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This website is built with Vuepress with various plugins. I wrote most of the content in a soup of Markdown and html tags, mostly for calling components. These tend to be templated in Jade/Pug.

• Math $\pi$ and chemistry $\ce{C6H12O6\aq}$ typeset using MathJax with Martin Hensel's mhchem extension.
• Charts made in graph.js
• Flowcharts are described semantically and rendered with mermaid.js
  • This may be swapped with Vis.js once I wrap my head around the library and the DOT language
• Search by Algolia DocSearch
• 3D molecules rendered in two ways:
  • 3Dmol.js is used when fluid generic shape visualizations, or large systems, are needed
  • Robert Hanson's [JSmol] is used when measurement and scripting is needed on small molecules
  • biological structures pulled from Protein Data Bank and
  • (computed) small molecule structures from PubChem
• Static hi-res molecule images from VMD
  • Structures computed through GAMESS, usually B3LYP / 6-311G / gas phase
• UI components from Element-UI project
• Graphics are penned in Adobe Illustrator / Concepts.app
• (micro)interactivity and animations crafted in Haiku.AI
• Typography:
  • Headers: Myriad Pro Semi Condensed
  • Body: Cronos Pro
• Color: inherits from the UWC colors

Deployment

The repo lives on Github and is deployed to Netlify.

Data sources

Dynamic data is ingested from Airtable databases using their (very well documented) API.

Development

I primarily work in Visual Studio Code with Adobe Illustrator. The writing and drawing is supplemented on an iPad Pro, where I use Working Copy to pull from the repository, GoCoEdit to edit the files, and Concepts to do vector drawing.

Help requests

I would love to do MD simulations but don't know where to start. If you have pointers please get in touch with me.