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[Engineering][Dev Journal]

Dev Journal: Oct 4, 2025

>Richard Hallett#Saturday, October 4, 2025

Major integration day combining multiple projects into unified diamond-heart.ai platform with comprehensive service pages, portfolio system, and clear separation of Engineering, AI Consulting, and Kaishin Method offerings. Addressed UX issues and established consistent design patterns across the ...

Development Journal - 2025-10-04

Overview

Major integration day combining multiple projects into unified diamond-heart.ai platform with comprehensive service pages, portfolio system, and clear separation of Engineering, AI Consulting, and Kaishin Method offerings. Addressed UX issues and established consistent design patterns across the integrated platform.

Active Projects: 1 Total Commits: 8

Projects

diamond-heart.ai

Commits: 8 | Files Changed: 1080

Major integration day combining multiple projects into unified diamond-heart.ai platform with comprehensive service pages, portfolio system, and clear separation of Engineering, AI Consulting, and Kaishin Method offerings. Addressed UX issues and established consistent design patterns across the integrated platform.

Highlights

  • Massive initial integration project combining three separate repositories (oceanheart-ui, phoenix.oceanheart.ai, becoming-diamond-nextjs) into unified diamond-heart.ai structure

  • Built comprehensive portfolio system with 7 featured projects across Product Apps, Websites, System Integrations, and Research categories

  • Created complete service pages for AI Consulting and Somatic Sessions with detailed content, FAQs, and pricing

  • Integrated private sessions offering (/kai route) with three-pillar framework (Zen, ACT, Somatic) and booking system

  • Established clear navigation structure separating Engineering, AI Consulting, and Kaishin Method services

  • Implemented responsive design system with Framer Motion animations and scroll-triggered reveals

Technical Decisions

  • Chose Next.js 15 for the phoenix integration with Next.js 14 compatibility maintained for oceanheart-ui

  • Implemented Decap CMS for content management with author relations and predefined categories

  • Used Framer Motion for animations with viewport detection and scroll triggers

  • Created reusable RevealOnScroll component using Intersection Observer API

  • Made /app/support route publicly accessible while keeping other /app/* routes protected

  • Standardized on ocean-blue as primary accent color with context-specific exceptions (jade for somatic work)

Learning Moments

  • Explored advanced dropdown navigation patterns with proper hover state management

  • Implemented scroll-triggered animations with Intersection Observer and rootMargin optimization

  • Learned CSS writing-mode property for vertical kanji text rendering

  • Experimented with single-page scroll layouts with anchor navigation for /kai route

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