🧠 Portfolio Brain: build in the open

This vault documents every decision behind Mohd Saif's portfolio, from day one to launch. It is a real Obsidian vault and the source of the graph view rendered on the site (see Knowledge Graph).

The site's north star: North Star - Site as Proof, the site itself is proof of product-engineering skill.

Start here

• 👤 About Saif
• ⭐ North Star - Site as Proof
• ❓ Open Questions
• 🗺️ Roadmap
• 🎨 Design System
• 💼 Projects

Decisions

• D001 - Site as Proof Principle
• D002 - Tech Stack
• D003 - Visual Restraint and One WebGL Moment
• D004 - Case Study Framework
• D005 - Contact via Serverless
• D006 - i18n Seven Languages and RTL
• D007 - Build-time AI Translation
• D008 - Fully Custom Analytics
• D009 - SEO and AI Crawlers
• D010 - Knowledge Graph Build in the Open
• D011 - Colour Direction Stone
• D012 - Work Section Structure
• D013 - Live Demo Ask This Site
• D014 - Shoppin Case Study Scope
• D015 - Defer Content Translation
• D016 - WebGL Uses Plain Three Not R3F
• D017 - Defer External Service Activation
• D018 - Multi-page and Header Nav
• D019 - Visual Richness Overhaul
• D020 - Art Direction v2 Bold Monochrome

Features

• WebGL Hero
• Custom Analytics
• Internationalization
• Contact Form
• Knowledge Graph

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Convention: one note per decision, created the moment it's made, linked to the features and phases it touches. The graph grows with the project so the final record is true, not reconstructed.