Versions

The first launches

• Published 48hrs as the first public venture, with a dedicated project page, handoff artwork and eight website examples in its preview.
• Launched YouTube Library at tube.alexey.ws. Added it to Home, Projects, Curations and the personal sidebar.
• Published more than a thousand approved thumbnail references, a creator index and four editorial collections.
• Added the Library launch to About, alongside the story of starting 48hrs. Kept English and German content together in the CMS.
• Reworked the About photographs: moved the selected group portrait into the music and university years, removed one travel photograph from display and replaced handwritten overlays with shared narrative captions.
• Added a separate filmstrip of current 48hrs website artwork and the Library launch image.
• Fixed inline contact links and footer icons. Improved responsive image delivery and preserved the original photographic archive.
• Added compact monospace Library counts, reduced sidebar badge type to 10 px and corrected personal favicon alignment and dark-theme contrast.
• Removed public styleguide links and kept internal design-tool routes off the personal site.

A working site behind the pages

• Moved the About text, photographs, captions and publication state into a bilingual Payload record.
• Separated the public personal site from the complete working preview, standalone Curations and Workshop.
• Established approved-content snapshots and scoped releases, so a deployment does not publish every unfinished section.
• Added responsive About images, a smaller first portrait and prepared paper textures to reduce loading and scrolling work.
• Built the reference-library workflow around approved sources, duplicate handling and owner-only curation.
• Consolidated the website, CMS and shared components while keeping ongoing publishing-pipeline work separate.

The new foundation

• Finished the desktop sidebar and rebuilt the mobile navigation around a floating control island.
• Added Little Knowledge guide pages, Curations, search, the guestbook drawer, and the new feedback composer.
• Unified the paper surfaces, typography, content miniatures, theme transition, and adaptive favicon.
• Made the whole frame responsive from mobile screens through wide desktop layouts.

The paper takes shape

• Introduced the layered sidebar and contextual project previews.
• Turned the page into one continuous paper canvas with a clearer reading frame.
• Refined the content groups, cards, and motion language used across the site.

Editorial rebuild

• Rebuilt the site in Astro around Home, Projects, Journal, Knowledge, and Collection.
• Established the shared design system, responsive content structure, and local feedback workflow.
• Created the first version of the editorial homepage and visitor experience.

• I started working on this version of my personal site in August 2026.
• The September rebuild and the first public launches followed from that work. This is the starting point of the history, not a dated release.