Research

Implementation notes for turning official public data into a search experience

Notes on separating data acquisition, normalization, search-term generation, autocomplete APIs, and UI display when building searchable data for high schools, universities, junior colleges, technical colleges, and vocational schools.

How much PDF processing should stay in the browser

A design note on keeping PDF and image organization in the browser while routing only backend-dependent operations, such as Office conversion, through an explicit server-side path.