As a Design and Tech Coordinator, I adapted Bruno Simon's open-source work into the Blithchron 2027 website and made major architecture decisions that shaped how the site was organized and brought together.
What I currently believe
Building on open-source work does not remove the need for architectural judgment. The foundation can be credited clearly while the decisions made to adapt and shape the resulting system remain part of my contribution.
Evidence
I used Bruno Simon's open-source code as a foundation, made major architecture decisions while adapting it for Blithchron 2027, and published the site on 5 August 2026. It remains in production, with minor changes continuing until the festival is over.
What changed my mind
I initially described the work mainly as deploying a site based on an existing open-source project. That left out my architectural role: adapting a foundation still required major decisions about the structure of the site.
Starting from an open-source foundation
The Blithchron 2027 website builds on open-source code by Bruno Simon. That is an important part of the project’s provenance, and I want to credit it directly. The site was an adaptation of that foundation for Blithchron, not an implementation created from a blank slate.
Architecture as part of the contribution
Using an existing codebase did not settle how the Blithchron site should be put together. I made major architecture decisions while adapting the project, shaping the structure that the festival website would use. Those decisions were a substantial part of my work as a Design and Tech Coordinator, alongside taking the site through deployment on 5 August 2026.
The site is published and in use, but the work is not finished. Minor production changes will continue until Blithchron is over.
The distinction matters to me: crediting the original open-source work and recognizing my own architectural contribution are both necessary for an accurate account of the project.