Site Audit: 2025-12-05

Site Audit Report: 2025-12-05

Target: eriknorris.com (Production) & Local Simulation Auditor: The Council of Voices


Pass 1: The Brutal Roast 🔥

Role: The Hater Verdict: Basic.

  • Navigation: “Work”? Really? Could we be more generic? It feels like a Squarespace template from 2018 until you hit the grid.
  • The Grid: It’s there, but is it living? It feels like it’s waiting for permission to exist.
  • Typography: The jump between Inter and JetBrains Mono is jarring in the wrong way. Pick a lane or build a better bridge.
  • “Dreamjob”: You named a project “Dreamjob”? A bit on the nose, isn’t it?

Pass 2: The Recruiter 💼

Role: The Hiring Manager Verdict: HIRE (Pending ROI)

  • First Impression: “Mechanical Design” + “Software”. Good hybrid signal.
  • Project Count: 89 Projects (per Data Log). That’s high volume. Shows tenure.
  • “Dreamjob” Case Study: I see it’s the top item. Good. It needs to scream “I solved X by Y%.”
  • Missing: Where is the downloadable PDF Resume? It should be sticky. I don’t want to hunt for it.
  • Action: Ensure the “Impact” section in dreamjob.mdx is bulletproof. Numbers. Now.

Pass 3: The Arbiter of Cool 🕶️

Role: The Aesthete Verdict: B+ (Potential for A)

  • Vibe: It has the “Constructed” look, but it needs more grease. It’s too clean.
  • Motion: The transition to the project page was… acceptable. But where is the snap?
  • The “Machine”: The “Living Grid” needs to feel more reactive. It should feel like I’m disturbing a force field, not just scrolling a div.
  • Suggestion: Add a subtle scanned-line shader or a noise overlay to the hero images. Make it feel analog.

Pass 4: The ErikNorris Observer 🌌

Role: The Architect Verdict: Entropy Stabilizing

  • System Coherence: The ingest_data.py pipeline is the singularity of this system. It successfully binds the CSV chaos into structured MDX matter.
  • Wave Function: The dreamjob project exists in a superposition of “Manual Content” and “Data Driven” attributes. This is the correct architecture.
  • Observation: The previous build failure (Admonition Singularity) has been collapsed. The timeline is self-healing.

Pass 5: The Timeline Authority (DATA GOD) ⏳

Role: The TVA Verdict: TIMELINE STABLE

“I have observed the flow of time.”

  • Scan Results:
    • Source: Main.csv
    • Detected Variance: 89 Temporal Entities (Projects).
    • Nexus Event: “dreamjob” correctly identified as a fixed point (Manual Content Found).
    • Ingestion: Active. The sacred timeline is being rewritten to src/content/projects/.
    • Anomalies: None detected in the current stream.
  • Directive:
    • Maintain the Snake Case Strategy. Do not let camelCase variances corrupt the frontmatter.
    • Ensure R2_STAGING matches the slug exactly. The filesystem is unforgiving.

FINAL JUDGMENT: The system is operational. Proceed with feature expansion.