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Notes from the workbench.

The Aulvem blog is where I keep the build logs of the things I make on my own, plus what I picked up along the way. Two categories — Build and Reviews — under one theme: build it, write it down.

Build

Build is where I keep the design, build, ship and improve loop for the services I make under Aulvem, plus the technical notes and coding basics that came up along the way. Honest about what got stuck, what was actually used, and why.

Reviews

Reviews is where I write up the tools, books, AI services and gear I actually used, with the duration and the setup spelled out. Less spec-sheet, more about how it fit into the work — and where it didn't.

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Build May 13, 2026

Notes on building the Aulvem site with Astro

Building the Aulvem site on Astro 5, Tailwind and MDX, then putting it on Cloudflare Pages — the decisions that stuck and the places I got stuck.

Build May 13, 2026

Rewriting semantic HTML basics in my own words

section / article / nav / header / footer — a short, current take on when each one earns its place, and when a plain div is the right answer.

Reviews May 13, 2026

HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S, six months in

Six months on the HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S, split between solo dev work and long-form writing — what's good, what's middling, and who it actually suits.

Build May 13, 2026

Astro Content Collections schema — operating tips

Small operating tips for keeping Astro Content Collections strict with Zod — the kind of thing I wish I'd set up from day one.

Reviews May 13, 2026

ChatGPT and Claude side-by-side in a writing workflow

A few weeks of running ChatGPT and Claude in parallel for personal-blog writing — what each does well, and where the split ended up.