Recent
Latest updates, work in progress, and thoughts.
Domain & SSL Setup
Purchased grxnd3r.com domain and configured SSL certificates for secure HTTPS connections across both the main site and tools subdomain.
Mobile Responsiveness
Polished responsive layouts across all pages — adaptive navigation, touch-friendly lightbox gestures, and optimized grid breakpoints for mobile devices.
Feedback System
Implemented a feedback widget for tools.grxnd3r.com with categorized submissions (bugs, features, ideas) and database storage for review.
Video Tools
Added video trimmer and video downloader tools with FFmpeg backend for processing clips and extracting media from URLs.
PDF Tools Suite
Built comprehensive PDF utilities — merge, split, compress, rotate, reorder pages, add watermarks, protect/unlock, and convert to/from Word, Excel, and images.
Image Tools
Developed image utilities including compress, resize, crop, format conversion, background remover, blur regions, metadata viewer, and text overlay tools.
Tools Hub Setup
Created tools.grxnd3r.com as a separate subdomain with its own database-driven tool registry, tag-based filtering, and search functionality.
Projects Page
Designed the projects showcase with featured cards, coming soon placeholders, and accent color theming per project category.
Lightbox & Swipe Navigation
Built a custom lightbox viewer with swipe gestures, keyboard navigation, preloading of adjacent images, and immersive mode toggle.
Photography Gallery
Created a masonry-style photo gallery with lazy loading, Instagram links, camera metadata display, and video thumbnail support.
Dark/Light Theme
Implemented theme switching with CSS custom properties, localStorage persistence, and smooth transitions between dark and light modes.
Hero Section & ASCII Art
Designed the homepage hero with animated ASCII art crossfade, ambient color splashes, grain overlay texture, and dynamic typography.
Design System & CSS Framework
Established the visual foundation — Satoshi typography, CSS custom properties for colors/spacing/shadows, reusable component patterns, and Remix Icons integration.
Database Schema
Designed MariaDB schema with tables for Photography, Camera, Tool, Tag, and Feedback — supporting the gallery and tools hub features.
Project Kickoff
Started building grxhub from scratch — a personal hub to showcase photography, projects, and web tools. Set up PHP project structure with component-based architecture.