the evolving website
02 / The record

Evolution journal

What changed.
What we learnt.

Read the lessons, or follow the daily changes.

Lessons from the experiment

What a week of AI-assisted website changes taught us

Publishing works. Source relevance, measurement and recovery needed more care. An interim review and a proposed next operating model.

A successful release doesn’t prove a better website

Our release checks confirm that changes reach production. They don’t tell us whether readers understand more or complete their tasks.

Daily records

New domain, security review and simpler reading

A new domain, an extended trial and a security baseline. Journal and Solution Design now offer shorter routes to the detail.

Answer the question about saved questions

Keep the how-to steps together

Current evidence in AI answers

Reader paths and the planner playground

AI answers with source links

A new design and a simpler publishing workflow

Making changes easier to follow

Starting with hello world

What the activity bars mean

Each main section in a daily record counts as one topic. Bars compare the listed days, newest first. Topics are not releases or evidence of impact; days without a record are omitted.

Rewind the website

Rewind the website

Compare two recorded milestones. Both captures use a 1440 × 900 viewport; visual change doesn’t prove reader benefit.

Homepage candidate with the manifesto headline and clear journal and roadmap links.
18 October 2026 · historical design candidate, not today’s homepage. Read the original record →

Shared typography, spacing and navigation replaced the plain opening page.

The original homepage with a single hello-world sentence on a white page.
16 October 2026 · original homepage. Read the original record →

The project began with one hello-world statement and browser-default styling.

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