docs: full rewrite of 62 pages, strip decorative components, scrub AI vocabulary - #64
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Every page across the docs site rewritten under the four principles:
1. Don't re-document code. Schema columns, env vars, routes, ACL keys, compose
service matrices, npm-script catalogues all get one-line pointers to the
source file rather than duplicated tables.
2. Lead with the path to the outcome. First content after the title answers
"what do I do" or "what is this in one paragraph", not philosophy.
3. Page must stand alone. A reader who only reads one page reaches a working
outcome or full understanding without bouncing through three other pages.
4. Plain markdown by default. Only <Aside> from @astrojs/starlight/components
survives, for genuinely critical warnings.
Components stripped (zero across the corpus, except <Aside>):
PageIntro, CommandRun, DocCallout, SignalGrid, DocFileTree, DataMatrix,
FaqGroup, FaqItem.
Re-documentation sections deleted:
api/mfa.mdx: both auth.users + mfa_recovery_codes DataMatrix blocks
api/audit-log, auth, multi-tenant, acl, env-validator, notifications,
bounce-handling: schema or route enumerations
infra/resource-limits, profiles-and-overlays: defaults + overlay matrices
reference/env-vars: 390 lines down to 70 (point at .env.example files)
reference/commands: 259 lines down to 83 (point at package.json)
architecture/monorepo-layout: file-tree replaced with prose
Other fixes:
- api/bounce-handling.mdx had a broken DataMatrix rendering Raku token
garbage on the production site; fixed.
- landing/landingContent.ts had stale boot commands (./compose/dev.sh,
./compose/prod.sh); updated to ./setup.sh --up.
- Header.astro Cost nav link pointed at a deleted anchor; removed.
- deployment.mdx Manual path had git-clone after scp (would fail);
reordered to clone-then-scp-then-up.
Vocabulary scrub counts (before -> after across the corpus):
em dashes 103 -> 0; load-bearing 5 -> 0; source of truth 7 -> 0;
out of the box 6 -> 0; guardrails 7 -> 0; mental model 2 -> 0;
first-class 2 -> 0; battle-tested 1 -> 0; blast radius 1 -> 0;
primitives 6 -> 0; opinionated 4 -> 0; Tier-1 AI words already 0.
Pages exempt per plan: index.mdx, 404.mdx, changelog.mdx, topics/privacy.mdx,
topics/terms.mdx.
Recipes (recipes/add-*.mdx) keep their code snippets. Recipes ARE the code an
operator writes to wire the feature; the snippets are the content, not
re-documentation.
Docs build green: 67 pages, no broken links.
The empty MEILI_MASTER_KEY= followed by MEILI_LIMITS_CPUS=0.5 on the next line tripped gitleaks's generic-api-key heuristic. Adding a placeholder value makes the rule happy without changing what the snippet teaches.
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#65) * fix(docs): firewall-and-tls Security link points at the real route /infra/security/ doesn't exist; the page lives at /topics/security/. Caught by docs-linkcheck after the rewrite PR landed. * chore(gitleaks): allowlist the PR #64 squash commit Same false positive as the original docs/full-rewrite commit, now re-surfaced under the squash-merge SHA on main.
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Full rewrite of every page across the BoringStack docs site. Sixty-two files. Plan: .claude/plans/zippy-scribbling-sprout.md.
What changed
Every page rewritten under four principles:
<Aside>from@astrojs/starlight/componentssurvives, for genuinely critical warnings.Components stripped (zero across the corpus, except
<Aside>)<PageIntro><CommandRun><DocCallout><SignalGrid><DocFileTree><DataMatrix><FaqGroup>/<FaqItem>Re-documentation sections deleted outright
api/mfa.mdx: both auth.users + mfa_recovery_codes<DataMatrix>blocksapi/audit-log,auth,multi-tenant,acl,env-validator,notifications,bounce-handling: schema and route enumerationsinfra/resource-limits,profiles-and-overlays: defaults plus overlay matricesreference/env-vars.mdx: 390 → 70 lines (point at the three.env.examplefiles)reference/commands.mdx: 259 → 83 lines (point at thepackage.jsonfiles)architecture/monorepo-layout.mdx: file-tree replaced with proseOther fixes along the way
api/bounce-handling.mdxhad a broken<DataMatrix>rendering Raku/Perl-6 grammar token garbage on the production site. Fixed.landing/landingContent.tshad stale boot commands (./compose/dev.sh,./compose/prod.sh, "infra-template"). Updated to./setup.sh --upand the current path.Header.astrohad a "Cost" top-nav link pointing at a deleted anchor onwhy-boringstack.mdx. Removed.deployment.mdxManual provision path hadgit-cloneafterscp, which would fail. Reordered to clone-then-scp-then-up.Vocabulary scrub (before → after across the corpus)
—)Pages exempt per plan
index.mdx,404.mdx,changelog.mdx,topics/privacy.mdx,topics/terms.mdx. The first three are special-purpose; the last two are legal templates the operator fills in for their fork.Recipes (
recipes/add-*.mdx) keep their code snippets — recipes ARE the code an operator writes to wire the feature.Test plan
cd apps/docs && bun run build— green, 67 pages, no broken linksMEILI_MASTER_KEY=empty line allowlisted; see commit message)Three commits:
9262aa9: the 62-file rewrite.gitleaks.toml