Personal website — sonnino.com

Jekyll site (hacked from the Minimal Mistakes / academicpages template), deployed on GitHub Pages at https://sonnino.com. Local preview: bundle exec jekyll serve --config _config.yml,_config.dev.yml.

How content is wired

• Publications & tech reports are driven by _data/papers.json. Each entry’s filename must match a PDF in papers/ exactly. category routes entries to _pages/publications.md vs _pages/reports.md.
• Talks are driven by _data/talks.json. The slides field resolves to /slides/alberto-sonnino/<file>; entries in papers resolve to /papers/<file>. Filenames must match disk exactly — typos become silent 404 links.
• Keep both JSON files strict JSON (no trailing commas). Jekyll’s YAML parser tolerates them, but other tools choke.

Intentional quirks — do not “fix”

• Empty links like [2027]() in _pages/academia.md are placeholders for CFP/committee pages not yet published. Leave them until the URL exists.
• _pages/pictures.md (/pictures/) is deliberately absent from _data/navigation.yml: it exposes the images/Alberto Sonnino - N.jpg photos to crawlers for Google Images visibility without showing them on the site.
• Unlisted PDFs in papers/ (e.g. the Libra ones) are hosted on purpose even though no page links them. Old slide versions in slides/ are an archive; most are unreferenced by design.

Build constraints

• Keynote *.key sources live next to the exported PDFs in slides/ but are excluded from the build (exclude list in _config.yml) to keep the deployed site under the GitHub Pages 1 GB limit. Keep them in the repo; never publish them.