Ported the homepage's padding-margin trick: .split-comparison now has
20px of padding around the visible box, with a matching negative
top/bottom margin so the padding does not affect layout flow. The
pointer event listeners move from .split-container to .split-comparison
so the hover tracking engages inside the buffer and only resets when
the mouse leaves the full padded area. Percentage math still reads
.split-container.getBoundingClientRect() so the divider position stays
aligned with the visible box.
This matches how the landing-page split demo feels: graze the edge
and the divider holds; leave the box entirely and it eases back.
Four issues reported on /skills/overdrive (and every other skill demo):
1. The demo block was centered inside the content column, looking odd
against the otherwise left-aligned page. Drop 'margin: 0 auto' from
both .split-comparison and .split-container, and remove the nested
max-width so the whole demo left-aligns at 500px max-width with no
centering.
2. The BEFORE and AFTER labels were stretching beyond the demo box
because .split-comparison (560px) was wider than .split-container
(500px) and .split-labels was using justify-content: space-between
across the wider parent. Collapse the two max-widths to a single
500px cap so the labels now sit flush with the container edges.
3. The label row was sitting way below the demo (16px margin-top plus
the height-stretched container). Tighten margin-top to 10px.
4. The inline split-compare handler only supported click-and-drag. The
homepage effect also tracks hover on devices with hover:hover, so
the mouse sweeps the divider and leaving the box eases it back to
the default. Port that behavior: matchMedia('(hover: hover)') to
detect, pointerenter/leave to toggle a hovering flag, pointerdown/up
for drag, and a tiny lerp on requestAnimationFrame so the return to
center feels smooth. Eyebrow text now reads 'Drag or hover to
compare' to signal both modes.
Also drop text-align: center on .skill-demo-eyebrow and .skill-demo-caption
for the same left-align consistency.
Two changes bundled:
1. Before/after split demos on every skill detail page.
- loadCommandDemos() in sub-pages-data.js: dynamically imports each
module in public/js/demos/commands (the same files the homepage
uses), returning a { skillId: { id, caption, before, after } } map.
Falls back to a warn-and-continue if a demo file can't be loaded
so one bad demo doesn't break the whole generator.
- buildSubPageData becomes async; caller in build-sub-pages.js
awaits it.
- Each skill object gets a .demo field (may be null for /shape).
- renderSkillDemo() produces the .split-comparison markup matching
the homepage: .split-container with .split-before + .split-after
+ .split-divider, plus Before/After labels and the caption. The
block sits between the detail header and the editorial wrapper
so readers see the visual before reading any prose.
- sub-pages.css ports the core .split-* layout from main.css (the
.slop-* and .impeccable-* helpers are homepage-specific and not
copied). Height is 360px to match the docs column.
- render-page.js grows a lightweight inline split-compare init
script (60 lines of vanilla JS) that handles drag and the skewed
clip-path without depending on the homepage's full lerp/ResizeObserver
module. Runs only on pages that actually have .split-container.
2. Sidebar reorder: Tutorials first, then skills.
Walk-throughs are the on-ramp; they belong at the top of the sidebar
where a new visitor will find them. Add <hr class="skills-sidebar-divider">
between the Tutorials group and the first skill category so the two
sections read as distinct.
Verified: /skills/polish, /skills/bolder, /skills/critique all render
the demo block. /skills/shape correctly has none. Sidebar on any /skills
or /tutorials page shows Tutorials first, then a thin mist divider,
then Create / Evaluate / Refine / Simplify / Harden / System skill
categories.
Two small-to-medium improvements bundled together.
1. Copy buttons on every rendered code block.
- render-markdown.js: wrap each fenced code block in a .code-block-wrap
container and emit a <button class="code-block-copy" data-copy="...">
alongside it. Button text is set via CSS ::before content so the
'Copy' / 'Copied' label is a single toggle class (.is-copied).
- render-page.js: 12-line inline script at the end of the body wires
a delegated click handler that calls navigator.clipboard.writeText
and flips .is-copied for 1.5s.
- sub-pages.css: button styles matching the dark terminal palette,
hidden until you hover the code block, accent-colored success state.
2. Merge Skills and Tutorials under a single Docs nav item.
- Rename the Skills nav link to 'Docs' in every header (partial +
4 hand-authored pages). Drop the separate Tutorials nav item; it
now lives inside Docs. Anti-patterns stays as its own top-level.
- scripts/build-sub-pages.js: replace renderSkillsSidebar and
renderTutorialsSidebar with a unified renderDocsSidebar that shows
every skill category followed by a Tutorials group. Takes a
current descriptor of shape { kind: 'skill'|'tutorial', id|slug }
so both skill detail and tutorial detail pages can mark the active
row. activeNav on every /skills/* and /tutorials/* page is now
'docs'; the shared site header's data-nav matches.
Verified: /skills/polish and /tutorials/getting-started both render
with the unified Docs sidebar (all 21 skills grouped by category +
both tutorials as a final group). The Docs nav item is aria-current
on both. Copy buttons appear on every fenced code block and toggle
to 'Copied' when clicked.
Ships the first new sub-page section. Every user-invocable skill now has
its own page at /skills/{id}, with the canonical SKILL.md body rendered
via marked. The index at /skills lists all 21 skills grouped by category.
Editorial wrappers are opt-in: if content/site/skills/{id}.md exists, it
renders above the canonical body (with a "The skill itself" divider).
All 21 pages currently ship with the auto-rendered body only; hand-written
wrappers land in the next few commits.
- scripts/lib/sub-pages-data.js: builds the data model. Reuses
readSourceFiles() from lib/utils.js for skill content; parses the
ANTIPATTERNS array out of src/detect-antipatterns.mjs; reads optional
editorial wrappers from content/site/skills/*.md; validates that every
user-invocable skill has a category entry (build fails loudly if not).
- scripts/build-sub-pages.js: orchestrator. Writes generated HTML into
public/skills/*.html (gitignored). Called from both scripts/build.js
(before buildStaticSite) and server/index.js (at module load) so dev
and prod share the same generation code path.
- scripts/lib/render-page.js: new assetDepth parameter so generated
pages one level deep under public/ use relative paths (../favicon.svg,
../css/sub-pages.css) that Bun's HTML loader can resolve on disk.
- scripts/build.js: pass generated files into Bun.build entrypoints;
post-process to flatten build/public/* → build/* (Bun preserves the
public/ prefix when entrypoints span multiple depths).
- server/index.js: generateSubPages() runs at module load; new routes
/skills, /skills/:id, /anti-patterns, /tutorials, /tutorials/:slug
serve the pre-generated files via Bun.file().
- public/css/sub-pages.css: adds sub-page layout shell, skills index
grouped-list styling, skill detail header/meta chips/divider, collapsed
<details> reference sections, and a .prose block for rendered markdown
with editorial typography, code blocks, and inline code.
Verified: bun run build produces 26 HTML files (4 hand-authored + 22
generated), all flat under build/. Dev server returns 200 on /skills,
/skills/polish, /skills/impeccable, /skills/critique. Tests pass.
Groundwork for new /skills, /anti-patterns, /tutorials sections.
No user-visible changes yet — this is pure plumbing.
- Split main.css into tokens.css (design tokens + reset, ~100 lines) and
main.css (everything else, imports tokens.css). Lets sub-pages import
only tokens without pulling in the landing-page component CSS.
- Add marked as a dependency.
- Add scripts/lib/render-markdown.js: marked wrapper with a custom link
resolver (skill slugs, reference/*.md anchors, external rel=noopener),
stable heading slugger, and terminal-style code blocks.
- Add scripts/lib/render-page.js: page shell wrapper that injects the
shared site header partial with aria-current marking.
- Add content/site/partials/header.html: shared site header with nav
(Home / Skills / Anti-Patterns / Tutorials / Gallery / GitHub).
- Add public/css/sub-pages.css: shared styles for generated pages, with
.site-header styling (sticky, backdrop blur, accent-underlined active
nav item) and mobile collapse.
Build still produces the same 104 KB landing-page CSS chunk; tests pass.
Paul Bakaus