jonathanperis · jonathanperis · May 17, 2026 · May 17, 2026
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ## About
 
-Astro portfolio with a static export for GitHub Pages. It fetches public, non-fork repositories from the GitHub GraphQL API at build time, resolves live GitHub Pages links through the REST API, and renders them in a terminal-themed UI.
+Astro portfolio with a static export for GitHub Pages. It fetches the repositories pinned on Jonathan's GitHub profile plus public, non-fork repositories from the GitHub GraphQL API at build time, resolves live GitHub Pages links through the REST API, and renders them in a terminal-themed UI.
 
 The site includes a print-optimized resume page, SEO metadata, analytics, and a Konami code easter egg. The same shared data powers the on-page resume and the dedicated `/resume` route.
 
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ It is built to stay simple to deploy: build locally, export statically, and publ
 
 ## Features
 
-- Dynamic Workbench repository ledger from GitHub GraphQL API (public, non-fork repos)
+- Workbench major cards sourced from GitHub profile pinned repositories
+- Dynamic "Other GitHub repos" ledger from GitHub GraphQL API (public, non-fork repos)
 - Live GitHub Pages links resolved at build time via GitHub REST API
 - Terminal-themed dark UI with typing animations and scroll effects
 - Print-optimized resume page with download support

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   AVAILABILITY,
   ENGINEERING_PRINCIPLES,
   EXPERIENCES,
-  FEATURED_PROJECTS,
   OPERATING_SIGNALS,
   PROFILE,
   SKILLS,
@@ -151,18 +150,18 @@ const SKILL_GROUPS: Array<{ key: keyof typeof SKILLS; label: string; path: strin
   { key: "frontend", label: "interface", path: "/stack/interface" },
 ];
 
-function projectLane(project: (typeof FEATURED_PROJECTS)[number]) {
-  const text = `${project.name} ${project.tags.join(" ")}`.toLowerCase();
+function projectLane(project: GitHubRepo) {
+  const text = `${project.title} ${project.description} ${project.lang}`.toLowerCase();
   if (text.includes("rinha") || text.includes("k6") || text.includes("performance")) return "load path";
-  if (text.includes("clean") || text.includes(".net")) return "system design";
-  if (text.includes("game") || text.includes("sdl") || text.includes("lynx")) return "runtime lab";
+  if (text.includes("clean") || text.includes(".net") || text.includes("blazor")) return "system design";
+  if (text.includes("game") || text.includes("sdl") || text.includes("lynx") || text.includes("mango")) return "runtime lab";
   return "field note";
 }
 
 export default function Portfolio({ projects }: { projects: GitHubRepo[] }) {
   const scrollProgress = useScrollProgress();
-  const featuredSlugs = useMemo(() => new Set(FEATURED_PROJECTS.map((fp) => fp.slug)), []);
-  const workbenchRepos = useMemo(() => projects.filter((project) => !featuredSlugs.has(project.title)), [featuredSlugs, projects]);
+  const pinnedRepos = useMemo(() => projects.filter((project) => project.pinned), [projects]);
+  const otherRepos = useMemo(() => projects.filter((project) => !project.pinned), [projects]);
 
   const [termOpen, setTermOpen] = useState(false);
   const [termInput, setTermInput] = useState("");
@@ -378,19 +377,24 @@ export default function Portfolio({ projects }: { projects: GitHubRepo[] }) {
               <SectionLabel id="workbench-heading" number="04">Workbench</SectionLabel>
             </Reveal>
             <div className="workbench-grid">
-              {FEATURED_PROJECTS.map((project, index) => (
-                <Reveal key={project.slug} delay={index * 70}>
+              {pinnedRepos.map((project, index) => (
+                <Reveal key={project.title} delay={index * 70}>
                   <article className="workbench-card">
                     <div className="card-head">
                       <span style={{ backgroundColor: project.langColor }} aria-hidden="true" />
                       <p>{projectLane(project)}</p>
                     </div>
-                    <h3>{project.name}</h3>
-                    <p>{project.description}</p>
-                    <div className="project-tags">{project.tags.map((tag) => <span key={tag}>{tag}</span>)}</div>
+                    <h3>{project.title}</h3>
+                    <p>{project.description || "Repository note pending."}</p>
+                    <div className="project-tags">
+                      {project.stars > 0 && <span>{project.stars} stars</span>}
+                      {project.lang && <span>{project.lang}</span>}
+                      <span>Pinned on GitHub</span>
+                    </div>
                     <div className="project-actions">
-                      <a href={project.repoUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Source</a>
-                      <a href={project.liveUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Live</a>
+                      <a href={project.url} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Source</a>
+                      {project.pagesUrl && <a href={project.pagesUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Live</a>}
+                      {project.homepageUrl && project.homepageUrl !== project.pagesUrl && <a href={project.homepageUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Homepage</a>}
                     </div>
                   </article>
                 </Reveal>
@@ -400,12 +404,12 @@ export default function Portfolio({ projects }: { projects: GitHubRepo[] }) {
             <Reveal delay={320}>
               <div className="repo-ledger-heading">
                 <p className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.28em] text-dim">public repository ledger</p>
-                <h3>All non-fork GitHub work</h3>
-                <p>Fetched at build time from GitHub, excluding this portfolio, profile metadata, collaborator repos, and forks. Pages links resolve from each repository's live GitHub Pages site.</p>
+                <h3>Other GitHub repos</h3>
+                <p>Fetched at build time from GitHub, excluding pinned Workbench repos, this portfolio, profile metadata, collaborator repos, and forks. Pages links resolve from each repository's live GitHub Pages site.</p>
               </div>
             </Reveal>
             <div className="repo-table" role="list">
-              {workbenchRepos.map((project, index) => (
+              {otherRepos.map((project, index) => (
                 <Reveal key={project.title} delay={index * 35}>
                   <article role="listitem" className="repo-row">
                     <a href={project.url} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">{project.title}</a>
@@ -420,7 +424,7 @@ export default function Portfolio({ projects }: { projects: GitHubRepo[] }) {
                 </Reveal>
               ))}
             </div>
-            <Reveal delay={workbenchRepos.length * 35 + 120}>
+            <Reveal delay={otherRepos.length * 35 + 120}>
               <a href="https://github.com/jonathanperis" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" className="github-tail">View all repositories on GitHub</a>
             </Reveal>
           </section>

@@ -8,24 +8,39 @@ export type GitHubRepo = {
   homepageUrl?: string;
   pagesUrl?: string;
   updatedAt?: string;
+  pinned?: boolean;
 };
 
 const GITHUB_OWNER = "jonathanperis";
 const EXCLUDE_REPOS = new Set(["jonathanperis.github.io", ".github", "jonathanperis"]);
 
 const FALLBACK: GitHubRepo[] = [
-  { title: "cpnucleo", description: "Modern .NET sample — clean architecture, testing, DI, and Docker containerization.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/cpnucleo", lang: "C#", langColor: "#178600", stars: 8, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/cpnucleo/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/cpnucleo/" },
-  { title: "super-mango-editor", description: "A classic side-scrolling platformer built with C and SDL2 — playable in the browser via WebAssembly.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/super-mango-editor", lang: "C", langColor: "#555555", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/super-mango-editor/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/super-mango-editor/" },
-  { title: "rinha4-back-end-dotnet", description: "Rinha de Backend 2025 implementation in .NET with docs and benchmark reports.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha4-back-end-dotnet", lang: "C#", langColor: "#178600", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha4-back-end-dotnet/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha4-back-end-dotnet/" },
-  { title: "rinha2-back-end-dotnet", description: "High-performance Rinha de Backend challenge in C# with PostgreSQL and Nginx.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha2-back-end-dotnet", lang: "C#", langColor: "#178600", stars: 3, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-dotnet/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-dotnet/" },
-  { title: "rinha2-back-end-k6", description: "K6 load testing suite for the Rinha de Backend challenge.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha2-back-end-k6", lang: "JavaScript", langColor: "#f1e05a", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-k6/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-k6/" },
-  { title: "blazor-mudblazor-starter", description: "Blazor + MudBlazor starter template with pre-configured components.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/blazor-mudblazor-starter", lang: "HTML", langColor: "#e34c26", stars: 1, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/blazor-mudblazor-starter/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/blazor-mudblazor-starter/" },
+  { title: "cpnucleo", description: "Modern .NET sample — clean architecture, testing, DI, and Docker containerization.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/cpnucleo", lang: "C#", langColor: "#178600", stars: 8, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/cpnucleo/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/cpnucleo/", pinned: true },
+  { title: "super-mango-editor", description: "A classic side-scrolling platformer built with C and SDL2 — playable in the browser via WebAssembly.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/super-mango-editor", lang: "C", langColor: "#555555", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/super-mango-editor/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/super-mango-editor/", pinned: true },
+  { title: "rinha2-back-end-dotnet", description: "High-performance Rinha de Backend challenge in C# with PostgreSQL and Nginx.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha2-back-end-dotnet", lang: "C#", langColor: "#178600", stars: 3, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-dotnet/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-dotnet/", pinned: true },
+  { title: "rinha2-back-end-go", description: "Rinha de Backend in Go — high-performance with PostgreSQL and Nginx.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha2-back-end-go", lang: "PLpgSQL", langColor: "#336790", stars: 1, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-go/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-go/", pinned: true },
+  { title: "blazor-mudblazor-starter", description: "Blazor + MudBlazor starter template with pre-configured components.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/blazor-mudblazor-starter", lang: "HTML", langColor: "#e34c26", stars: 1, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/blazor-mudblazor-starter/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/blazor-mudblazor-starter/", pinned: true },
+  { title: "speedy-bird-lynx", description: "Lynx motion/game experiment in C++.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/speedy-bird-lynx", lang: "C++", langColor: "#f34b7d", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/speedy-bird-lynx/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/speedy-bird-lynx/", pinned: true },
   { title: "rinha4-back-end-c", description: "Rinha de Backend 2025 C implementation with GitHub Pages documentation.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha4-back-end-c", lang: "C", langColor: "#555555", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha4-back-end-c/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha4-back-end-c/" },
-  { title: "rinha2-back-end-go", description: "Rinha de Backend in Go — high-performance with PostgreSQL and Nginx.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha2-back-end-go", lang: "PLpgSQL", langColor: "#336790", stars: 1, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-go/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-go/" },
+  { title: "rinha2-back-end-k6", description: "K6 load testing suite for the Rinha de Backend challenge.", url: "https://github.com/jonathanperis/rinha2-back-end-k6", lang: "JavaScript", langColor: "#f1e05a", stars: 0, homepageUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-k6/", pagesUrl: "https://jonathanperis.github.io/rinha2-back-end-k6/" },
 ];
 
 const QUERY = `{
   user(login: "${GITHUB_OWNER}") {
+    pinnedItems(first: 100, types: REPOSITORY) {
+      nodes {
+        ... on Repository {
+          name
+          description
+          url
+          homepageUrl
+          stargazerCount
+          updatedAt
+          owner { login }
+          primaryLanguage { name color }
+        }
+      }
+    }
     repositories(first: 100, privacy: PUBLIC, orderBy: { field: UPDATED_AT, direction: DESC }, isFork: false) {
       nodes {
         name
@@ -84,7 +99,7 @@ async function fetchPagesUrl(repoName: string, token: string): Promise<string |
   }
 }
 
-function normalizeRepo(n: RepoNode): GitHubRepo {
+function normalizeRepo(n: RepoNode, pinned = false): GitHubRepo {
   const homepageUrl = n.homepageUrl?.trim() || undefined;
 
   return {
@@ -97,6 +112,7 @@ function normalizeRepo(n: RepoNode): GitHubRepo {
     homepageUrl,
     pagesUrl: homepageUrl?.startsWith(`https://${GITHUB_OWNER}.github.io/`) ? homepageUrl : undefined,
     updatedAt: n.updatedAt,
+    pinned,
   };
 }
 
@@ -123,16 +139,29 @@ export async function fetchRepos(): Promise<GitHubRepo[]> {
     }
 
     const json = await res.json();
+    const pinnedNodes = json?.data?.user?.pinnedItems?.nodes;
     const nodes = json?.data?.user?.repositories?.nodes;
 
     if (!Array.isArray(nodes) || nodes.length === 0) {
       console.error("[github] No repos found in response");
       return FALLBACK;
     }
 
+    const pinnedOrder = new Map<string, number>(
+      Array.isArray(pinnedNodes)
+        ? pinnedNodes
+            .filter((n: RepoNode) => n.owner.login === GITHUB_OWNER && !EXCLUDE_REPOS.has(n.name))
+            .map((n: RepoNode, index: number) => [n.name, index])
+        : [],
+    );
+
     const repos = nodes
       .filter((n: RepoNode) => n.owner.login === GITHUB_OWNER && !EXCLUDE_REPOS.has(n.name))
-      .map(normalizeRepo);
+      .map((n: RepoNode) => normalizeRepo(n, pinnedOrder.has(n.name)))
+      .sort((a, b) => {
+        if (a.pinned && b.pinned) return (pinnedOrder.get(a.title) ?? 0) - (pinnedOrder.get(b.title) ?? 0);
+        return Number(b.pinned) - Number(a.pinned);
+      });
 
     const pagesUrls = await Promise.all(repos.map((repo) => fetchPagesUrl(repo.title, token)));
 

@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@
 
 ## How It Works
 
-The Workbench repository ledger is dynamic. During the Astro build, `src/lib/github.ts` fetches Jonathan's owned public, non-fork repositories from GitHub, excludes profile/portfolio metadata repos, and enriches each row with its live GitHub Pages URL when Pages is enabled.
+The Workbench repository data is dynamic. During the Astro build, `src/lib/github.ts` fetches Jonathan's GitHub profile pinned repositories plus owned public, non-fork repositories from GitHub, excludes profile/portfolio metadata repos, and enriches each entry with its live GitHub Pages URL when Pages is enabled.
 
-Featured project cards remain curated in `src/lib/data.ts` so the top of the Workbench can emphasize the strongest portfolio examples. The dynamic ledger lists the remaining repositories below those cards.
+The major Workbench cards are the repositories currently pinned on the `jonathanperis` GitHub profile. The ledger below them is labeled "Other GitHub repos" and lists the remaining owned public, non-fork repositories.
 
 ## Data Flow
 
 1. `src/pages/index.astro` calls `fetchRepos()` from `src/lib/github.ts`.
-2. `github.ts` sends a GraphQL query to GitHub for public repositories ordered by recent update:
+2. `github.ts` sends a GraphQL query to GitHub for pinned repository items and public repositories ordered by recent update:
 
 ```graphql
 {
   user(login: "jonathanperis") {
+    pinnedItems(first: 100, types: REPOSITORY) {
+      nodes {
+        ... on Repository {
+          name
+        }
+      }
+    }
     repositories(first: 100, privacy: PUBLIC, orderBy: { field: UPDATED_AT, direction: DESC }, isFork: false) {
       nodes {
         name
@@ -29,9 +36,10 @@ Featured project cards remain curated in `src/lib/data.ts` so the top of the Wor
 }
 ```
 
-3. For each included repository, `github.ts` also checks the REST Pages endpoint: `GET /repos/jonathanperis/{repo}/pages`.
-4. The response is mapped to `GitHubRepo[]` and passed to the React `Portfolio` component.
-5. At build time, this data is baked into the static HTML.
+3. The mapper marks repos that appear in `pinnedItems` as `pinned: true` and preserves the GitHub profile pinned order for the major cards.
+4. For each included repository, `github.ts` also checks the REST Pages endpoint: `GET /repos/jonathanperis/{repo}/pages`.
+5. The response is mapped to `GitHubRepo[]` and passed to the React `Portfolio` component.
+6. At build time, this data is baked into the static HTML.
 
 ## Filtering
 
@@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ The code also excludes repositories that should not appear in the public Workben
 - `.github` — organization/profile metadata
 - `jonathanperis` — profile/readme metadata
 
-Featured project slugs from `FEATURED_PROJECTS` are removed from the ledger so they are not duplicated below the curated cards.
+Pinned repositories are removed from the "Other GitHub repos" ledger so they are not duplicated below the major Workbench cards.
 
 ## GitHub Pages Links
 

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Personal developer portfolio for **Jonathan Peris** — Software Engineer with 1
 
 - Developer-themed dark UI with terminal aesthetic
 - Typing role animation, scroll animations, progress bar
-- Dynamic Workbench repository ledger fetched at build time via GitHub GraphQL + Pages REST APIs
+- Dynamic Workbench pinned-repo cards and "Other GitHub repos" ledger fetched at build time via GitHub GraphQL + Pages REST APIs
 - Print-optimized resume page generated from shared data (`/resume`)
 - Interactive terminal easter egg (Konami code)
 - SEO optimized: JSON-LD, sitemap, robots.txt, Open Graph, Twitter cards