Aditya Soenarjo

Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Handoff Notes — 2026-03-29

Session Summary

Rebuilt personal academic website on soenarjo.github.io using the Jekyll Minimal Mistakes remote theme. Migrated and expanded content from the old Google Sites version at www.soenarjo.com.

Changes Made

Content

  • _pages/papers.md: Fully updated Papers & Discussions page
    • Fixed PDF link for “Liquidity and Labor Reallocation” (was pointing to old JMP file, now reallocation.pdf)
    • Added PDF link and co-author hyperlinks for “Global Value Chains and Inflation Dynamics”
    • Added Discussion PDF link for “Global Value Chains and the Phillips Curve”
    • Added collapsible abstracts for all three papers and the work-in-progress using <details>/<summary>
    • Page title changed to “Papers” (nav bar retains “Papers & Discussions”)

Configuration

  • _config.yml:
    • Fixed avatar path (bio-photo.jpg → headshot.jpg)
    • Shortened bio to “Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston”
    • Added GitHub link to sidebar (above CV link)

New Files

  • assets/images/headshot.jpg: Author headshot
  • assets/css/main.scss: Custom CSS — scrollbar layout-shift fix, dark mode, wider/larger sidebar, nav title size
  • assets/js/dark-mode.js: Dark mode toggle, persists preference in localStorage
  • _includes/head/custom.html: Applies dark mode class before first paint
  • _includes/footer/custom.html: Loads dark-mode.js

Known Issues / Future Work

  • Custom domain (www.soenarjo.com) not yet pointed here — DNS and CNAME setup still pending (see CLAUDE.md)
  • Twitter links use the old twitter.com domain; could update to x.com if desired
  • No favicon configured yet

Local Dev Reminder

Always serve with:

bundle exec jekyll serve --destination /tmp/jekyll-site --no-watch

(Dropbox sync causes rebuild loops without --no-watch and layout flicker without --destination outside Dropbox.)