How to Read This Lab Book

This site is a research lab book: a structured record of projects, experiments, notes, and writing.

The main sections follow different parts of the work. Some pages introduce a project at a high level. Some describe architecture or design reasoning. Some collect observations from specific runs or stages. Others are essays or longer-form writing.

Sections have different jobs

Overview pages are the best place to start. They explain what a project is about and how the surrounding pages fit together.

Architecture pages describe how a system or environment is organised.

Design reasoning pages explain why particular choices were made.

Lab notes capture observations, changes, runs, and questions close to when they happened.

Writing pages are more self-contained and can usually be read on their own.

Some pages may be more current than others

Because this is a working research site, pages may have different statuses. Some describe the current system. Some preserve earlier stages. Some are being updated as new runs, notes, or design changes are added.

When that matters, the page should make its status clear.

How to move through it

You do not need to read the site in order.

Start with the overview pages for the broad shape. Follow architecture and design reasoning pages for the structure behind each project. Use lab notes when you want the more specific record of what changed, what was observed, or what questions emerged.

The site is designed to be returned to as the work develops.