art

A small gallery of single-file HTML pages, hosted on art.naurolabs.com.

Each piece is a single HTML file — no build step, no framework, no backend. Push to main and it's live within a minute.

How to add a new piece

1. Save the page as a .html file in this folder (e.g. rooftop-rain.html)
2. Open index.html and either:
   • Remove the "No pieces yet" empty-state block once the first piece exists, or
   • Copy the example <a class="piece"> block (it's commented in the file) and edit:
     • href="rooftop-rain.html" — the filename you just added
     • <div class="title">…</div> — what you want shown on the card
     • <div class="meta">…</div> — year + short description
3. Commit and push. GitHub Pages publishes automatically.

git add .
git commit -m "add: rooftop rain"
git push

How to view it locally before publishing

Just open index.html in any browser — there's no server needed. Or, if a piece links to other files relatively and you want it to behave like the live site, run a tiny static server:

# from this folder
python -m http.server 8000
# then open http://localhost:8000

Hosting

• Repo: samoletovs/art
• Live URL: https://art.naurolabs.com
• Hosting: GitHub Pages, custom domain via the CNAME file
• Cost: free
• Auth / accounts: none — pages are public to anyone with the URL

Conventions

• One file per piece. No bundlers, no node_modules, no JSX.
• Inline CSS (or <style> tags) so each piece is self-contained and travels well.
• File names: kebab-case.html (lowercase, dashes between words).
• Keep external dependencies minimal — fonts via system-ui / serif stack are best.
• If a piece has assets (images, audio), put them in a folder named after the piece, e.g. rooftop-rain/cover.jpg.

Inspired by

The companion repo samoletovs/playground uses the same pattern for the kids' games at playground.naurolabs.com. Both are intentionally "off the platform path" (no Azure, no SWA, no Functions) — for static hand-written pages, GitHub Pages is the simplest thing that could possibly work.

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