -91,8 +123,8 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
       "Single-page app mashup of the MET Museum and NASA public APIs. Built as a team of 4 during bootcamp.",
     tags: ["JavaScript", "REST APIs", "HTML", "CSS"],
     githubUrl: "https://github.com/lerko96/mystery-educator",
-    gradient: "from-[var(--color-bg)] to-[var(--color-bg-deep)]",
     tier: "archive",
+    year: 2022,
   },
 ];
 

src/data/services.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ export type Service = {
 
 export const services: Service[] = [
   // Infrastructure
-  { name: "pfSense", description: "Firewall, DHCP, routing, WireGuard VPN", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-shield-halved" },
+  { name: "pfSense", description: "Firewall, DHCP, routing gateway on N100", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-shield-halved" },
   { name: "Caddy", description: "Reverse proxy with automatic wildcard TLS via Cloudflare DNS-01", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-globe" },
   { name: "Pi-hole", description: "Network-wide DNS + ad blocking", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-filter" },
-  { name: "WireGuard", description: "VPN — 600–900 Mbps on N100, full LAN access for clients", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-lock" },
+  { name: "WireGuard", description: "VPN — full LAN access for remote clients", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-lock" },
+  { name: "mail relay", description: "Outbound SMTP relay for self-hosted service notifications", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-envelope" },
+  { name: "gluetun", description: "VPN container routing download client traffic", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-shield" },
+  { name: "Home Assistant", description: "Smart home automation and device management", category: "infrastructure", icon: "fas fa-house" },
 
   // Security / Auth
   { name: "Authentik", description: "SSO provider — OIDC + forward auth across all services", category: "security", icon: "fas fa-id-badge" },
@@ -34,11 +37,21 @@ export const services: Service[] = [
   { name: "Traggo", description: "Time tracking", category: "productivity", icon: "fas fa-clock" },
   { name: "Baikal", description: "CalDAV / CardDAV server", category: "productivity", icon: "fas fa-calendar" },
   { name: "Grist", description: "Spreadsheets and structured data", category: "productivity", icon: "fas fa-table" },
+  { name: "Glance", description: "Self-hosted start page with feeds and service status", category: "productivity", icon: "fas fa-gauge" },
+  { name: "Filebrowser", description: "Web-based file manager", category: "productivity", icon: "fas fa-folder-open" },
 
   // Media
-  { name: "Plex + Jellyfin", description: "Media streaming", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-film" },
-  { name: "Sonarr / Radarr / Lidarr", description: "Automated media management", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-download" },
-  { name: "Calibre-Web", description: "Book library with auto-ingest", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-book-open" },
+  { name: "Plex", description: "Media streaming — movies, TV, music", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-film" },
+  { name: "Jellyfin", description: "Open-source media streaming", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-play" },
+  { name: "Sonarr", description: "Automated TV show management", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-tv" },
+  { name: "Radarr", description: "Automated movie management", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-video" },
+  { name: "Lidarr", description: "Automated music management", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-music" },
+  { name: "Prowlarr", description: "Indexer manager and proxy for the *arr stack", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-magnifying-glass" },
+  { name: "Bazarr", description: "Automatic subtitle download and management", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-closed-captioning" },
+  { name: "nzbget", description: "Usenet downloader", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-download" },
+  { name: "qBittorrent", description: "Torrent client with web UI", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-magnet" },
+  { name: "Kavita", description: "Self-hosted manga and book reader", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-book-open" },
+  { name: "Openshelf", description: "Book library with auto-ingest", category: "media", icon: "fas fa-book-open" },
 ];
 
 export const categoryOrder: Service["category"][] = [

src/data/timeline.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+export type TimelineType = 'career' | 'cert' | 'project' | 'homelab' | 'education'
+
+export interface TimelineEntry {
+  date: string
+  title: string
+  type: TimelineType
+  description: string
+  tags?: string[]
+}
+
+export const timeline: TimelineEntry[] = [
+  {
+    date: '2026',
+    title: 'CompTIA Network+ — in progress',
+    type: 'cert',
+    description: 'Studying for Network+ to formalize networking knowledge built through the homelab.',
+    tags: ['networking', 'certification'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2025',
+    title: 'Portfolio Site v2',
+    type: 'project',
+    description: 'Next.js 16 static site, self-hosted in a DMZ LXC behind Nginx, deployed via Gitea Actions CI.',
+    tags: ['next.js', 'tailwind', 'self-hosted'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2024',
+    title: 'CompTIA A+',
+    type: 'cert',
+    description: 'Earned A+ certification, formalizing hardware and OS fundamentals.',
+    tags: ['certification'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2024',
+    title: 'Project Helm',
+    type: 'project',
+    description: 'Full-stack task and project management tool built in Go + React.',
+    tags: ['go', 'react', 'typescript'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: 'ongoing',
+    title: 'Homelab — Proxmox Cluster',
+    type: 'homelab',
+    description: '8-VLAN segmented network, Proxmox VMs/LXCs, SSO via Authentik, full monitoring stack (VictoriaMetrics + Grafana + Beszel + ntfy).',
+    tags: ['proxmox', 'networking', 'monitoring', 'sso'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2023-10',
+    title: 'SOC Analyst I — Fortress SRM',
+    type: 'career',
+    description: 'Threat monitoring, incident triage, and client-facing security operations in a managed SOC.',
+    tags: ['soc', 'security'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2023-03',
+    title: 'Config Tech II — MCPc',
+    type: 'career',
+    description: 'Promoted to Config Tech II. Led imaging workflows and expanded into scripting for endpoint provisioning.',
+    tags: ['sysadmin', 'scripting'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2022-07',
+    title: 'Config Tech I — MCPc',
+    type: 'career',
+    description: 'Hardware configuration, OS imaging, and deployment at scale for enterprise clients.',
+    tags: ['sysadmin', 'hardware'],
+  },
+  {
+    date: '2021',
+    title: 'We Can Code IT — Java Bootcamp',
+    type: 'education',
+    description: '9-month intensive bootcamp covering Java, OOP, SQL, REST APIs, and Agile development practices.',
+    tags: ['java', 'sql', 'agile'],
+  },
+]