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What this is built with.

Every line below is a credit. Most of the picks are drawn from my own stars - the curated subset that earned a place in this build. Everything you see is open source unless noted.

Framework + language

  • Next.js 16

    by Vercel

    App router, server components, image optimisation, server actions for the Letterboxd RSS pull.

  • Async server components, suspense, the whole render model.

  • Strict mode across every file.

  • Utilities + arbitrary values; CSS variables drive the theme tokens.

3D + motion

  • three.js

    by mrdoob

    WebGL plumbing under every 3D surface.

  • React renderer for three.js. ScrollScene, ProjectGlyph, PointField all sit on it.

  • Balances the hero headline wrap so no orphan words across breakpoints.

  • cobe

    by shuding

    5KB WebGL dot-globe on the Dubai Digital Twin work card. Markers at Dubai and Kharkiv. Drag to spin.

  • Cult UI · EdgeBlur

    by nolly-studio

    Progressive backdrop-filter blur edge at the viewport bottom. Stacked 5-layer mask. Zero-dep MIT pick from the Cult UI registry.

UI primitives

  • Positioning for the hover footnotes on the About character pointers.

  • sonner

    by emilkowalski

    Toast notifications on CV download + email copy.

  • Icon set. Workhorse for nav, CTAs, work-row arrows.

Type + assets

  • Display face for every headline + tile title. Variable axes: optical-size, SOFT, WONK.

  • Body face for paragraphs + UI text.

  • Pulls Pavlo's recent 4-star+ films into the Now-Showing strip in Passions.

Content sources

Stars consulted, not yet wired