The Lab Notebook

Overview

The Lab Notebook is a comprehensive development workspace and documentation platform built to organize engineering insights, track project progress, and maintain a searchable knowledge base. Built with Next.js 15 and Nextra, it serves as both a personal engineering journal and a showcase of technical projects and prototypes.

Technical Stack

Framework: Next.js 15 with Nextra for documentation
Content: MDX, HTML, TSX and JSX for rich content
Styling: Tailwind CSS with custom components
Search: Pagefind integration for full-text search
Build: Static site generation with Turbopack for development
Quality: ESLint, Prettier, link verification with pre-commit hooks

Key Features

Project Tracking

Active project status with progress indicators
Timeline tracking and milestone management
Project categorization and filtering

Technical Documentation

Searchable knowledge base of engineering insights
Code snippets and implementation notes
Architecture decisions and technical deep-dives

Development Workflow

The platform uses a modern development setup with:

Automated code formatting and linting
Pre-commit hooks ensuring code quality
Release management with automated versioning

Current Status

Timeline: 2025 Q3
Progress: 60% complete

Recent Improvements

Open Graph meta tags implementation
Content metadata refactoring
Build process optimization
Enhanced project tracking interface

Next Milestones

Content organization improvements
Case study writeups
New project additions
Content migration from legacy systems