Compendium

Compendium

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Compendium

A personal reference library spanning the foundations and applied domains I work in. Each folder is a self-contained library with Tier 1 deep notes, Tier 2 specialty notes, and Tier 3 family-index catalogs. Originally lived inside an Obsidian vault; split out 2026-05-21 so the encyclopedic reference layer is separable from project-specific working content.

760+ notes · 34 walkthroughs · 7 disciplines · cross-linked throughout. Use the search box (top right) to navigate, or browse the discipline cards below. Each library now ships with a cross-cutting _compare_* synthesis layer that maps every per-topic note onto a shared comparison axis.

Disciplines

LibraryWhat’s insideWhere
SciencesChemistry · Biology · MaterialsScience · ClimateScience — molecular through planetary scale, with Tier-3 catalogs for reagents, magnets, MOFs, hominins, paleoclimate proxies, etc._README
Engineering + RoboticsMechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, thermal, control, plus full robotics stack (kinematics → SLAM → manipulation → humanoids)_README
Math + ComputeLinear algebra, probability, ODE/PDE, optimization, info theory + distributed systems, databases, ML/AI, security + 53 per-language deep notes spanning ~2,160 catalogued languages_README
SocietyEconomics (micro · macro · behavioral · public + taxation) · Finance (markets · derivatives · structured products · ESG · fintech · market-making) · Law (US federal · IP · antitrust · securities · civproc · EU)_README
Arts + EnergyMusic (theory · synthesis · mastering · live sound · orchestration · ethno) · EnergyMarkets (electricity · gas · carbon · capacity · grid stability · DR · weather derivatives · district energy)_README
HumanitiesPhilosophy · History · Linguistics · Anthropology · Religious Studies — with Tier-3 catalogs (philosopher index, dynasties, language families, hominin species, sacred texts)_README
Walkthroughs34 end-to-end design notes — robotics, manufacturing, energy, biotech, civil construction, marine infrastructure, aerospace certification, software + regulated processes_index

The newest design walkthroughs span every domain — pick one to see how the reference layer plugs into a concrete build:

Conventions

  • Tier 1 deep notes: comprehensive foundational coverage of a sub-domain (~500–1000 lines each).
  • Tier 2 specialty notes: deeper into one technique, instrument, or framework.
  • Tier 3 family-index notes: encyclopedic catalogs of variants (every steel grade, every kinase inhibitor, every laser type, etc.).
  • Wikilinks: [[Library/note-slug]] Obsidian-style. The renderer resolves them by shortest unique path.
  • Units: SI primary; US units in parens where idiomatic.
  • Citations: named originators with years (e.g., “Black-Scholes 1973”, “Sharpless-Meldal-Bertozzi Nobel 2022”).

Build + browse this site

# One-time setup
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz.git d:\Vault\Compendium-site
cd d:\Vault\Compendium-site; npm ci
 
# Build + serve at http://localhost:8080
pwsh d:\Vault\Compendium\scripts\build-site.ps1 -Serve

See the GitHub README for full structure + history (private repo — invite required). Public-deploy option: pwsh scripts/deploy-public.ps1 ships the static build to Cloudflare Pages or Vercel.

Latest changes

The CHANGELOG groups commits into reader-friendly summaries. Recent activity: massive Wave 19+ expansion through 2026-05-23 — 700+ notes, 34 walkthroughs, all 7 disciplines fully indexed with Tier-3 family catalogs across Math, Compute, Engineering, MaterialsScience, Chemistry, Biology, Society/Finance, Robotics, Humanities; comprehensive magnet/EM/transformer coverage; portable Quartz build with branded OG card; semantic search index at 141 MB embedding all notes.

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