Technical Notes

Implementation notes behind the proof.

Short technical writeups for people who want to understand how the site is built, checked, deployed, and kept fast.

Static-first proof-of-work architecture

How Rousseau.tv keeps portfolio proof, system demos, search, privacy checks, and deploys simple enough to maintain.

AstroStatic publishingCloudFrontPrivacy checks
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Performance budget for a visual portfolio

A practical budget that allows rich photography and a 3D map without turning every page into a heavy app.

PerformanceImagesBuild checksStatic data
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Terrain map design notes

The design choices behind the destination map: relief treatment, readability, labels, and keeping the look honest to the real place.

MapsTerrainDesignReadability
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Operating the systems behind the site

Rousseau.tv is the visible layer. Behind it sits real infrastructure: cloud-provisioned static sites, a self-hosted Linux server fleet, backups with restore testing, and monitoring, run the way production is run.

Linux / NixOSAWSNetworkingBackups & DRObservability
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Why It Is Here

Technical notes for the build decisions.

These notes document the implementation choices behind the public work: static-first publishing, performance budgets, terrain data, and visual verification.

Contact

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