# Vivian Voss

> Software Developer & System Architect. 37 years in the game. 26 professionally.

## About

Vivian Voss builds minimal, high-performance web tools inspired by the demoscene
and guided by Unix philosophy. Based in Germany. Currently Senior Frontend Developer
at HORNBACH (React, TypeScript, Spryker). Privately building small tools for
testing ideas, a suite of ultralight web frameworks.

## Philosophy

- Technical beauty emerges from reduction
- Unix philosophy: small tools, composability, one job per component
- Demoscene aesthetics: maximum elegance from minimum resources
- Every byte must earn its place

## Ecosystem

| Product     | What                                      |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|
| CASTD       | Stackless web server (Rust + Lua + SQLite)|
| castd.css   | Semantic CSS framework (OKLCH, @layer)    |
| minline.js  | DOM-based templating (1337 bytes)         |
| manuals.run | Documentation for humans and LLMs         |

## Site Structure

- / — Home (introduction, performance metrics, Lighthouse scores)
- /about — Philosophy, career path, demoscene background
- /ecosystem — ultralight web tools (public ones)
- /writing — LinkedIn series overview with links
- /blog — Selected articles on architecture, Unix, performance, frontend
- /contact — LinkedIn, GitHub, email
- /print — Voss'scher Verlag: independent technical publishing, book catalogue

## Blog Topics

Architecture, Unix philosophy, performance engineering, frontend development,
the demoscene, software methodology critique. Articles are full rewrites of
selected LinkedIn posts in BBC British English with dry humour.

## Technical Details

This site is served by CASTD, a ~2 MB Rust binary with embedded Lua and SQLite.
No framework. No build step. Four perfect Google Lighthouse scores.

## Links

- Site: https://vivianvoss.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vvoss/
- GitHub (code): https://github.com/VivianVossNet
- GitHub (publisher): https://github.com/Vossscher-Verlag

## Contact

Email: 0xc411@vivianvoss.net