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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