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TIMELINE

This is the archive homepage for microsites on pancake.thefocus.ai. Each project gets its own subdirectory, and this page stays clean, chronological, and easy to extend.

Root: timeline / archive
Structure: one microsite per subdirectory
Hosting: Caddy + Docker static container
Entries live now: 43
Newest update: Focus.AI — Brand Design + Swag + Ordering — Jun 4, 2026
Ordering: most recently updated first
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Timeline

Newest work appears here first. The root stays an index, not the site itself.

Design System · Merch Production · Vendor Guide

Focus.AI — Brand Design + Swag + Ordering

One-stop reference microsite consolidating the Focus.AI design system tokens, merchandise production specifications (SWAG.md), vendor ordering details, and a suggested starter kit — all in a single searchable page with downloadable markdown files for DESIGN.md, SWAG.md, and Ordering Guide.

Path: /focus-design-swag/ One-stop reference Design system + Swag + Vendors Downloads: DESIGN.md, SWAG.md, Ordering Guide
Open guide Download DESIGN.md Download SWAG.md Download Ordering
Season Report

Cornwall Tree Pollen — Spring 2026

Daily tree pollen readings, season analysis, and prediction guide for next year. 18 days of readings from the Apr–May 2026 season.

Path: /cornwall-pollen-2026/
Open microsite
Conference Guide

AI Conferences 2026 — Coding Agents and Engineering

A curated guide to AI coding agent and engineering conferences in 2026, with open CFP deadlines, locations, travel support details, and priority recommendations. Covers AI Engineer World's Fair, Agent Conf Warsaw, AGNTCon/MCPCon Europe, Berkeley Agentic AI Summit, and more across 18 cities worldwide.

Path: /ai-conferences-2026/
Open microsite
Pricing Report · May 2026 · Swiss Design

Baseten vs OpenRouter vs DeepInfra vs Hugging Face — Model Pricing Report

Head-to-head per-token pricing across 7 platforms (Baseten, DeepInfra, OpenRouter, Together AI, Fireworks AI, NVIDIA NIM, Hugging Face) for 8 models. DeepInfra cheapest for paid. NVIDIA NIM undercuts on V4 Pro and Gemma 4. OpenRouter free tier dominates 3 models. Hugging Face Inference Providers routes at $0 markup. Includes compliance table.

Path: /baseten-vs-openrouter/
Open microsite
Trip Planning

Bogotá · May 6–16

Will's Bogotá trip: Click Clack Hotel, dentist in Chicó (crown prep + Fri 10AM follow-up), Monserrate funicular guide, Tumaco beach escape at Hotel Los Corales (Sun-Wed), Oura Ring 4 charger errand, conference moderating Thu 14, Delta DL983 BOG→ATL (17A) + DL2552 ATL→EWR (4A First) Fri 15, overnight at Now Now NoHo NYC, drive to Cornwall Sat AM.

Path: /bogota-trip/
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Conference speaker contacts

AI Skills Conference 2026 - Speaker Directory

Phone-friendly speaker directory with 35 speakers from Google DeepMind, AWS, Meta, Spotify, AMD, and more. Every speaker's LinkedIn, X/Twitter, talk topic, and role - linked and ready for outreach.

Path: /speaker-contacts/ 35 speaker profiles LinkedIn and X/Twitter links Full schedule
Open microsite Conference site
Field Report

Embeddable Whiteboards — Miro, tldraw & Beyond

A practical guide to Miro, tldraw, Excalidraw, FigJam, and more — what they are, how they compare, and how to embed them in your own apps. With code examples and a decision matrix.

Path: /embed-whiteboards/ Focus.AI Labs May 14, 2026
Open microsite
Property Research

Cornwall Property — Container, Stone, Fence, and Coop Roof

Full research for Cornwall CT projects with verified links: shipping container (Shipped.com from ,477, Connecticut Containers), driveway stone from Earthmovers Inc. (8/ton 3/4 Process, earthmoversinc.net), fencing mesh at Home Depot (Fencer Wire 6x100 12.5ga 03), and chicken coop roofing (Gibraltar 29ga panels ~0 at HD).

Path: /cornwall-property/ 5 suppliers with verified websites Labs design system
Open microsite
Brand Research

TheFocus.AI — Branded Swag and Merch

Vendor research and product recommendations for TheFocus.AI branded merchandise: custom Anker power banks, mugs, water bottles, shirts, hats, notebooks, and jackets. Includes local CT and online specialists.

Path: /focus-ai-swag/ Labs design system 6 vendors + 8 product ideas
Open microsite
Site Architecture Proposal

TheFocus.ai Two-Vector IA Proposal

Proposed split of TheFocus.ai into Marketing site (Habitat OS + consulting, 23 pages) and Academy (reports, courses, recipes, 131 pages) under /academy/ subdirectory. Based on Firecrawl site crawl and full inventory audit.

Path: /thefocus-two-vector-proposal/ 23 marketing pages · 131 academy pages · 26 topic archives to clean · 15 broken 404s
Open proposal
Site Architecture Audit

TheFocus.ai Visual Site Inventory

Rendered non-blog TheFocus.ai inventory with desktop and mobile screenshots, walkthrough videos, URL families, broken route findings, and IA diagnosis.

Path: /thefocus-site-inventory/ 95 primary pages · 116 working URLs · 43 404s · Playwright and Webreel evidence
Open report
Redesign

Live Dashboard — Swiss Poster

Weather: 67F Sunny · Pollen: 11.1 High · Stars: 132.5K · Bookmarks: 100 total

Path: /live-dashboard/ Single-page live dashboard Weather / Pollen / GitHub stars / Bookmarks Updated: May 4, 2026
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Design study / retro terminal propaganda

Umwelten Signal Broadcast

A dramatic Umwelten microsite variant using CRT-style frames, high-contrast command-line rhetoric, and a signal-mode switcher.

Path: /umwelten-terminal-propaganda/ Single-page mockup Terminal theater Agent manifesto
Open microsite
Design study / Whole Earth systems catalog

Umwelten Field Catalog

A dense and humane Umwelten microsite variant with taxonomy blocks, side notes, and builder-researcher-operator filter views.

Path: /umwelten-whole-earth-catalog/ Single-page mockup Catalog intelligence Field-guide posture
Open microsite
Design study / Japanese editorial minimalism

Umwelten Quiet Field Notes

A contemplative Umwelten microsite variant that frames habitats, evals, and sessions as quiet field notes on model perception.

Path: /umwelten-japanese-editorial/ Single-page mockup Quiet editorial Essay-led homepage
Open microsite
Design study / IBM systems manual

Umwelten Systems Manual

A procedural Umwelten microsite variant with spec boxes, labeled layers, and a tabbed habitat-eval-session explainer.

Path: /umwelten-systems-manual/ Single-page mockup Systems modernism Technical architecture
Open microsite
Cloudflare-inspired design study

Umwelten Outline-First Mockup

A warm, inspectable Umwelten microsite mockup using outline-first technical modernism: oversized type, visible rails, rounded technical panels, and an interactive response-versus-environment explainer.

Path: /umwelten-outline-first/ Single-page mockup Umwelten homepage study Outline-first technical modernism
Open microsite
Cloudflare-inspired design study

Agent Systems Mini Site

A single-page microsite prototype exploring Swiss developer-platform design: oversized typography, visible rails, rounded technical components, and an interactive generative-versus-agentic comparison module.

Path: /agent-systems-mini-site/ Single-page microsite Interactive mode toggle Design-system starter
Open microsite
Design study / canonical style bible

Design Philosophy Inventory

A canonical inventory of 20 microsite styles, with explicit notes for each on font philosophy, palette behavior, grid logic, layout behavior, and reading mode. Includes an honest note that the V5 broadcast descendants now have distinct fonts but still need stronger structural divergence.

Path: /design-philosophy-inventory/ Styles|20 Font philosophy|Mapped Includes|Colors, grid, layout
Open inventory Report JSON
Design study / structural divergence pass

Design Philosophy Style Lab V5.1

A rebuild of the five broadcast-candy descendants so each one has a distinct page skeleton matched to its font philosophy: portal overload, flyer rail, countdown board, retail kiosk, and civic listings.

Path: /design-philosophy-style-lab-v5-1/ Styles|5 Change|Structural divergence Typography|Mapped to skeleton
Open V5.1 lab Report JSON
Design study / five independent broadcast descendants

Design Philosophy Style Lab V5

Updated V5 so the five variants now use distinct type systems instead of sharing one font stack: Bungee/Nunito Sans, Bebas Neue/Barlow Condensed, Orbitron/Space Grotesk, Audiowide/Varela Round, and Oswald/IBM Plex Sans.

Path: /design-philosophy-style-lab-v5/ Styles|5 Lineage|Broadcast candy Updated|Distinct typography
Open V5 lab Report JSON
Design study / screenshot-first Y2K branches

Design Philosophy Style Lab V4

A fourth style lab that treats Y2K as three distinct visual systems — industrial Flash chassis, broadcast candy portal, and indie cyber-pop portal — built after screenshot-first visual research.

Path: /design-philosophy-style-lab-v4/ Styles|3 Method|Screenshot-first Primary theme|Y2K
Open V4 lab Report JSON
Reference board / screenshot-first art direction

Visual Style Research: Y2K

A visual research board built from actual Y2K-era screenshots and scans, separating industrial Flash futurism, music promo portals, broadcast candy vectors, indie cyber-pop, plus Whole Earth and DNA Lounge crossover cues for wilder next-pass microsites.

Path: /visual-style-research-y2k/ Primary focus|Y2K Reference images|6 Method|Screenshot-first
Open research board Report JSON
Design study / wild visual directions

Design Philosophy Style Lab V3

A third-pass style lab that pushes harder into a fluorescent rave flyer, a DNA Lounge-inspired venue board, and a full 70s-style Whole Earth catalog systems page.

Path: /design-philosophy-style-lab-v3/ Styles|3 Shared thesis|1 Wild pass|true
Open lab v3 Report JSON
Design study / stronger visual anchors

Design Philosophy Style Lab V2

A second-pass comparison microsite that re-renders the same thesis in four sharper directions: IBM systems manual, Stripe fintech editorial, Framer dark motion tool, and Xerox punk bulletin.

Path: /design-philosophy-style-lab-v2/ Styles|4 Shared thesis|1 Second pass|true
Open lab v2 Report JSON
Reference board / stronger visual anchors

Design System Reference Survey

A calibration microsite that turns eight distinct brand design systems into quick visual silhouettes so adjacent aesthetics do not get confused. Includes blunt diagnosis of why the prior Y2K and Xerox variants were too soft.

Path: /design-system-reference-survey/ Reference anchors|8 Catalog templates|55 Critique included|2
Open survey Report JSON
Design study / visual philosophy examples

Design Philosophy Style Lab

A comparison microsite showing the same source thesis rendered in five reusable visual systems: Swiss, Y2K cyber future, art school poster, zine/xerox bulletin, and Whole Earth catalog.

Path: /design-philosophy-style-lab/ Styles|5 Shared thesis|1 Visual examples|5
Open style lab Report JSON
Design research / systems field report

Awesome Design Systems Atlas

A Swiss-style atlas of the public design systems listed in alexpate/awesome-design-systems. It reframes the list as a map of interface governance: components, voice and tone, designer kits, and source code, with capability archetypes, civic examples, and a full index.

Path: /awesome-design-systems-atlas/ Listed systems|163 Public source|115 Voice and tone|70 Design kits|75
View microsite Report JSON Report markdown
Design study / Three opinionated variants

Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem — Philosophy Lab

A comparison microsite that re-renders the Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem in three strongly opinionated systems: Japanese editorial minimalism, museum placard/gallery catalog, and retro-futurist terminal propaganda.

Path: /awesome-pi-agent-ecosystem-philosophy-lab/ {"variants":["japanese-editorial-minimalism","museum-placard-gallery-catalog","retro-futurist-terminal-propaganda"],"variant_of":"awesome-pi-agent-ecosystem","date":"2026-05-02"}
Open lab
Design study / Extreme Swiss poster variant

Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem — Hardcore Swiss Edition

A harsher Swiss-poster reinterpretation of the Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem: oversized type, exposed grid lines, compressed copy, and a red-black-paper palette that turns the Pi thesis into a graphic manifesto.

Path: /awesome-pi-agent-ecosystem-swiss-hardcore/ {"style":"hardcore swiss","variant_of":"awesome-pi-agent-ecosystem","date":"2026-05-02"}
View microsite
Design study / Swiss editorial variant

Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem — Swiss Edition

A Swiss-style editorial redesign of the Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem. It keeps the Pi thesis, the five-layer model, and the navigation links back into the original multi-page directory, but recasts the overview as a stark typography-led field report.

Path: /awesome-pi-agent-ecosystem-swiss/ Static single-page microsite Swiss-style redesign experiment Links back into the original Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem
Open microsite Original ecosystem Artifacts
Swiss-style report / GitHub stars field guide

GitHub Stars Atlas

A Swiss-style microsite that turns Will Schenk's GitHub stars into an editorial field guide: grouped by theme, annotated by both star recency and last-commit recency, and paired with JSON/Markdown report artifacts for the full list.

Path: /github-stars-atlas/ Static single-page microsite 307 starred repos grouped into 7 themes Uses repo last-commit dates alongside starred dates
Open microsite Report JSON Report Markdown
Swiss-style bookmark digest

Swiss Bookmark Bulletin

A Swiss-style bulletin built from the latest bookmark report, turning the current batch into a clean visual digest you can revisit, compare, and iterate on over time.

Path: /swiss-bookmark-bulletin/ Single-page microsite Bookmarks / Swiss design / archival snapshot
Open microsite
Research directory / ecosystem microsite

Awesome Claude Code Ecosystem

A research-driven microsite that turns the awesome-claude-code list into a browsable ecosystem directory with representative artifact profiles, comparison tables, workflow patterns, sourced best practices, and machine-readable JSON outputs.

Path: /awesome-claude-code-ecosystem/ Static multi-page microsite 226-item seed index + 10 enriched exemplars
Open microsite Artifacts Compare Best practices
Research directory / ecosystem microsite

Awesome Hermes Agent Ecosystem

A research-driven microsite that turns the awesome-hermes-agent list into a browsable field guide with normalized artifact profiles, major-project diagnosis, workflows, comparisons, observed-vs-recommended best practices, and provenance-aware JSON outputs.

Path: /awesome-hermes-agent-ecosystem/ Static multi-page microsite 118 artifacts + 16 deep profiles
Open microsite Artifacts Compare Best practices
Research directory / ecosystem microsite

Awesome Cursor Ecosystem

A research-driven microsite that turns the awesome-cursor list into a browsable field guide for how Cursor actually expands: official docs and marketplace, rules and skills, MCP and plugin surfaces, observability tools, and cloud/CLI escalation paths.

Path: /awesome-cursor-ecosystem/ Static multi-page microsite 36 artifacts + 24 deep profiles
Open microsite Artifacts Compare Best practices
Research directory / ecosystem microsite

Awesome Pi Agent Ecosystem

A research-driven microsite that turns the awesome-pi-agent list into a browsable ecosystem map with normalized artifact profiles, workflow patterns, comparisons, sourced best practices, and provenance-aware JSON outputs.

Path: /awesome-pi-agent-ecosystem/ Static multi-page microsite 108 artifacts + 12 deep profiles
Open microsite Artifacts Compare Best practices
Open source field note

fnox Field Guide

A Focus.AI Labs microsite on fnox, the Rust-first secrets CLI that unifies encrypted-in-git secrets, remote provider references, and profile-based environment workflows under one operator-friendly config.

Path: /fnox/ Single-page microsite Secrets management / hybrid provider model
Open microsite Docs GitHub
User-provided HTML microsite

Thirteen Years in the Workshop

A warm editorial microsite subtitled “Issue 01, Spring 2026,” framed as “A Retrospective · In Ten Parts” and tracing Will Schenk & thefocus.ai from a 2014 Brooklyn rails shop to 2026 agent infrastructure in Connecticut.

Path: /thirteen-years-in-the-workshop/ Standalone HTML issue Uploaded source
Open microsite
User-provided HTML microsite

SURFACE — Issue No. 01

A magazine-style HTML issue subtitled “After the Chat Log,” deployed from your uploaded artifact export as a standalone Pancake microsite.

Path: /surface-issue-01/ Standalone HTML issue Uploaded source
Open microsite
User-provided HTML microsite

RUNTIME — Issue № 01

A longform editorial HTML issue titled “The Code Mode Issue,” deployed directly from your uploaded HTML zip as its own Pancake microsite.

Path: /runtime-issue-01/ Standalone HTML issue Uploaded source
Open microsite
Phone-first field microsite

Miami Field Notes

The original Focus.AI Labs-style Miami microsite: editorial, mobile-friendly, and more like a compact field notebook than a full conference archive.

Path: /miami-field-notes/ Single-page microsite Travel + field framing
Open microsite
Conference field guide

AI Engineer Miami

A Focus.AI Labs–styled event guide with hourly schedule, speaker background notes, and individual talk pages, now living in a dedicated subdirectory instead of taking over the whole domain.

Path: /ai-engineer-miami/ 29 talk pages Speaker index
Open microsite Speaker index Return-to-CT note Monday notes Tuesday notes
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Pattern

Simple rules so this can grow without getting messy.

Root stays editorial. Keep / as the running archive and launch index.
Each microsite gets a path. Examples: /ai-engineer-miami/, /vermont-ski-notes/, /field-report-2026-04-20/.
Refresh date + reorder on update. When a microsite is updated, refresh its visible date and move its card to the top of the timeline.