- 4/5/2026
- Initialized website.
- Set up Cloudflare
- Made GitHub repository
- Set up Quartz
- 5/5/2026
- minor adjustments to previous essays
- Changed the method of page sorting from serial to chronological.
- Changed sorting from descending to ascending.
- Got the homepage working.
- Changed local storage from the OneDrive folder to the actual document folder. May God smite the guys over at Microsoft for creating this monster whose corpse still troubles me.
- It seems that all of our stuff is stored within OneDrive folders, even if we uninstall it. This causes issues due to the special nature of these folders.
- 05-06-2026
- Got the sorting layout to order pages based on date as it’s primary method
- In the event that multiple pages share the same date, a secondary property known as order is used to determine the order.
- Disabled GitHub pages and actions to stop attempts of duplicate hosting.
- Redeployed website after Cloudflare got stuck on an earlier build.
Added support for themes before installing a custom theme.
- Reverted back to yesterday’s version since the custom themes broke the website.
- Users (me) couldn’t select text on the website
- Hours spent on resolving this issue: 3
- By reverting to this version, some parts of this project broke
- Resolved this by deleting the text files and rebuilding the symbolic link that connected my vault and quartz
- Just learnt the hard way that git doesn’t roll everything back. Resolved this by manually deleting the responsible files.
- It seems that I’ll have to make my own theme.
- 05-07-2026
- Implemented my own custom theme, took roughly an hour or two.
- Got the input-field for email up to a presentable standard, courtesy of !important.
- A common trait here is that any CSS I do gets overridden unless I use !important or change the source after combing through every file.
- Created Credits
- employed a combination of wikilinks and markdown marks
- 05-09-2026
- Added the spreadsheet into index
- Retrospectively began to reference prior works with each other.
- reconfigured global graph view to make it more visually appealing.
- Changed settings that affected graph behavior
- Changed the colour of the link from dark purple to grey for visibility.
- Spent 1-2 hours on this
- Reconfigured settings accordingly
- Spent another hour on changing the color of links when highlighted.
- Broke the graph entirely in the process of doing so, requiring additional time to resolve issue.
- 05-14-2026
- 05-17-2026
- No changes, but I just realized that the local graph view restarts when the theme changes. Cool bit of trivia ngl.
- 05-20-2026
- Redefined this as a Digital Garden.
- Removed the email list.
- This would inhibit the growth of this project and would introduce artificial traffic.
- If people are going to read my works and want a reminder. If you like my works this much, then just ask me.
- Keep in mind, this is a lifetime project– it’s easy for this to become messy.
- 05-23-2026
- Changes to index
- Rewrote the entire body
- Introduced a table of contents.
- Changes to Credits
- Removed it as it would be redundant in its current iteration.
- Changes to 42-Letters
- Added an update before the Author’s note.
- 05-24-2026
The addition of a Journal.
It’s going to be composed of personal experiences and recollections, so it won’t be polished. The main reason why I’m creating this new classification is so that this writing won’t hold up to the standards of my essays.
- 06-06-2026
- Added the ‘Knowledge’ folder
- Declared my intent to store the notes of my Major
- Notes will be made based on subject matter. Example being HTML, classes, variable, etc.
- Notes will subsequently categorized based on course with tags, ergo CS 2400, CS 2300, CS 3000, etc.
- Declared my intent to archive my experiences in AFROTC
- Waiting until formal enrollment before I elaborate further.
- 06-08-2026
- Backend
- Audited it and found discrepancies with the serialization.
- Reserialized the spreadsheet and stored notes to align with each other. I’ve done this for the 4-5th time, so I pray that this is the last. It is tedious, with a disproportionate amount of time being invested into this facet that results in minimal changes.
- Invalidation
- In Fives, I formalized my choice of writing shorter essays after considering the conditions that I published my works in. As I said before, words are a bond– an oath.
- Since then, the scope of this project has expanded. The nature of this project has become a garden, so I don’t have to curate my words. One way or another, it shall become a lush one.
- In addition to this, I have been inconsistent– my actions perjuring these words of mine. So while this may be a factor in my consideration for this change, it is a mark on my integrity.
- It is hereby resolved, that the limitation that I have established unto myself has been invalidated in light of this.
- 06-13-2026
- 06-20-2026
- Reviewed 4 out of 44 essays to anonymize personal identifiable information.
- 06-21-2026
- The actions of 06-20-2026 are under an administrative injunction, pending resolution.
- Completed 44-Conflict
- Added a new property: Time of Completion
- The Date property now signifies the start of each essay, starting from 44-Conflict
- 07-01-2026 to 07-12-2026
- This log is being consolidated due to my recent inconsistency in updating this.
- Upgraded the entire website from Quartz 4 to Quartz 5
- Broke several website components
- Due to my lack of experience, I made those issues worse and had to revert to Quartz 4.
- Deleted the entire GitHub repository and created a new one.
- This time, almost all of my previous issues and modifications were resolved.
- custom.scss was code I had for Quartz 4 and I only realized that after it drove me insane for a week.
- This website is now at a publishable state again.
- URL change
- Cloudflare project for hosting this website was deleted: quartz-e5i.pages.dev
- new Cloudflare project was made in order to change the custom domain allotted to me: zakarias-digital-garden.pages.dev/
- Folders created with introductions
- 44-Conflict
- Finally removed that WIP tag.
Remind me to update this if you still see it. Updated.- Inactivity
- Originally, I planned on taking a short break on this website and this project as a whole. I didn’t spend all twelve days on this project, but it never left my mind. What I did spend was over six hours of troubleshooting.
- Taking a break would make me an workaholic with no work. Unacceptable. In a way, writing is my ideal. It is a permanent expression, one that’ll remain as I drink my suffering raw.
- Why revel in comfort and its many forms when they’ll come and go? You won’t find the same person twice, from those who share your lifespan– so how could you expect comfort from anything less? Cogito, ergo sum. If my thought proves my existence, then surely it can sustain it.
- Pending tasks:
- Spreadsheet
- Requires an update
- Should I count this changelog? It’s almost 1,300 words now.
- Graph
- Link colors need to changed to optimize visibility.
- Anything else.
- 07-24-2026
- It’s actually the 30th, but I forgot to update this part.
- Redacted PII up to the 12th essay.
- 07-30-2026
- 08-01-2026
- Restored 42-Letters and rewrote the sections after the main part.
- 08-08-2026
- Finished 45-Silence
- Removed ???. Today is the 27th and I have no idea what my former self had in mind.
- 08-27-2026
- Updated Bachelors
- Started digitalization of notes:
- EE1024: Complete
- ET2905: Complete
- CS2400 & CS 2400L: In progress
- MATH1300: Paused. Will start once I complete the following two objectives.
- Learning latex.
- Actually understanding the course content.
- All of these notes will be actively worked on and maintained until I pass. After I pass this semester, these notes will remain– but they’ll be deprioritized. After all, I’ll be working on the next iteration.
- Reminder for my future self: Group these courses into folders based on semesters.
- Plans for AFROTC
- AF regulations prohibit Cadets from sharing any information in regards to AFQOT. This is oversimplified, but suffices for a changelog– so I can’t mention that in my journal.
- To avoid the chance of me shooting my own foot in regards to information, I will add a password and will restrict access to fellow cadets in the AFROTC program.
- I will also rewrite the index page as it sounds too similar to what I’ve written here.
- Removed most of the non-publishable files I had from this vault, by extension this website.
- This means that they are no longer being stored in the GitHub repository itself, mitigating a potential risk.
- Updated quartz plugins
- syntax-highlighting’s build failed. No need to investigate further as it’s marginal to the website.
- Finally changed the graph link colors
- Took me over an hour to realize that I can’t make it specific to the graph itself.
- Royal purple wasn’t my first choice, but the tables aren’t readable if I make it a light color.
- 08-28-2026
- It’s me again, changed the graph link colors again to align better with the theme.