diff --git a/web/assets/site.css b/web/assets/site.css index 5eb53df..67e35bf 100644 --- a/web/assets/site.css +++ b/web/assets/site.css @@ -790,6 +790,54 @@ table.data.data-wide { min-width: 820px; } } /* ---------- search modal ---------- */ +/* ---------- resource table ---------- */ +/* the topic filter is a select rather than a chip row, so it needs the same + height and border as the search field beside it without the icon inset */ +.toolbar .field-select { flex: 0 1 auto; min-width: 0; } +.toolbar .field-select select { + height: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius-md); + background-color: var(--surface); color: var(--text); +} +.field-select select { + appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; + border: 0; background: transparent; color: inherit; + font: inherit; padding: 9px 30px 9px 12px; max-width: 15rem; + background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 50%, currentColor 50%), linear-gradient(135deg, currentColor 50%, transparent 50%); + background-position: right 14px center, right 9px center; + background-size: 5px 5px, 5px 5px; + background-repeat: no-repeat; +} +.res-table { + width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.9rem; + margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius-lg); + background: var(--surface); + /* no overflow property here: any value other than visible makes this a scroll + container, and a sticky thead then offsets inside the table instead of + against the page, leaving a 58px void above the header */ +} +.res-table th, .res-table td { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding: 9px 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); } +.res-table thead th { position: sticky; top: 58px; z-index: 1; background: var(--surface-alt); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-strong); } +.res-table thead th button { + display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; + border: 0; background: none; padding: 0; cursor: pointer; + font: inherit; font-weight: 700; color: var(--text); +} +.res-table thead th button::after { content: "↕"; opacity: 0.35; font-size: 0.85em; } +.res-table thead th[aria-sort="ascending"] button::after { content: "↑"; opacity: 1; color: var(--accent-strong); } +.res-table thead th[aria-sort="descending"] button::after { content: "↓"; opacity: 1; color: var(--accent-strong); } +.res-table tbody tr:hover { background: var(--surface-alt); } +.res-table td[data-col="title"] { width: 52%; } +.res-table td[data-col="publisher"], .res-table td[data-col="topic"] { white-space: nowrap; } +.res-pub { color: var(--text-faint); font-size: 0.85em; } +.res-note { display: block; margin-top: 2px; color: var(--text-faint); font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.45; } +@media (max-width: 720px) { + /* the publisher is the first thing to go: it is the least load-bearing + column and the title already carries the link */ + .res-table td[data-col="publisher"], .res-table th:nth-child(2) { display: none; } + .res-table td[data-col="title"] { width: auto; } + .res-table td[data-col="topic"] { white-space: normal; } +} + /* ---------- lightbox ---------- */ .lightbox { position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 110; display: none; } .lightbox.open { display: block; } diff --git a/web/assets/site.js b/web/assets/site.js index db6e484..771fbda 100644 --- a/web/assets/site.js +++ b/web/assets/site.js @@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ modal.classList.add("open"); document.body.style.overflow = "hidden"; input.value = ""; render(""); input.focus(); + loadIndex().then(() => { if (modal.classList.contains("open")) render(input.value); }); }; const close = () => { modal.classList.remove("open"); sel = -1; @@ -317,6 +318,27 @@ return sc; }; + /* The index holds every page, prompt, worksheet, section and resource -- + around 22 KB gzipped once the 653 resources are in it. Every page used to + block on that whether or not anyone searched. It is fetched on the first + time the dialog opens instead, and the page carries a prefetch hint so the + browser can pull it while idle. Falls back silently: if the fetch fails + there is simply nothing to search rather than a broken dialog. */ + let indexPromise = null; + const loadIndex = () => { + if (window.SEARCH_INDEX) return Promise.resolve(); + if (indexPromise) return indexPromise; + const src = window.SEARCH_INDEX_URL; + if (!src) return Promise.resolve(); + indexPromise = new Promise((resolve) => { + const s = document.createElement("script"); + s.src = src; + s.onload = s.onerror = () => resolve(); + document.head.appendChild(s); + }); + return indexPromise; + }; + const mark = (text, q) => { if (!q) return esc(text); const i = text.toLowerCase().indexOf(q); @@ -384,7 +406,13 @@ if (!cards.length) return; const input = $(opts.input); - const chips = $$(opts.chips, grid.closest(opts.scope || "body") || document); + const scope = grid.closest(opts.scope || "body") || document; + const all = $$(opts.chips, scope); + /* a filter group is driven either by a row of chips or by one select -- + the select earns its place when the group has fifty values and a chip row + would be longer than the table it filters */ + const chips = all.filter((el) => el.tagName !== "SELECT"); + const selects = all.filter((el) => el.tagName === "SELECT"); const countEl = $(opts.count); const emptyEl = $(opts.empty); const one = opts.one || "item"; @@ -392,6 +420,7 @@ const groups = {}; chips.forEach((c) => { groups[c.dataset.filterGroup] = ""; }); + selects.forEach((c) => { groups[c.dataset.filterGroup] = ""; }); let q = ""; // data-filter-group="time-cost" reads data-time-cost off the card @@ -417,6 +446,7 @@ const on = (c.dataset.filterValue || "") === groups[c.dataset.filterGroup]; c.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(on)); }); + selects.forEach((c) => { c.value = groups[c.dataset.filterGroup] || ""; }); if (countEl) countEl.innerHTML = `Showing ${shown} of ${cards.length} ${cards.length === 1 ? one : many}`; if (emptyEl) emptyEl.hidden = shown > 0; }; @@ -425,6 +455,7 @@ Object.keys(groups).forEach((g) => { groups[g] = ""; }); q = ""; if (input) input.value = ""; + selects.forEach((c) => { c.value = ""; }); apply(); }; @@ -435,13 +466,20 @@ groups[g] = groups[g] === v ? "" : v; // clicking the live chip clears its group apply(); })); + selects.forEach((c) => c.addEventListener("change", () => { + groups[c.dataset.filterGroup] = c.value; + apply(); + })); $$("[data-filter-reset]").forEach((b) => b.addEventListener("click", reset)); // deep link, e.g. library.html?q=recap&stage=build const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search); Object.keys(groups).forEach((g) => { const v = params.get(g); - if (v && chips.some((c) => c.dataset.filterGroup === g && c.dataset.filterValue === v)) groups[g] = v; + if (!v) return; + const okChip = chips.some((c) => c.dataset.filterGroup === g && c.dataset.filterValue === v); + const okOpt = selects.some((c) => c.dataset.filterGroup === g && [...c.options].some((o) => o.value === v)); + if (okChip || okOpt) groups[g] = v; }); if (params.get("q")) { q = params.get("q").trim().toLowerCase(); if (input) input.value = params.get("q"); } @@ -531,6 +569,67 @@ }); })(); + /* ---------- sortable tables ---------- + Any table[data-sortable] whose header cells contain a button[data-sort]. + Sorts on the matching td[data-col], comparing the cell's text. Rows hidden + by a filter keep their place in the sort, so clearing the filter does not + reveal an order that never made sense. */ + $$("table[data-sortable]").forEach((table) => { + const body = $("tbody", table); + if (!body) return; + const buttons = $$("th button[data-sort]", table); + /* Adopt the order the markup already declares. Without this the first click + on the pre-sorted column re-applies the same direction and looks broken. */ + const preset = $("th[aria-sort] button[data-sort]", table); + let col = preset ? preset.dataset.sort : null; + let dir = preset && preset.closest("th").getAttribute("aria-sort") === "descending" ? -1 : 1; + + const key = (row, name) => { + const cell = $(`td[data-col="${name}"]`, row); + return (cell ? cell.textContent : "").trim().toLowerCase(); + }; + + const sort = (name) => { + dir = col === name ? -dir : 1; + col = name; + const rows = [...body.rows]; + /* Intl collation so accented titles land where a reader expects, and a + numeric pass so "10 Ways" does not sort before "2 Ways". */ + const cmp = new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: "base" }); + rows.sort((a, b) => { + const ka = key(a, name), kb = key(b, name); + /* An empty cell is absent data, not a value that sorts first. Reversing + the direction should not float a block of blanks to the top. */ + if (!ka !== !kb) return ka ? -1 : 1; + return dir * cmp.compare(ka, kb); + }); + const frag = document.createDocumentFragment(); + rows.forEach((r) => frag.appendChild(r)); + body.appendChild(frag); + buttons.forEach((b) => { + const th = b.closest("th"); + if (!th) return; + if (b.dataset.sort === name) th.setAttribute("aria-sort", dir === 1 ? "ascending" : "descending"); + else th.removeAttribute("aria-sort"); + }); + }; + + buttons.forEach((b) => b.addEventListener("click", () => sort(b.dataset.sort))); + }); + + /* the resource index: same filter engine as the prompt library, over rows */ + mountFilterGrid({ + grid: "#res-body", + cards: "#res-body > tr", + input: "#res-q", + chips: "[data-filter-group]", + scope: "main", + count: "#res-count", + empty: "#res-empty", + one: "resource", + many: "resources", + }); + /* the prompt library is the one grid using it today */ mountFilterGrid({ grid: "#lib-grid", diff --git a/web/build.mjs b/web/build.mjs index e55d284..27e035b 100644 --- a/web/build.mjs +++ b/web/build.mjs @@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ const OUT = join(ROOT, "_site"); The cost of that is a file that can quietly go stale, so the numbers printed on it are asserted against the repository further down and the build fails if they have drifted. Regenerate with: node tools/make-og.mjs */ +/* A link on one of these is hosted, not published — the author cannot be read + off the domain, so nothing is attributed and the domain is not worth showing. */ +const PLATFORM_DOMAINS = new Set([ + "youtube.com", "youtu.be", "m.youtube.com", "medium.com", "linkedin.com", + "docs.google.com", "drive.google.com", "s3.amazonaws.com", "cdn2.hubspot.net", + "vimeo.com", "open.spotify.com", "podcasts.apple.com", "soundcloud.com", + "x.com", "twitter.com", "airtable.com", "ecademycourse.teachable.com", +]); + const OG_IMAGE = "og.png"; const OG_ALT = "startup-stack — the documents every startup should have, as a knowledge base an AI can actually read."; @@ -644,7 +653,8 @@ ${tocHtml ? `
${body}
${tocHtml}
` :
to move to openesc to close
- + + `; @@ -737,6 +747,83 @@ for (const g of GROUP_LANDINGS) { addPage({ url: g.landing, title: g.title, lede: g.blurb, kind: "Page" }); } +/* ---- 3a. the resource index ---------------------------------------- + web/resources.json is the source of truth for the startup resources. The nine + markdown pages under docs/ are generated from it by tools/make-resources.mjs + and committed so they read on GitHub; this build reads the same file to put + every resource in the site search and to render the sortable table. Deriving + both from one file is what stops the table and the pages disagreeing. */ +const RESOURCES = (() => { + const f = join(WEB, "resources.json"); + if (!existsSync(f)) { fail("missing web/resources.json — run: node tools/make-resources.mjs"); return []; } + const rows = JSON.parse(readFileSync(f, "utf8")); + for (const r of rows) { + for (const k of ["title", "url", "domain", "group", "page", "topic"]) { + if (!r[k]) { fail(`web/resources.json: a record is missing "${k}" — ${r.title || r.url || "unknown"}`); break; } + } + } + return rows; +})(); + +/* The carve rule, needed here because the search index publishes section + summaries and must apply the same test the stack table does. */ +const withheld = new Set(); +const isUntouchedTemplate = (fm) => { + const owner = Array.isArray(fm.owner) ? fm.owner.join(",") : String(fm.owner || ""); + return (fm.status || "").trim() === "tbd" && /^\s*\[?TBD\]?\s*$/.test(owner.trim()); +}; +function publishableSummary(rel, fm) { + if ((fm.sensitivity || "").trim() === "public") return fm.summary || ""; + if (isUntouchedTemplate(fm)) return fm.summary || ""; + withheld.add(`${rel} (${fm.sensitivity || "no sensitivity"})`); + return ""; +} + +/* ---- 2c. the search index -------------------------------------- + Built before rendering, not after, because every page's carries a + hashed URL for it and asset() cannot hash a file that does not exist yet. + The bytes are written out at the end with the rest of the assets. */ +/* the runtime's contract: { t: title, s: short label, d: description, k: kind, u: url }, + kinds lowercase — page | prompt | worksheet | section */ +const searchIndex = PAGES.map((p) => ({ + t: p.title.replace(/^Prompt \d+\s*—\s*/, ""), + s: p.kind === "Prompt" ? `Prompt ${p.num}` : "", + d: truncate(p.lede || "", 120), + k: p.kind.toLowerCase(), + u: p.url, +})); +/* Every resource is searchable by title. Deliberately lean: no description + field, because 653 of them would treble the index every visitor downloads for + a line most people never read. The publisher goes in the short label, where it + is short enough to earn its bytes and disambiguates near-identical titles. */ +for (const r of RESOURCES) { + searchIndex.push({ + t: r.title, + s: PLATFORM_DOMAINS.has(r.domain) ? "" : r.domain, + d: "", + k: "resource", + u: `${r.page}#${slugify(r.topic)}`, + }); +} + +for (const dir of stackSections) { + const files = readdirSync(join(ROOT, "stack", dir)).filter((f) => f.endsWith(".md")); + if (!files.length) continue; + const rel = `stack/${dir}/${files[0]}`; + const [fm] = frontmatter(read(rel)); + searchIndex.push({ + t: fm.title || dir, s: dir, + d: truncate(publishableSummary(rel, fm), 120), /* same carve rule as the table */ + k: "section", + u: `stack.html#${slugify(dir)}`, /* land on the row, not the page top */ + }); +} + +const SEARCH_INDEX_JS = `window.SEARCH_INDEX=${JSON.stringify(searchIndex)};`; +/* asset() hashes files on disk under web/assets/; this one is generated, so + seed its hash directly from the bytes that will be written. */ +assetHashes.set("search-index.js", createHash("sha256").update(SEARCH_INDEX_JS).digest("hex").slice(0, 8)); + /* ---- 3. render ------------------------------------------------- */ const written = []; const write = (url, html) => { @@ -779,6 +866,7 @@ function renderMarkdownPage(page, extra = {}) { for (const page of PAGES) { if (!page.src || page.url === "index.html") continue; if (page.url === "prompts/index.html" || page.url === "worksheets/index.html" || page.url === "stack.html") continue; + if (page.url === "resources.html") continue; /* rendered below, with its table */ const crumbs = page.kind === "Prompt" ? `` : page.kind === "Worksheet" @@ -852,6 +940,70 @@ ${grid} })); } +/* resources landing — the markdown, then every resource as one filterable table */ +{ + const page = PAGES.find((p) => p.url === "resources.html"); + const [, body] = frontmatter(read(page.src)); + const ctx = { src: page.src, dir: "docs", root: "", toc: [], ids: new Set(), kind: "Page" }; + + const GROUPS = [ + ["", "All"], ["starting-out", "Starting out"], ["customers", "Customers"], + ["strategy", "Strategy"], ["product", "Product"], ["growth", "Growth"], + ["team", "Team"], ["money", "Money"], ["fundraising", "Fundraising"], + ["legal", "Legal"], ["climate", "Climate"], + ]; + const chips = GROUPS.map(([v, label]) => + ``).join(""); + + const topics = [...new Set(RESOURCES.map((r) => r.topic))].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)); + const topicOpts = [``] + .concat(topics.map((t) => ``)).join(""); + + /* One row per resource. data-search carries everything the filter box should + match on, lowercased once here rather than per keystroke in the browser. */ + const rows = RESOURCES.map((r) => { + const pub = PLATFORM_DOMAINS.has(r.domain) ? "" : r.domain; + const hay = `${r.title} ${r.domain} ${r.topic} ${r.group} ${r.note}`.toLowerCase(); + return ` +${esc(r.title)}${r.note ? `${esc(r.note)}` : ""} +${esc(pub)} +${esc(r.topic)} +`; + }).join("\n"); + + const table = `
+
${ICONS.search}
+ + +
+
Group${chips}
+
+ + + + + + + +${rows} +
+`; + + write(page.url, shell({ + url: page.url, title: page.title, description: truncate(page.lede, 160), active: page.url, + body: `

${esc(page.title)}

${esc(page.lede)}

+
${mdToHtml(stripTitleAndLede(body, page.lede), ctx)}
+

Every resource

+

All ${RESOURCES.length} in one table. Filter by words, narrow to a group or a topic, and sort any column. The resource link opens the original; the topic link goes to it in context.

+${table}`, + toc: ctx.toc, + })); +} + /* worksheets — the markdown, then a card per worksheet */ { const page = PAGES.find((p) => p.url === "worksheets/index.html"); @@ -885,18 +1037,6 @@ ${grid} owner named — in which case the line documents the template rather than describing anybody's company. ============================================================ */ -const withheld = new Set(); -const isUntouchedTemplate = (fm) => { - const owner = Array.isArray(fm.owner) ? fm.owner.join(",") : String(fm.owner || ""); - return (fm.status || "").trim() === "tbd" && /^\s*\[?TBD\]?\s*$/.test(owner.trim()); -}; -function publishableSummary(rel, fm) { - if ((fm.sensitivity || "").trim() === "public") return fm.summary || ""; - if (isUntouchedTemplate(fm)) return fm.summary || ""; - withheld.add(`${rel} (${fm.sensitivity || "no sensitivity"})`); - return ""; -} - /* the ten sections — the router, plus what each template declares about itself */ { const page = PAGES.find((p) => p.url === "stack.html"); @@ -1075,29 +1215,7 @@ write("404.html", shell({

Try the home page, the prompt library, or press ⌘K to search.

`, })); -/* ---- 7. search index, assets, sitemap -------------------------- */ -/* the runtime's contract: { t: title, s: short label, d: description, k: kind, u: url }, - kinds lowercase — page | prompt | worksheet | section */ -const searchIndex = PAGES.map((p) => ({ - t: p.title.replace(/^Prompt \d+\s*—\s*/, ""), - s: p.kind === "Prompt" ? `Prompt ${p.num}` : "", - d: truncate(p.lede || "", 120), - k: p.kind.toLowerCase(), - u: p.url, -})); -for (const dir of stackSections) { - const files = readdirSync(join(ROOT, "stack", dir)).filter((f) => f.endsWith(".md")); - if (!files.length) continue; - const rel = `stack/${dir}/${files[0]}`; - const [fm] = frontmatter(read(rel)); - searchIndex.push({ - t: fm.title || dir, s: dir, - d: truncate(publishableSummary(rel, fm), 120), /* same carve rule as the table */ - k: "section", - u: `stack.html#${slugify(dir)}`, /* land on the row, not the page top */ - }); -} - +/* ---- 7. assets, sitemap ---------------------------------------- */ /* The diagrams are inlined into the pages, and also copied, because each figure links to its own file so it can be opened at full size. */ cpSync(ASSETS, join(OUT, "assets"), { recursive: true }); @@ -1138,7 +1256,9 @@ for (const f of readdirSync(INFOGRAPHIC_DIR).sort()) { } } } -writeFileSync(join(OUT, "assets", "search-index.js"), `window.SEARCH_INDEX=${JSON.stringify(searchIndex)};`); + + +writeFileSync(join(OUT, "assets", "search-index.js"), SEARCH_INDEX_JS); /* The favicon IS the header mark: same stack glyph as ICONS.stack, on the same hero gradient, at the same proportion inside the same rounded square. The values are literal because a standalone SVG document cannot read tokens.css — diff --git a/web/resources.json b/web/resources.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb54d77 --- /dev/null +++ b/web/resources.json @@ -0,0 +1,7185 @@ +[ + { + "title": "(Founder Stories) Dropbox: Being Open About a Startup Idea", + "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhVVZlFVsE", + "domain": "youtube.com", + "group": "starting-out", + "page": "resources-starting-out.html", + "pageTitle": "Starting out", + "topic": "General advice", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "(Founder Stories) Dropbox: Success and Growth", + "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GDoEA2oD7k", + "domain": "youtube.com", + "group": "customers", + "page": "resources-customers.html", + "pageTitle": "Customers and discovery", + "topic": "Product-market fit", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "10 Common Blind Spots When Hiring Your First Sales Team", + "url": "https://jasonlk.medium.com/10-common-blindspots-when-hiring-your-first-sales-team-829935368ff0", + "domain": "jasonlk.medium.com", + "group": "growth", + "page": "resources-growth.html", + "pageTitle": "Sales, marketing and growth", + "topic": "Sales", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "10 Highly Successful Bootstrapped Startups", + "url": "https://robwalling.com/2011/09/01/ten-highly-successful-bootstrapped-startups/", + "domain": "robwalling.com", + "group": "money", + "page": "resources-money.html", + "pageTitle": "Money and fundraising", + "topic": "Bootstrapping and money", + "note": "Examples of companies grown without outside investment", + "src": "both" + }, + { + "title": "10 Questions You Should Ask Potential Investors", + "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOGAOYQmAo", + "domain": "youtube.com", + "group": "fundraising", + "page": "resources-money.html", + "pageTitle": "Money and fundraising", + "topic": "Investors", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "10 Things That Make Your Investors Lose Confidence", + "url": "https://jasonlk.medium.com/10-things-that-make-your-investors-lose-confidence-a375fba55a38", + "domain": "jasonlk.medium.com", + "group": "fundraising", + "page": "resources-money.html", + "pageTitle": "Money and fundraising", + "topic": "Investors", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "10 Tips for Startups With ‘Crazy-Big Dreams’", + "url": "https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/advice/canva-melanie-perkins-tip/", + "domain": "smartcompany.com.au", + "group": "starting-out", + "page": "resources-starting-out.html", + "pageTitle": "Starting out", + "topic": "General advice", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "100 Accelerators & Incubators", + "url": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YRV7aMkVK2MJMT6urVpxeRBFGsU1AlkvzuZQv2j9cV4/edit#gid=1005365711", + "domain": "docs.google.com", + "group": "fundraising", + "page": "resources-money.html", + "pageTitle": "Money and fundraising", + "topic": "Investors and accelerators", + "note": "Spreadsheet listing one hundred accelerator and incubator programmes", + "src": "both" + }, + { + "title": "11 bootstrapping entrepreneurs share how they found business success without funding", + "url": "https://foundr.com/articles/building-a-business/finance/bootstrapping-entrepreneur", + "domain": "foundr.com", + "group": "money", + "page": "resources-money.html", + "pageTitle": "Money and fundraising", + "topic": "Bootstrapping and money", + "note": "Founder accounts of building businesses without outside funding", + "src": "both" + }, + { + "title": "128 slide presentation", + "url": "https://www.hubspot.com/culture-code/the-hubspot-culture-code", + "domain": "hubspot.com", + "group": "team", + "page": "resources-team-legal.html", + "pageTitle": "Team and running the company", + "topic": "Culture", + "note": "", + "src": "colby" + }, + { + "title": "16 Top Competitor Analysis Tools for 2024", + "url": 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