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Manzoku is live.

A small social blog for notes, images, and the things I make. No algorithm, no ads, no growth hacks. Just a feed and a grid.

Built this prototype to test one question: can a personal site feel like a social network without feeling like a slot machine?

Kyoto, 6:14am. The city was still asleep and the vending machines were humming.

A website that runs on solar power and ships less than 1 MB per page. The quiet web is not an aesthetic. It is an engineering choice.

My whole theme system is eleven lines. Dark mode should not need a framework.

const root = document.documentElement;
const saved = localStorage.getItem("theme");

if (saved) root.dataset.theme = saved;
else if (matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches)
  root.dataset.theme = "dark";

What should I build next? I have one weekend and too much coffee.

Studio wall, November. Prints, receipts, a broken watch I refuse to throw away.

満足 is not more. It is enough.

Mika Sato · notebook, 2026

Small rule I keep: one accent color, two typefaces, three border weights.

Constraints make the thing feel designed. Unlimited options make it feel like a template.

Evening train home. 18:48. The window turns the city into film.

The prototype lives here. Fork it, break it, make it yours.

Registered on Manzoku today. It feels like a blog and a group chat had a quiet child.

I mean that as a compliment.

Brush test for the wordmark. 満足 — satisfaction, sufficiency, enough.