How Public Notes Works

This site exists for one purpose: to put a note in public, in my own words, and give it a link I can share. That purpose check shaped the design — a homepage you can scan at a glance, and a reading page you can actually read.

1. Purpose

Share a thought publicly, clearly, without a login wall, a feed, or a comment thread getting in the way.

2. Design

The homepage uses multiple columns — a grid of entry cards — so several notes fit on one screen. The note itself stays in a single readable column, because long text in narrow columns is hard to follow.

3. Adding an entry

I send a new note, it becomes a new entry page, and it is added to the grid on the homepage. Nothing else on the site needs to change.

Why multiple columns, and where

Multiple columns work for browsing: titles, dates, and short excerpts side by side, so you can choose what to open. They do not work for reading a long note, so once you open an entry, the text returns to one column.

That is the whole design rule for this site: columns for finding, one column for reading.