// V3: TRAIL — a slow-scroll editorial with a glowing snail trail that draws itself between sections. const { useState: useStateT, useEffect: useEffectT, useRef: useRefT } = React; const TrailPath = () => { // SVG trail that spans the full scroll length, drawing as you scroll. const pathRef = useRefT(null); const svgRef = useRefT(null); const [len, setLen] = useStateT(0); const [offset, setOffset] = useStateT(0); useEffectT(() => { const el = pathRef.current; if (!el) return; const L = el.getTotalLength(); setLen(L); setOffset(L); const onScroll = () => { const doc = document.documentElement; const max = doc.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight; const p = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, window.scrollY / Math.max(max, 1))); setOffset(L * (1 - p)); }; window.addEventListener('scroll', onScroll); onScroll(); return () => window.removeEventListener('scroll', onScroll); }, []); return ( ); }; const Stanza = ({ number, kicker, children, align='left' }) => (
{String(number).padStart(2,'0')} · {kicker}
{children}
); const BigLine = ({ children }) => (

{children}

); const TrailRoot = () => { return (
{/* Ambient glyph */}
Snail3D
{/* Hero */}
A slow trail · Built for the Lord

Slow is smooth.
Smooth is faithful.

The archive of a maker, builder, father and evangelist — 3D prints, agentic code, and a life trying to stay pointed at the Maker.

↓ follow the trail
Maker of useful things,
apprentice in everything else.

I'm Snail3D — a 3D printer, designer, coder, husband and father. I build small and ship often, and I try to keep the Lord at the center of all of it. This page is the trail behind me.

Slow layers.
Honest prototypes.
{window.PROJECTS.slice(0, 6).map((p, i) => ( e.currentTarget.style.background = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)'} onMouseLeave={e => e.currentTarget.style.background = 'transparent'}>
0{i+1}
{p.name}
{p.desc}
 ))}
Words, rambles, demos.
{window.VIDEOS.slice(0, 4).map(v => (
{v.title}
 ))}
Games as a benchmark.

Each cartridge is the same prompt handed to a different coding agent. As models get better, the arcade grows — a living scoreboard of AI progress at making something actually fun to play.

{window.GAMES.map(g => ( {g.name} ))}
The work is worship.
Today's reading
"{window.DEVOTIONALS[0].quote}"
— {window.DEVOTIONALS[0].verse}

{window.DEVOTIONALS[0].ref}

Come say hi.

Collaboration, commission, prayer request, or just want to nerd out about local LLMs and layer heights — jump in the Discord. That's where the community lives.

Soli Deo Gloria.
© {new Date().getFullYear()} Snail3D · Trail v3
); }; window.TrailRoot = TrailRoot;