DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -16,15 +16,22 @@ Cozy Den is a landing page for hiddenden.cafe built with Astro. The site feature
 ```
 cozy-den/
 ├── src/
+│   ├── content/
+│   │   ├── config.ts              # Content collection schema
+│   │   └── blog/
+│   │       └── *.md               # Blog posts (Markdown)
 │   ├── layouts/
 │   │   └── BaseLayout.astro      # Base HTML layout with global styles
 │   ├── pages/
 │   │   ├── index.astro            # Main landing page
-│   │   └── 404.astro              # Custom 404 error page
-│   └── components/                # (Empty - ready for future components)
+│   │   ├── 404.astro              # Custom 404 error page
+│   │   └── blog/
+│   │       ├── index.astro        # Blog listing page (/blog)
+│   │       └── [...slug].astro    # Individual post pages (/blog/<slug>)
 ├── public/
 │   ├── favicon.svg                # Site favicon (coffee emoji)
-│   └── robots.txt                 # Search engine directives
+│   ├── robots.txt                 # Search engine directives
+│   └── blog/                      # Blog post images (per-post subdirectory)
 ├── astro.config.mjs               # Astro configuration with sitemap
 ├── package.json                   # Node dependencies
 ├── tsconfig.json                  # TypeScript configuration
@@ -40,13 +47,15 @@ cozy-den/
 The site uses CSS custom properties for theming. All colors are defined in `src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro`:
 
 ```css
---color-bg: #1a1410           /* Dark background (deep coffee) */
---color-bg-light: #2a1f18     /* Lighter background for cards */
---color-text: #f4e9d8          /* Cream text */
---color-text-dim: #c4b5a0      /* Dimmed text for less emphasis */
---color-accent: #d4a574        /* Warm accent (coffee with cream) */
---color-accent-bright: #e8bf8e /* Brighter accent for highlights */
---color-warm: #8b6f47          /* Warm brown for borders/accents */
+--color-bg: #1e1e2e           /* Dark background (Catppuccin Mocha base) */
+--color-text: #cdd6f4          /* Light text */
+--color-text-dim: #a6adc8      /* Dimmed text for less emphasis */
+--color-accent: #cba6f7        /* Mauve accent */
+--color-accent-bright: #f5c2e7 /* Pink accent for highlights */
+--color-surface: #313244       /* Surface color for borders/cards */
+--color-blue: #89b4fa          /* Blue for links */
+--color-green: #a6e3a1         /* Green for code */
+--color-peach: #fab387         /* Peach for labels */
 ```
 
 ## Component Architecture
@@ -62,12 +71,31 @@ The base layout provides:
 ### index.astro
 
 The main page includes these sections:
-1. **Hero** - Title and subtitle
-2. **About Hidden Den** - Information about the site/space
-3. **About Me** - Information about Latte
-4. **Services** - List of self-hosted services
-5. **Support** - Ways to help/contribute
-6. **Footer** - Links and credits
+1. **Header** - Title
+2. **About** - Introduction, age, status
+3. **Cryptographic Keys** - PGP fingerprint and SSH public key
+4. **Games** - Games Latte plays
+5. **Socials** - Links to social platforms
+6. **Services** - Self-hosted services
+7. **Support** - Crypto donation addresses
+8. **Blog** - Link to `/blog`
+9. **Footer** - Credits
+
+### blog/index.astro
+
+Blog listing page at `/blog`. Fetches all non-draft posts from the `blog` content collection, sorted by date descending.
+
+### blog/[...slug].astro
+
+Individual blog post page. Renders Markdown content using Astro's `<Content />` component. Styles for prose content (headings, paragraphs, code blocks, images, etc.) are scoped within `.content :global(...)`.
+
+### src/content/config.ts
+
+Defines the `blog` content collection schema:
+- `title` (string) — post title
+- `date` (date) — publish date, used for sorting
+- `description` (string) — shown on the listing page
+- `draft` (boolean, optional) — set to `true` to hide from listing
 
 ### 404.astro
 
@@ -120,9 +148,15 @@ npm run preview
 2. Follow the existing structure with h3 link and description
 
 **Adding images:**
-1. Place images in `public/` directory
-2. Reference them with `/image.jpg` in your code
-3. They'll be served as static assets
+1. Place images in `public/blog/<post-slug>/` directory
+2. Reference in Markdown with `/blog/<post-slug>/image.jpg`
+3. They'll be served as static assets by nginx
+
+**Adding a blog post:**
+1. Create `src/content/blog/my-post-slug.md`
+2. Add frontmatter: `title`, `date`, `description` (and optionally `draft: true`)
+3. Write content in Markdown below the frontmatter
+4. The post appears automatically at `/blog/my-post-slug`
 
 ## Docker Deployment
 
@@ -273,14 +307,12 @@ import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';
 ## Future Enhancements
 
 Ideas for future development:
-- [ ] Add blog section using Astro's content collections
-- [ ] Create reusable components for service items
-- [ ] Add dark/light theme toggle
-- [ ] Implement contact form
+- [x] Add blog section using Astro's content collections
+- [x] Create custom 404 page
 - [ ] Add RSS feed for blog
-- [ ] Create custom 404 page
+- [ ] Create reusable components for service items
 - [ ] Add more animations and transitions
-- [ ] Integrate with analytics (privacy-friendly)
+- [ ] Integrate with analytics (privacy-friendly, self-hosted)
 
 ## Resources
 

README.md

@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ Cozy Den is a warm, self-hosted corner of the internet. This landing page repres
 ## Features
 
 - ☕ Cozy, warm aesthetic with hidden den theme
-- 🎨 Custom color palette inspired by coffee and warmth
+- 🎨 Catppuccin Mocha color palette
 - 📱 Responsive design
 - ⚡ Built with Astro for blazing fast performance
 - 🐳 Docker support for easy deployment
+- 📝 Blog powered by Astro Content Collections (hardcoded Markdown, no CMS)
 
 ## Setup
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ docker build -t cozy-den .
 ### Running the Container
 
 ```bash
-docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name cozy-den cozy-den
+docker run -d -p 3000:80 --name cozy-den cozy-den
 ```
 
 Or with docker-compose:
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ The site is built to be easily customizable:
 - **Colors**: Edit the CSS variables in `src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro`
 - **Content**: Update sections in `src/pages/index.astro`
 - **Favicon**: Replace `public/favicon.svg`
+- **Blog posts**: Add `.md` files to `src/content/blog/` — they appear automatically at `/blog`
+- **Blog images**: Place images in `public/blog/<post-slug>/` and reference with `/blog/<post-slug>/image.jpg`
 
 ## Technology Stack
 

TODO.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ✅ Sitemap integration
 ✅ robots.txt
 ✅ Accessibility improvements (ARIA labels, semantic HTML)
+✅ Blog with Astro Content Collections (Markdown, no CMS)
 
 ## Immediate Next Steps
 
@@ -28,11 +29,11 @@
 - [ ] Consider adding subtle background patterns or textures
 
 #### Medium Term
-- [ ] Create a blog section using Astro Content Collections
+- [x] Create a blog section using Astro Content Collections
+- [ ] Add RSS feed for blog
 - [ ] Add a projects page that pulls from Gitea API
 - [ ] Create reusable components for repeated elements
 - [ ] Add a contact form (self-hosted solution)
-- [ ] Add RSS feed if blog is implemented
 
 #### Long Term
 - [ ] Theme toggle (dark/light, or alternate color schemes)
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
 
 - Network is required for npm install (packages not included in repo)
 - Gitea registry requires authentication (document login process)
-- No CMS - content updates require code changes (intentional for now)
+- No CMS - blog posts are Markdown files committed to the repo (intentional — no attack surface)
 
 ## Deployment Checklist
 

nginx.conf

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ server {
     server_name localhost;
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     index index.html;
+    absolute_redirect off;
 
     # Gzip compression
     gzip on;

src/content/blog/love-without-access.md

@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+---
+title: "Love Without Access"
+date: 2026-03-01
+description: "A reflection on a first love — what it meant, what it cost, and why distance was the most loving thing left."
+---
+
+*by LATTE*
+
+There was a time when I thought love was mostly about intensity.
+
+Waking up next to someone and feeling like the world aligned.
+Skin against skin.
+Breathing in sync.
+Power and surrender that were, underneath it all, just different shapes of trust.
+
+This isn't a story about blame.
+And it's not a story about anger.
+
+It's a story about something that stayed real…
+even after it stopped being reachable.
+
+---
+
+## How It Began
+
+We were friends first.
+
+Maybe that's what made it so deep. It didn't explode into existence — it grew. Slowly. Safely.
+From gaming together to talking for hours.
+From talking to tension.
+From tension to touch.
+
+And then, somehow, we became a home.
+
+Not the perfect kind.
+Not the easy kind.
+But the kind your body recognizes.
+
+---
+
+## What We Were
+
+From the outside, we looked like a relationship.
+
+On the inside, we were a system of trust.
+
+I was the one who brought structure.
+Who checked in.
+Who asked, "Are you still okay?"
+Who carried responsibility for safety.
+
+What some people would call dominance
+was, for me, care.
+
+And for him, surrender wasn't weakness.
+It was relief.
+
+But what I only understood later was this:
+
+Closeness regulated me.
+Distance regulated him.
+
+And that difference doesn't show up at the start.
+You only feel it when life gets heavy and love gets real.
+
+---
+
+## The Fracture
+
+There wasn't an explosion. No dramatic collapse.
+
+There was fatigue.
+Doubt.
+Silence.
+
+"I don't feel it anymore."
+
+And something in me went very quiet — and very loud — at the same time.
+
+Because I could still feel myself holding on.
+And carrying someone who no longer carries back
+exhausts you in a way no one sees.
+
+---
+
+## The After That Kept Me Stuck
+
+What made it hardest wasn't just the ending.
+
+It was the ambiguity after.
+
+Still sleeping next to each other.
+Still laughing.
+Still touching.
+
+But no longer together.
+
+A body that says yes.
+Words that say no.
+
+That contradiction doesn't just hurt emotionally — it destabilizes you.
+Hope becomes a reflex.
+And every time hope collapses, you fracture a little with it.
+
+I tried to understand. I tried to fix.
+I thought if I could articulate my love clearly enough, we could find safety again.
+
+But love is not code you can debug
+when one of you has already logged out.
+
+---
+
+## The Part Where Safety Changed
+
+And then there was the part people don't like to talk about:
+
+When something private stops being safe.
+
+When the inner room gets opened.
+
+I'm not writing this to accuse you.
+I'm writing this because it matters.
+
+Because trust isn't just "did you mean well."
+Trust is "did I feel protected."
+
+And after a certain point, I didn't.
+
+That's when I understood something important:
+
+Even love needs a locked door
+when the inside of you keeps getting exposed.
+
+---
+
+## What It Did to Me
+
+There were days my body shook.
+
+Days where seeing your name online
+made my chest tighten.
+
+Where I felt cold,
+then numb,
+then flooded.
+
+I don't write that for drama.
+I write it because endings are not abstract.
+
+When attachment breaks,
+the body reacts.
+
+I wasn't weak.
+I was grieving a nervous system bond.
+
+And at some point, I understood something else:
+
+Loving you was real.
+But staying in reach of you
+was slowly undoing me.
+
+So I chose distance.
+
+Not because I stopped loving you.
+But because I had to protect myself.
+
+No access wasn't punishment.
+
+It was survival.
+
+---
+
+## What I Understand Now
+
+Some people are not cruel.
+Not cold.
+Not heartless.
+
+They're overwhelmed.
+
+And when overwhelm becomes someone's default response to emotional depth,
+distance becomes their survival strategy.
+
+For a long time, I wondered if I was "too much."
+Too intense. Too deep. Too present.
+
+Now I know:
+
+I wasn't too much.
+We were mismatched in emotional capacity.
+
+I wanted co-regulation.
+He needed self-regulation.
+
+That's not villain and victim.
+That's architecture.
+
+---
+
+## On Being Replaced
+
+Yes — he found someone new quickly.
+
+That hurt.
+
+Not because he doesn't deserve happiness.
+But because what we had felt quiet and private,
+and what came after looked public and bright.
+
+I questioned whether I was replaceable.
+Whether I had simply been a phase.
+
+But love isn't a competition.
+
+What we had lasted years.
+It was layered. It was real.
+It mattered.
+
+Something ending does not mean it was nothing.
+
+---
+
+## For You
+
+If you ever read this —
+
+I want you to know that what we had was real to me.
+Not experimental. Not temporary. Not a placeholder.
+
+Real.
+
+You weren't just someone I loved.
+You were my first love.
+
+My first true one.
+
+The first person I chose fully.
+The first person I built a life around.
+The first person I learned love with.
+
+We were figuring things out together.
+Trying. Failing. Adjusting.
+Discovering what intimacy meant.
+Discovering what we meant.
+
+You weren't just someone who entered my life —
+you were part of my becoming.
+
+That matters.
+
+Not in a way that traps either of us.
+But in a way that leaves a mark.
+
+And I need to say this clearly:
+
+I was never angry at you.
+Not truly. Not even in the hardest moments.
+
+I was hurt.
+I was overwhelmed.
+I was trying to hold something I didn't yet know how to let go of.
+
+But even then, I wasn't against you.
+
+I saw you as someone struggling — not someone malicious.
+
+There were moments when you softened completely with me.
+Moments where you rested your full weight without guarding yourself.
+
+Those moments were real.
+You were there.
+You chose me then.
+
+And I don't erase that.
+
+Here is the honest truth:
+
+The love didn't vanish.
+Access did.
+
+And choosing no access
+was the hardest loving decision I've ever made.
+
+Because access requires safety.
+And safety requires consistency.
+And consistency requires a kind of staying that you couldn't give.
+
+So no, I'm not angry that you couldn't stay.
+
+I still love you.
+
+The love I had doesn't disappear just because access is gone.
+
+It changes shape.
+It becomes quieter.
+It becomes something I carry instead of something I reach for.
+
+And yes — I'm going to be a little playful about it:
+
+You're on my website. Do you get that?
+
+Not as a spectacle.
+Not as a wound.
+
+As a chapter.
+
+I don't delete chapters.
+I archive them properly.
+
+You were my first true love.
+The first person I learned how to love with.
+
+That doesn't give you access anymore.
+But it does give you permanence.
+
+That love still exists.
+
+It just no longer has a door.
+
+---
+
+## For Me
+
+I'm still learning.
+
+That giving doesn't have to be my identity.
+That caring doesn't mean abandoning myself.
+That intensity isn't a flaw.
+
+I don't need to shrink
+to be worthy of being held.
+
+The wolf in me was never meant to become smaller.
+Only to find the right pack.
+
+— LATTE

src/content/config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { z, defineCollection } from 'astro:content';
+
+const blog = defineCollection({
+  type: 'content',
+  schema: z.object({
+    title: z.string(),
+    date: z.coerce.date(),
+    description: z.string(),
+    draft: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+  }),
+});
+
+export const collections = { blog };

src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro

@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+---
+import BaseLayout from "../../layouts/BaseLayout.astro";
+import { getCollection } from "astro:content";
+
+export async function getStaticPaths() {
+    const posts = await getCollection("blog", ({ data }) => !data.draft);
+    return posts.map((post) => ({
+        params: { slug: post.slug },
+        props: { post },
+    }));
+}
+
+const { post } = Astro.props;
+const { Content } = await post.render();
+
+function formatDate(date: Date) {
+    return date.toISOString().split("T")[0];
+}
+---
+
+<BaseLayout
+    title={`${post.data.title} — Hidden Den Cafe`}
+    description={post.data.description}
+>
+    <div class="matrix-bg" aria-hidden="true"></div>
+
+    <main class="main">
+        <div class="container">
+            <header class="header fade-in">
+                <p class="back"><a href="/blog">← back to blog</a></p>
+                <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>
+                <h1 class="title">{post.data.title}</h1>
+                <p class="date">{formatDate(post.data.date)}</p>
+                <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>
+            </header>
+
+            <article class="content fade-in">
+                <Content />
+            </article>
+
+            <footer class="footer fade-in">
+                <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>
+                <p>Made with love by Latte</p>
+            </footer>
+        </div>
+    </main>
+</BaseLayout>
+
+<style>
+    .matrix-bg {
+        position: fixed;
+        top: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+        z-index: -1;
+        opacity: 0.03;
+        background:
+            linear-gradient(var(--color-accent) 1px, transparent 1px),
+            linear-gradient(90deg, var(--color-accent) 1px, transparent 1px);
+        background-size: 50px 50px;
+        animation: grid-move 20s linear infinite;
+    }
+
+    @keyframes grid-move {
+        0% { transform: translate(0, 0); }
+        100% { transform: translate(50px, 50px); }
+    }
+
+    .main {
+        min-height: 100vh;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+        padding: var(--space-lg) var(--space-md);
+    }
+
+    .container {
+        max-width: 700px;
+        width: 100%;
+        background: rgba(30, 30, 46, 0.8);
+        backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
+        border: 1px solid var(--color-surface);
+        border-radius: 8px;
+        padding: var(--space-xl);
+    }
+
+    .header {
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-lg);
+    }
+
+    .back {
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-sm);
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
+
+    .back a {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+    }
+
+    .back a:hover {
+        color: var(--color-accent);
+    }
+
+    .divider {
+        color: var(--color-surface);
+        text-align: center;
+        font-size: 0.75rem;
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0;
+        user-select: none;
+    }
+
+    .title {
+        font-size: 1.6rem;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        letter-spacing: 1px;
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-xs);
+    }
+
+    .date {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
+
+    /* Prose styles for markdown content */
+    .content {
+        color: var(--color-text);
+        line-height: 1.8;
+    }
+
+    .content :global(h2) {
+        font-size: 1.1rem;
+        text-transform: uppercase;
+        letter-spacing: 2px;
+        color: var(--color-accent);
+        margin: var(--space-lg) 0 var(--space-sm);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(h3) {
+        font-size: 1rem;
+        color: var(--color-accent-bright);
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0 var(--space-xs);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(p) {
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-md);
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(a) {
+        color: var(--color-blue);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(a:hover) {
+        color: var(--color-accent-bright);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(code) {
+        font-family: inherit;
+        background: var(--color-bg);
+        padding: 2px 6px;
+        border-radius: 4px;
+        font-size: 0.85em;
+        color: var(--color-green);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(pre) {
+        background: var(--color-bg);
+        border: 1px solid var(--color-surface);
+        border-radius: 6px;
+        padding: var(--space-md);
+        overflow-x: auto;
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-md);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(pre code) {
+        background: none;
+        padding: 0;
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
+
+    .content :global(ul),
+    .content :global(ol) {
+        padding-left: var(--space-lg);
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-md);
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(li) {
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-xs);
+    }
+
+    .content :global(blockquote) {
+        border-left: 3px solid var(--color-accent);
+        padding-left: var(--space-md);
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0;
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-style: italic;
+    }
+
+    .content :global(hr) {
+        border: none;
+        border-top: 1px solid var(--color-surface);
+        margin: var(--space-lg) 0;
+    }
+
+    .content :global(img) {
+        max-width: 100%;
+        border-radius: 6px;
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0;
+        border: 1px solid var(--color-surface);
+        display: block;
+    }
+
+    .content :global(figure) {
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0;
+    }
+
+    .content :global(figcaption) {
+        font-size: 0.8rem;
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        text-align: center;
+        margin-top: var(--space-xs);
+    }
+
+    .footer {
+        margin-top: var(--space-lg);
+        text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    .footer p {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
+
+    .fade-in {
+        animation: fadeIn 0.6s ease-out forwards;
+        opacity: 0;
+    }
+
+    .fade-in:nth-child(1) { animation-delay: 0.1s; }
+    .fade-in:nth-child(2) { animation-delay: 0.2s; }
+    .fade-in:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: 0.3s; }
+
+    @keyframes fadeIn {
+        from {
+            opacity: 0;
+            transform: translateY(10px);
+        }
+        to {
+            opacity: 1;
+            transform: translateY(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @media (max-width: 600px) {
+        .container {
+            padding: var(--space-md);
+        }
+
+        .title {
+            font-size: 1.3rem;
+        }
+
+        .divider {
+            font-size: 0.6rem;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+        .matrix-bg {
+            animation: none;
+        }
+
+        .fade-in {
+            animation: none;
+            opacity: 1;
+        }
+    }
+</style>

src/pages/blog/index.astro

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+---
+import BaseLayout from "../../layouts/BaseLayout.astro";
+import { getCollection } from "astro:content";
+
+const posts = (await getCollection("blog", ({ data }) => !data.draft))
+    .sort((a, b) => b.data.date.valueOf() - a.data.date.valueOf());
+
+function formatDate(date: Date) {
+    return date.toISOString().split("T")[0];
+}
+---
+
+<BaseLayout
+    title="Blog — Hidden Den Cafe"
+    description="Latte's blog. Thoughts, technical things, and whatever else is on my mind."
+>
+    <div class="matrix-bg" aria-hidden="true"></div>
+
+    <main class="main">
+        <div class="container">
+            <header class="header fade-in">
+                <p class="back"><a href="/">← back to home</a></p>
+                <h1 class="title">Blog</h1>
+                <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>
+            </header>
+
+            {posts.length === 0 ? (
+                <section class="section fade-in">
+                    <p class="empty">No posts yet. Will get around to it.</p>
+                </section>
+            ) : (
+                <section class="section fade-in">
+                    <ul class="post-list">
+                        {posts.map((post) => (
+                            <li class="post-item">
+                                <span class="post-date">{formatDate(post.data.date)}</span>
+                                <div class="post-info">
+                                    <a href={`/blog/${post.slug}`} class="post-title">{post.data.title}</a>
+                                    <p class="post-desc">{post.data.description}</p>
+                                </div>
+                            </li>
+                        ))}
+                    </ul>
+                </section>
+            )}
+
+            <footer class="footer fade-in">
+                <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>
+                <p>Made with love by Latte</p>
+            </footer>
+        </div>
+    </main>
+</BaseLayout>
+
+<style>
+    .matrix-bg {
+        position: fixed;
+        top: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+        z-index: -1;
+        opacity: 0.03;
+        background:
+            linear-gradient(var(--color-accent) 1px, transparent 1px),
+            linear-gradient(90deg, var(--color-accent) 1px, transparent 1px);
+        background-size: 50px 50px;
+        animation: grid-move 20s linear infinite;
+    }
+
+    @keyframes grid-move {
+        0% { transform: translate(0, 0); }
+        100% { transform: translate(50px, 50px); }
+    }
+
+    .main {
+        min-height: 100vh;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+        padding: var(--space-lg) var(--space-md);
+    }
+
+    .container {
+        max-width: 700px;
+        width: 100%;
+        background: rgba(30, 30, 46, 0.8);
+        backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
+        border: 1px solid var(--color-surface);
+        border-radius: 8px;
+        padding: var(--space-xl);
+    }
+
+    .header {
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-lg);
+    }
+
+    .back {
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-sm);
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
+
+    .back a {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+    }
+
+    .back a:hover {
+        color: var(--color-accent);
+    }
+
+    .title {
+        font-size: 2rem;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        letter-spacing: 2px;
+        text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    .divider {
+        color: var(--color-surface);
+        text-align: center;
+        font-size: 0.75rem;
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0;
+        user-select: none;
+    }
+
+    .section {
+        margin: var(--space-md) 0;
+    }
+
+    .post-list {
+        list-style: none;
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        gap: var(--space-md);
+    }
+
+    .post-item {
+        display: flex;
+        gap: var(--space-md);
+        align-items: flex-start;
+    }
+
+    .post-date {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-size: 0.8rem;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+        padding-top: 2px;
+        min-width: 90px;
+    }
+
+    .post-info {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        gap: var(--space-xs);
+    }
+
+    .post-title {
+        color: var(--color-blue);
+        font-size: 1rem;
+        font-weight: 700;
+    }
+
+    .post-title:hover {
+        color: var(--color-accent-bright);
+    }
+
+    .post-desc {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+        line-height: 1.6;
+    }
+
+    .empty {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-style: italic;
+    }
+
+    .footer {
+        margin-top: var(--space-lg);
+        text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    .footer p {
+        color: var(--color-text-dim);
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
+
+    .fade-in {
+        animation: fadeIn 0.6s ease-out forwards;
+        opacity: 0;
+    }
+
+    .fade-in:nth-child(1) { animation-delay: 0.1s; }
+    .fade-in:nth-child(2) { animation-delay: 0.2s; }
+    .fade-in:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: 0.3s; }
+
+    @keyframes fadeIn {
+        from {
+            opacity: 0;
+            transform: translateY(10px);
+        }
+        to {
+            opacity: 1;
+            transform: translateY(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @media (max-width: 600px) {
+        .container {
+            padding: var(--space-md);
+        }
+
+        .title {
+            font-size: 1.5rem;
+        }
+
+        .divider {
+            font-size: 0.6rem;
+        }
+
+        .post-item {
+            flex-direction: column;
+            gap: var(--space-xs);
+        }
+
+        .post-date {
+            min-width: unset;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+        .matrix-bg {
+            animation: none;
+        }
+
+        .fade-in {
+            animation: none;
+            opacity: 1;
+        }
+    }
+</style>

src/pages/index.astro

@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ if (now < new Date(now.getFullYear(), 6, 8)) age--;
                 </div>
             </section>
 
+            <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>
+
+            <!-- Blog -->
+            <section class="section fade-in">
+                <h2>Blog</h2>
+                <ul class="links">
+                    <li><a href="/blog">blog</a> — thoughts and things</li>
+                </ul>
+            </section>
+
             <!-- Footer -->
             <footer class="footer fade-in">
                 <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════</div>