I'm Nahi Khan, a developer who enjoys building deliberate, quiet interfaces that leave just enough room for curiosity. I care about small details, clear structure, and interfaces that feel calm even when the work they hold is intense.
This space is a snapshot of what I'm interested in right now: the books I'm working through, the ideas I'm trying to articulate in writing, and visual fragments that don't yet fit anywhere else.
Currently
- Designing small tools that reduce friction in my own workflow.
- Exploring ways to make dense information feel light and readable.
- Collecting visual references that balance structure and softness.
Notes
I like pages that feel like they were designed for one reader at a time. Long margins, clear type, and enough whitespace that your eyes can rest between ideas. This layout is intentionally narrow, centered in the page, and padded away from the edges so that the content feels self-contained.
Scroll a bit and you'll see how the navigation stays put on the left while the content moves on the right. This is meant to make it easy to jump between sections without ever losing your sense of where you are.
Elsewhere on this site
Visit books for an evolving list of things I'm reading, writing for drafts and essays, and gallery for images and visual experiments that don't need too much explanation.
Filler section 1
This is placeholder content to test scrolling behavior. The sidebar on the left should remain fixed in place while this content area scrolls freely using the browser's native scrollbar.
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Filler section 2
This is placeholder content to test scrolling behavior. The sidebar on the left should remain fixed in place while this content area scrolls freely using the browser's native scrollbar.
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Filler section 3
This is placeholder content to test scrolling behavior. The sidebar on the left should remain fixed in place while this content area scrolls freely using the browser's native scrollbar.
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Filler section 4
This is placeholder content to test scrolling behavior. The sidebar on the left should remain fixed in place while this content area scrolls freely using the browser's native scrollbar.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.
Filler section 5
This is placeholder content to test scrolling behavior. The sidebar on the left should remain fixed in place while this content area scrolls freely using the browser's native scrollbar.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.
Filler section 6
This is placeholder content to test scrolling behavior. The sidebar on the left should remain fixed in place while this content area scrolls freely using the browser's native scrollbar.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.