Website Roadmap & Feature Tracker

(Updated: Aug 27, 2026)

📊 Project Overview

MetricValue
Total Pages480 pages
Build Time~750 ms (Hugo Fast Render)
Tech StackHugo 0.147.8 Extended, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid 11.12.2, WaveDrom 3.1.0, KaTeX 0.16.25, Fuse.js

📅 Priority Action Items

🔴 High Priority / Next Up

  • Separate Theme Module - Isolate Cadiora into a standalone reusable Hugo theme repository
  • Add Support for References & Citations - Citation manager, footnote tooling, and bibliography rendering
  • Custom JS Code Playground - In-browser executable code sandboxes for interactive tutorials
  • Advanced Pagination & Deep Archives - Numbered pagination controls for large category indexes
  • Heading Hierarchy & Accessibility Audit - Strict H1–H6 hierarchy validation and screen-reader optimizations

🟡 Medium Priority (Backlog)

  • Enhanced Mega-Menu Navbar - Rich dropdown menus with category icons and descriptions
  • Global Announcement / Highlight Banner - Dismissible header banner for releases and updates
  • Comments System Integration - Privacy-focused GitHub Discussions / Giscus integration
  • Article Ratings & Reader Feedback - Lightweight thumbs-up/star feedback widget

🟢 Lower Priority (Future Roadmap)

  • Video & Multimedia Hub - Embedded screencasts and interactive engineering walk-throughs
  • Downloadable Resources & Cheat Sheets - Curated PDF/KiCad/Verilog design template downloads
  • Community Forum - Dedicated developer discussions and technical Q&A space

✅ Completed Features

🎨 Sidebar & Component Unification (Feb 2026)

  • Universal Navigation Card (nav-card.html) - Single unified navigation engine handling flat pages with active TOCs, nested library documentation trees, category accordions (tools), and section chapters/subsections.
  • Universal Metadata Card (list-card.html) - Fully editable key-value and page-parameter card configured via hugo.yaml (fields, items, header, icon).
  • Centralized Sidebar Orchestration (composites/sidebar.html) - 100% layout-driven sidebar resolution configured in hugo.yaml with zero hardcoded partials.
  • Consolidated Card Library - Removed 5 redundant legacy cards (pages-nav-card, library-nav-card, tools-nav-card, section-card, section-meta-card) into 9 clean, non-overlapping components.
  • Sticky Sidebar Collision Fix - Fixed nested position: sticky bug causing cards to slide behind each other.

🖼️ Responsive Image Engine & Fallbacks (Feb 2026)

  • Automated Responsive Picture Partial (picture.html) - Generates WebP srcset at 480w, 768w, 1200w with lazy loading and async decoding.
  • Multi-Tier Fallback Mechanism - Missing images seamlessly fall back to default brand assets at build time; runtime onerror handlers prevent broken link icons.
  • Author Bundle Avatars - Native page-bundle resolution for author profile images.

📖 Authoring Guide & Design System (Feb 2026)

  • Contributor & Authoring Living Guide (/contribute/) - Live reference page featuring interactive examples of all shortcodes, diagram syntax, and submission checklists.
  • Complete Shortcode Suite - info-box, tabs/tab, tooltip, grid/card, timeline/timeline-item, button, youtube, figure, and tool.
  • Tools Section & Architecture - Interactive tools hub (/tools/) powered by unified shortcode and category navigation.
  • Library Documentation Architecture - Multi-level book/manual reader with libinfo overview layouts and persistent tree navigation.

🔍 Search, Discovery & Navigation (Jan – Feb 2026)

  • Search Optimization - Full-text fuzzy search with Fuse.js, query persistence, and categorical result grouping.
  • Taxonomy Landing Pages - Dedicated category and tag overview index templates.
  • Smart Related Articles - Algorithmic internal linking by tags, recent posts, or series.
  • Article Topic Arrangement - Structured topic-based article routing and hierarchy.

⚡ Core Foundation (2025)

  • Responsive Mobile Layout - Tailwind CSS grid with dark/light mode toggle persistence.
  • Diagram Engines - Client-side Mermaid 11.12.2 and WaveDrom 3.1.0 digital timing diagrams.
  • KaTeX Mathematics - Fast server-rendered LaTeX inline ($ ... $) and block ($$ ... $$) math equations.
  • Syntax Highlighting - Chroma syntax highlighting with single-click code copying.
  • SEO & Schema Markup - JSON-LD Article, Breadcrumb, and Organization schemas, plus OpenGraph meta tags.

📚 Content Focus Areas

  • Quantum & RF Electronics: Single-photon detectors, precision timing circuits, RF/EMC design, FPGA architectures.
  • Hardware & PCB Design: High-speed digital design, clocking topologies, power integrity, decoupling strategies.
  • Software & Systems: Embedded Linux MMIO (Rust mmreg), digital logic tooling (WaveDrom, Mermaid).
  • Interactive Tools: Electronics calculators, unit converters, engineering reference utilities.

📊 Success Metrics & Goals

  • Performance: Page load < 1.0s, Lighthouse Performance Score > 95.
  • Content Breadth: 50+ high-quality technical articles & 20+ interactive tools by end of 2026.
  • Reliability: 100% zero broken images, sub-second continuous deployment builds.