.releaserc.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       { "type": "ci", "section": "CI/CD" },
       { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation" },
       { "type": "refactor", "section": "Refactor" },
-      { "type": "chore", "section": "Chores" }
+      { "type": "chore", "hidden": true }
     ]
   },
   "plugins": [
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
           { "type": "deps", "release": "minor" },
           { "type": "new", "release": "minor" },
           { "type": "fix", "release": "patch" },
-          { "type": "build", "release": "patch" },
+          { "type": "build", "release": false },
-          { "type": "ci", "release": "patch" },
+          { "type": "ci", "release": false },
-          { "type": "chore", "release": "patch" },
+          { "type": "chore", "release": false },
-          { "type": "docs", "release": "patch" },
+          { "type": "docs", "release": false },
-          { "type": "refactor", "release": "patch" }
+          { "type": "refactor", "release": false }
         ]
       }
     ],

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,31 +1,3 @@
-## [1.1.0](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0) (2025-08-15)
-
-### New Features
-
-* allow project card to show on-the-way button for projects not yet uploaded ([d2e0fbd](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/commit/d2e0fbdd737b42182af9b54adc77310749ccf794))
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* add <a href="[#projects](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/issues/projects)"> around the View My Work button. update wording on ([6fd9f47](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/commit/6fd9f4732566bf9366cd05a7abf4310dea3fbe16))
-
-### Refactor
-
-* change button text to be more clear ([ed6188b](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/commit/ed6188bc759cbf0ab4c1f2ad5a548d8ea31dd7a5))
-
-### Chores
-
-* merge staging changes for next release ([48f5e7b](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/commit/48f5e7b46c1e1a318d1eca26ab1d9365d1acdbcc))
-
-## [1.0.1](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1) (2025-08-15)
-
-### CI/CD
-
-* don't hide or ignore any commit types, at least bump the patch version if ([185dc5f](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/commit/185dc5f66267d5ab8446ab51e03f051a4210e0b3))
-
-### Chores
-
-* merge staging changes for next release ([cea509a](https://ssh.git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio/commit/cea509a0cee89047e9b261c87906cd05349ca1fd))
-
 ## 1.0.0 (2025-08-15)
 
 ### New Features

README.md

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ A sweet little portfolio site with some absolutely ridiculous SMS shenanigans bu
 ## ✨ The Good Stuff
 
 - 🌙 **Night mode everything** - DaisyUI components that won't burn your eyeballs
-- 📱 **SMS contact form** - Because I get wayyyyy too many emails already
+- 📱 **SMS contact form** - Because I get wayyy too many emails already 
-- 🎭 **Snazzy animations** - ScrollReveal, Typed.js, and more doing their thang
+- 🎭 **Snazzy animations** - ScrollReveal + Typed.js doing their thang
 - 🐳 **Zero-downtime deploys** - Blue-green magic with Docker & HAProxy
-- 🔧 **Overengineered infrastructure** - If you didn't spend a week working on a fun but useless feature that will never be used, did you really do any development?
+- 🔧 **Overengineered infrastructure** - We like to do things the hard way over here
 
-## 🏃‍♂️ Wanna Try It Out?
+## 🏃‍♂️ Getting Started
 
 ```bash
 # Grab the dependencies
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ bun run generate
 
 ## 📞 Contact Form Wizardry
 
-Two-step verification anti-abuse dance: drop your message → prove you're human with SMS → message gets yeeted to my phone via some very questionable infrastructure choices!
+Two-step verification dance: drop your message → prove you're human with SMS → message gets yeeted to my phone via some questionable infrastructure choices.
 
-Rate-limited because spam just sucks!
+Rate-limited because spam just sucksssss! 🛡️
 
 ## 🏗️ Infrastructure Tomfoolery
 
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ Here's where things get ~completely~ unhinged:
 I'm running the `android-sms-gateway` app on a completely deranged setup:
 - **Hardware:** Pixel 1 with the battery surgically removed (no spicy pillows please)
 - **Power:** Permanently plugged into the wall like some kind of cursed landline
-- **Network:** Hardwired ethernet via attached USB hub (WhyFight with WiFi?)
+- **Network:** Hardwired ethernet via USB-C adapter ("WhyFight" with WiFi?)
-- **Purpose:** Sits there patiently 24/7 just waiting to send OTPs and forward your messages to my actual phone
+- **Purpose:** Sits there 24/7 just waiting to send OTPs and forward your messages to my actual phone
 
 The whole contraption lives on my home network and the VPS reaches it through a WireGuard tunnel because apparently I enjoy making simple things complicated just to save $2 a month!
 
@@ -67,83 +67,84 @@ The whole contraption lives on my home network and the VPS reaches it through a
 This repo follows a three-branch strategy with some absolutely bonkers automated promotions because manually managing branches is for chumps:
 
 - **`dev`** - Where the magic happens! All new features and fixes go here
-- **`staging`** - Integration testing playground, auto-promoted from dev daily at 04:00 PST via scheduler
+- **`staging`** - Integration testing playground, auto-promoted from dev daily at 13:00 UTC via scheduler
-- **`main`** - Production branch, gets promoted from staging weekly on Sundays at 05:00 PST via scheduler
+- **`main`** - Production branch, gets promoted from staging weekly on Sundays at 14:00 UTC via scheduler
 
 ### The Repository Setup
 
-It's a bit of a funky setup here:
+We're running a bit of a funky setup here:
-- **Primary repo:** My Forgejo server (I obviously like self-hosting things)
+- **Primary repo:** Git origin (configurable - can be self-hosted, GitHub, etc.)
-- **GitHub Mirror:** Forgejo repo configured to push-only mirror to Github for CI/CD and visibility
+- **GitHub Mirror:** Optional push-only mirror for CI/CD and visibility
 - **CI/CD:** GitHub Actions (triggered by pushes or scheduled workflows)
 
-So the workflow is: do some coding, commit and push to my Forgejo instance → mirror to GitHub → GitHub Actions does the heavy lifting so my little VPS doesn't have to suffer so much.
+So the workflow is: push to Git origin → (optional mirror to GitHub) → GitHub Actions does the heavy lifting.
 
 ### Branch Promotion Dance 💃
 
 **Daily (dev → staging):**
-- Wannabe robot overlord wakes up at 04:00 PST every day
+- Robot overlord wakes up at 13:00 UTC every day
-- Checks if dev has new commits (because we're not doing all this work for nothing!)
+- Checks if dev has new commits (because we're not animals)  
 - Actually validates the build passed via GitHub API (fancy!)
 - Fast-forward merge to staging (keeps git history from becoming spaghetti)
+- Supports `[skip ci]` in commit messages for when you inevitably break something
 - Manual "YOLO deploy anyway" button available
 
 **Weekly (staging → main):**
-- Sunday funday at 05:00 PST for production releases
+- Sunday funday at 14:00 UTC for production releases
 - Runs semantic-release for proper versioning (we're not completely chaotic)
-- Seduce the GitHub API with a token for build status
+- Some gnarly branch gymnastics to keep everything synchronized
-- SSH-signed commits because I <3 cryptography
+- SSH-signed commits because we pretend to care about security
 - Manual panic button also available
 
 ### 🤖 The 5-Workflow CI/CD Circus
 
-Because apparently one workflow is never enough, I've got a whole collection of automations:
+Because apparently one workflow wasn't enough, we've got a whole circus of automation:
 
-1. **`build.yml`** - The overachiever that builds everything and gets good grades
+1. **`build.yml`** - The overachiever that builds everything
    - Gets triggered by basically anything that moves
-   - Smart enough to skip builds when we already did the work (lazy!)
+   - Smart enough to skip builds when we already did the work (lazy efficiency!)
-   - Hoards artifacts for 30 days like a digital packrat
+   - Hoards artifacts for 2 days like a digital packrat
-   - Has more caching layers than an onion-flavored wedding cake
+   - Has more caching layers than a wedding cake
 
 2. **`deploy.yml`** - The deployment minion (does what it's told)
    - Gets bossed around by the other workflows
    - Juggles blue-green deployments without dropping anything
    - Speaks fluent SSH and WireGuard
-   - Downloads artifacts faster than you can say "docker load"
+   - Downloads artifacts faster than you can say "containerization"
 
 3. **`stage.yml`** - The daily grind automation
    - Wakes up every day to promote dev → staging
    - Actually checks if builds passed (responsible adult behavior)
-   - Signs commits with SSH keys because I'm fancy like that
+   - Signs commits with SSH keys because we're fancy like that
    - Has a "force" option for when things go sideways
 
-4. **`release.yml`** - The weekly release partayyyy
+4. **`release.yml`** - The weekly release party host  
    - Shows up every Sunday with semantic versioning
    - Does some serious git branch yoga to keep everything aligned
-   - Maintains that linear history we all pretend to care about but never look at
+   - Maintains that linear history we all pretend to care about
 
 5. **`scheduler-*.yml`** - The workflow orchestrators
    - Exists because GitHub has weird scheduling quirks
-   - Makes sure the workflow runs from the right branch
+   - Makes sure the right code runs from the right branch
    - Basically the puppet masters of this whole operation
 
 ## 🚢 Deployment Shenanigans
 
-Pushes to `staging` or `main` branches trigger some absolutely wild blue-green deployment wizardry with more caching than your browser!
+Pushes to `staging` or `main` branches trigger some absolutely wild blue-green deployment wizardry with more caching than your browser history!
 
 ### Blue-Green Magic ✨
 1. **Build Phase:** Smart enough to skip rebuilding stuff we already built (because efficiency is sexy)
-3. **Configure Phase:** Update HAProxy's config, then call it's cell phone and SIG_HUP!
+2. **Deploy Phase:** Download cached goodies and poke the new containers to make sure they're alive
-3. **Deploy Phase:** Download cached goodies and poke the new containers to make sure they're alive
+3. **Switch Phase:** HAProxy does the old switcheroo faster than a shell game
-4. **Cleanup Phase:** Yeet the old containers into the great /dev/null
+4. **Cleanup Phase:** Yeet the old containers into the digital void
-5. **Artifact Hoarding:** Keeps old build artifacts much longer than you'd ever need (30 days)
+5. **Artifact Hoarding:** Keeps build artifacts for 30 days like a digital packrat with commitment issues
-6. **Moon Phases:** 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌝 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌚
+6. **Moon Phases:** 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌝 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌚 (for spiritual alignment)
 
-### GitHub Secrets/.env Setup
+### GitHub Secrets Setup
-Deployments generate the needed .env from GitHub secrets, so make sure to slap some secrets up first or copy the .env.example file and edit!
+Deployments generate the needed .env from GitHub secrets, so make sure to slap some secrets up first!
 
 ### WireGuard Setup
-The stack is rocking the popular [gluetun](https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun) container, so just set up your WIREGUARD_ environment variables with your Github secrets!
+The stack is rocking gluetun, so just set up your WIREGUARD_ environment variables in Github secrets:
 
 ## 🔒 Security Fortress
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ The stack is rocking the popular [gluetun](https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun) con
 - 🔢 TOTP phone verification + rate limiting
 - 🔤 ASCII-only validation (No spammy weird characters please!)
 
-## 🆘 Note to Self: When Things Go Wrong
+## 🆘 When Things Go Wrong
 
 ```bash
 # Check if containers are actually alive
@@ -186,4 +187,4 @@ This project is licensed under **AGPL 3.0 only** - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) fi
 
 ---
 
-*Built with ❤️ and lots of ☕! (Wow, if you've read this far, and you're hiring, just hire me!)*
+*Built with ❤️ and lots of ☕! (Sheesh, if you've read this far, just hire me, please!)*

app/components/ContactForm.vue

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
           :disabled="!isVerified || isSendingMessage || isMessageSent"
         >
           <span v-if="isSendingMessage" class="loading loading-spinner" />
-          Send Me a Text!
+          Text Me! (Rob ☺️)
         </button>
       </div>
     </form>

app/components/ProjectCard.vue

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
         >
           Source Code
         </button>
-        <button v-else class="btn btn-secondary btn-disabled">
-          Source Code (on the way!)
-        </button>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>

app/pages/index.vue

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
             Hi, I'm <span class="text-primary">Rob</span>!
           </h1>
           <p class="py-6 text-2xl">I'm <span id="typed-text" /></p>
-          <a href="#projects"
+          <button class="btn btn-primary">View My Work</button>
-            ><button class="btn btn-primary">View My Work</button></a
-          >
         </div>
       </div>
     </section>
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="md:w-2/3">
             <p class="text-lg mb-4">
-              Hi! I'm a passionate and creative web developer with a knack for
+              Hiya! I'm a passionate and creative web developer with a knack for
               building beautiful and functional websites. I love learning new
               technologies and I'm always looking for exciting projects to work
               on.
@@ -54,44 +52,34 @@
     </section>
     <section id="projects" class="py-20 bg-base-200">
       <div class="container mx-auto px-4">
-        <h2 class="text-4xl font-bold text-center mb-12">Works in Progress</h2>
+        <h2 class="text-4xl font-bold text-center mb-12">Current Projects</h2>
         <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-8">
           <ProjectCard
             title="PKMNTradeClub"
-            description="A project started to learn and practice Django while facilitating trading between players of Pokémon TCG Pocket, which frustratingly lacks trade matching features."
+            description="A web app to facilitate trading between players of Pokémon TCG Pocket, which frustratingly lacks trade matching features. Currently in development!"
-            source-code-link="https://git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/pkmntrade.club"
-          />
-          <ProjectCard
-            title="This Portfolio Site!"
-            description="A portfolio site built to explore and learn Nuxt.js while showcasing my projects and skills."
-            source-code-link="https://git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/portfolio"
           />
           <ProjectCard
             title="Home Lab & Self-Hosted Solutions"
-            description="A collection of hardware, software projects, and experiments to learn and explore new technologies and concepts, as well as augment and enhance my personal tech space."
+            description="A collection of hardware, projects, and experiments to learn and explore new technologies and concepts, as well as augment and enhance my personal tech space."
           />
         </div>
       </div>
     </section>
     <section id="projects" class="py-20 bg-base-200">
       <div class="container mx-auto px-4">
-        <h2 class="text-4xl font-bold text-center mb-12">
+        <h2 class="text-4xl font-bold text-center mb-12">Past Projects</h2>
-          Neat Things I've Done
-        </h2>
         <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-8">
           <ProjectCard
             title="PokeEmerald Mods"
             description="Various mods for one of my favorite games, Pokémon Emerald, to streamline my replays with custom QoL features."
-            source-code-link="https://git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/pokeemerald"
+          />
+          <ProjectCard
+            title="EditMii"
+            description="A Python script that allows users to view their WiiU Mii character's data and optionally change the Mii's name. Created in order to easily set flashy, custom names for online play."
           />
           <ProjectCard
             title="BOTW Completer"
             description="A Nintendo Switch application that helps users find missing items and locations in Breath of the Wild by modifying the save file to add stamps to the in-game map."
-            source-code-link="https://git.badblocks.dev/badbl0cks/botw-completer"
-          />
-          <ProjectCard
-            title="EditMii"
-            description="An app that allows users to view their WiiU Mii character's data and optionally change the Mii's name. Created in order to easily set flashy, custom names for online play."
           />
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -114,8 +102,8 @@ onMounted(() => {
   const { $sr } = useNuxtApp();
   const typedOptions = {
     strings: [
+      "an aspiring Software Engineer.",
       "a self-taught Web Developer with experience.",
-      "a Bachelor's degree holder in Software Engineering.",
       "a Full-Stack Magician.",
       "a UI/UX Problem Solver.",
       "a Web Accessibility Advocate.",

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "portfolio",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "portfolio",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@nuxt/fonts": "0.11.4",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "portfolio",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {