MA//TC-IV mark axelus, fourth redesign this year00.MA2093 00 01means nothing. looks great.VISIT Nº 001yes, i’m counting.

R.00 □ -sLleftover from v2. sentimental.[RUN.M] MESS LAYER ARMEDpress M. you’ll see.

( ONE-PERSON PRACTICE · EST. 2019 )

&MarkMy desk

since 2019. feels longer

REJECTED:pixels & feelingscode, design & coffeecode, design & nervefrom the desk of mark &mark & my desk ✓ (finally)

the words sit crooked. −3° and +1.8°.
measured. on purpose. leave them.do not scale. final size. i mean it.
(it’s four times bigger now.)

the amp stays. favorite glyph.(you say that every time)(it’s 30vw now. we’re past help.)

38ch on the long line.
i counted. of course i counted.

THIS SITE, SO FAR:v1 · too safev2 · too loudv3 · died at 90%v4 · you’re on it(define “done”)

FIG.1 · THE TRAIL SO FAR

ONE STONE PER YEAR THAT MATTERED · 2019–2026 · NOT TO SCALE

2019

High school. Not one line of code yet.

2022

Picked CS at university. Couldn’t tell you why.

2023

First all-nighter that produced something worth keeping.

2024

2025

Started building AI systems. The stakes turned real.(no idea what I’m doing)

2026

You’re here, reading this.(still no idea what I’m doing)

THE IMPRINT

WHO’S AT THE DESK · AND WHERE

SHIFT 01 · 09–17DAY STATIONTHE DESK · 23–06NIGHT STATION

Still one person,one desk.Now with a day job.

A NOTE ON THE MAKER · ONE PERSON, BOTH SIDES

CURRENTLY · MAY 2026

OceanAID

JUNIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER · VICTORIA BC

BEFORE · AI SYSTEMS DEVELOPER · UNIV. OF VICTORIA · 2025–26

AFTER HOURS · EST. 2022

My desk.

OWNER · OPERATOR · JANITOR · NO CLOSING TIME

SELECTED WORK / 2024–2025

THE RUN, ON THE LINE · BRUSH A SHEET · IT HOLDS · CLICK · PULL ITS PROOF

01UveecFRONT-END · 2024REF//UVE-24Rebuilt the UVic Environmental Engineering Club’s site: dynamic teams, mobile-first, maintainable.02RelayFULL-STACK · ONGOINGREF//RLY-25A project-management app built for real collaboration: real-time updates, drag-and-drop, Postgres + Prisma.03PortfolioUI/UX · 2025REF//PRT-25This very site: static-fast, hand-tuned motion, built and rebuilt to a very high bar.04SynapseAI · 2024REF//SYN-24NwHacks: PDFs become editable diagrams. GPT-4 + serverless, under five seconds.

AT THE DESK · RIGHT NOW-ISH

BUILDINGThis site. Again.

READINGThe Shape of Design, again

LISTENINGThe same three albums, on loop

COFFEENº 094 this quarter

THE OPERATOR · M. AXELUS
ONE INK + ONE RED PASS
NOT RETOUCHED

PASSERS-BY

LEAVE A STONE

094✺ 00//WCcoffees this quarter. and counting.

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A BRIEF, FOR THIS SHOP:

01THE PROBLEM, IN A SENTENCE

02THE DEADLINE, HONESTLY

03THE BUDGET, ROUGHLY

EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL · A PLAIN EMAIL BEATS A DECK

EMAIL ↗GITHUB ↗LINKEDIN ↗

JOB Nº 004 · THE WORKING PROOF

PRESS CHECK · APPROVAL

SHEET Nº 001 · WORKING PROOF ·

CHECKED BY

HOLD A STAMP TO COMMIT · ENTER WORKS TOO · RE-STAMPS NOTED

RETURN TO:

Mark Axelus

AT HIS DESK · VICTORIA BC · NO CLOSING TIME

SET IN FRAUNCES, EXCON & SPACE MONO ( + TWO PENS )
HAND-SET · NO TRACKERS · ONE FRAMEWORK, ADMITTED
24PX GRID · 3 INKS · 1 CAT

&MarkMy desk

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