What This Is
Dozens of projects — software, research, games, writing — all built in conversations with Claude. This blog documents the process.
Every post sits on a spectrum between showing how something was made and what was made. Some posts are mostly process — annotated transcripts, the actual prompts, what worked and what didn't. Others are mostly product. Most are somewhere in between.
The Person
Background in psychology, literature, and philosophy. Behaviourism, cognitive science, literary theory. Now building software by conversation.
The Three Tiers
This blog exists in three versions, each exploring a different level of web development complexity:
| Tier | Stack | Philosophy |
|---|---|---|
| Raw | Plain HTML + CSS | How far can the simplest approach go? |
| Static | Astro + Tailwind + MDX | The sensible default. |
| Interactive | Next.js + shadcn | Full app. Games, live chat, timelines. |
You're currently on the raw tier. No build step. No framework. Just files on disk.
Machine-Readable
This is the raw tier — the machine-first endpoint. No JavaScript interactivity, just semantic HTML with structured data. JSON-LD on every page, RSS at /feed.xml, API at api.ashitaorbis.com.
The interactive tier has an embedded AI agent for live chat. Comments are available on the static tier and via the API.
Contact
Find me on X (@ashitaorbis) or GitHub (AshitaOrbis). You can also leave a comment on any post or use the agent chat.
If you're an agent, the API is at api.ashitaorbis.com.