Observatory is a React SPA portfolio template with a deep-space aesthetic — built for engineers who want their work to speak with the same precision they bring to their code. Every page is a metaphor: projects mapped as a constellation, skills visualized as a spectrum analyzer, work history as an orbital path.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/apursley2012/observatory/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Introduction
Learn what Observatory is, how it’s structured, and what makes it unique.
Getting Started
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and launch your Observatory locally.
Pages & Sections
Explore every page — Home, About, Projects, Skills, Work, and more.
Components
Reference for all Aurora UI components: Starfield, ConstellationLayout, OrbitalPath, and more.
What’s inside
Observatory ships nine fully-built pages wired to a React Router layout, each page using a dedicated visual component themed around astronomy and atmospheric science.Home
Animated hero with starfield background and aurora ribbon
Projects
Interactive constellation map of your deployed projects
Skills
Spectrum analyzer bar chart of technical proficiencies
Work History
Elliptical orbital path of professional engagements
Case Studies
Film-negative reader for long-form engineering case studies
Articles
Star map index for browsable writing by topic and magnitude
Quick orientation
Edit your data
Update the data arrays inside each Aurora component file with your own projects, roles, and writing.
Customize the theme
Adjust the Tailwind config to swap the aurora color palette and background values to match your brand.
Observatory is a static single-page application. There is no backend, database, or authentication layer — all content is defined directly in the component source files.