Curated Notes

My public notebook: long-form notes on data science, AI, building, and faith, designed to be read.

 

_{Live · 19 published notes · Written, designed, and built by Davis Higgins}

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See it in motion

_{Real capture of the live site: from the note grid into a published note. Static frame}

What it does

• Notes worth finishing. Each note is a full article with a serif reading face, a comfortable line length, a reading-progress bar, and links to the previous and next notes.
• Easy to browse. A featured row leads, then every note sits in a grid filterable by Projects, Data & AI, Business, and Personal, each card showing its date and read time.
• Connected to the work. Project notes link straight to the live product or case study they describe, so the writing and the building point at each other.

Why I built it

I wanted a place to think in public that I own, rather than a feed. The notes record how my projects were made, what I'm learning in data and AI, and what I believe, organized and readable.

What I built

• The site's design: a dark, gold-accented editorial look with Syne for display, DM Sans for interface text, and Lora for reading
• The publishing workflow behind every note
• The note grid, tag filter, featured row, reading progress, note-to-note navigation, and page transitions
• All 19 published notes

How it's put together

flowchart TB
    W[Notes I write] --> P[Publishing workflow]
    P --> G[Home: featured row<br/>and filterable grid]
    P --> N[A page for every note]
    G --> V[Fast static site]
    N --> V

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Decision	Why
Writing comes first	Publishing a note is as simple as writing it. There's no admin panel to maintain and every edit is versioned.
Every note is pre-built	Articles load instantly and are easy for search engines to read.
Typography carries the reading	Motion stays in the frame around the article and never animates the paragraphs someone is reading.

Screens

_{Homepage · A published note · Tag filters and cards on mobile}

Technology

Layer	Technology
Framework	Next.js, TypeScript
Content	MDX
Styling	Tailwind CSS
Motion	GSAP, Framer Motion, Lenis
Hosting	Vercel

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