https://harishs.me Journal — design, travel, photography, and notes on building things. en-us Mon, 25 May 2026 06:12:29 GMT https://harishs.me/journal/intro https://harishs.me/journal/intro Mon, 25 May 2026 06:11:59 GMT Notes Notes https://harishs.me/journal/untitled-9c3e https://harishs.me/journal/untitled-9c3e Mon, 25 May 2026 05:25:55 GMT Notes Notes https://harishs.me/journal/building-this-website https://harishs.me/journal/building-this-website Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT ENGINEERING How this portfolio is built — Next.js 16 App Router, Tailwind v4, MDX, and a handful of opinionated choices about typography, motion, and theme. https://harishs.me/journal/on-design-systems https://harishs.me/journal/on-design-systems Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT DESIGN Design systems are organisms, not artifacts — what changes when you treat them like living infrastructure instead of static deliverables. https://harishs.me/journal/the-art-of-side-projects https://harishs.me/journal/the-art-of-side-projects Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT LIFE Side projects as deliberate practice — and why the constraint of having no users is the most generative one available. https://harishs.me/journal/thoughts-on-typography https://harishs.me/journal/thoughts-on-typography Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT DESIGN Typography decisions for the web — type scale, line height, fluid sizing, and the small details that make text feel inevitable. https://harishs.me/journal/minimalism-in-interfaces https://harishs.me/journal/minimalism-in-interfaces Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT PRODUCT Minimalism is not the absence of elements — it's the absence of noise. Notes on restraint, hierarchy, and earning every pixel.