diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0083e7e..e42ba61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 {
-	"name": "myblog",
-	"version": "0.0.1",
+	"name": "daichendt.one",
+	"version": "1.0.0",
 	"license": "MIT",
+	"author": {
+		"email": "me@daichendt.one",
+		"name": "Alex Daichendt"
+	},
+	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "vite dev",
 		"build": "vite build",
@@ -43,7 +48,6 @@
 		"vite": "^4.0.3",
 		"vite-imagetools": "^4.0.12"
 	},
-	"type": "module",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@fontsource/ubuntu-mono": "^4.5.11",
 		"@mdi/js": "^7.1.96",
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Header.svelte b/src/lib/components/Header.svelte
index e4e0315..782ef4c 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Header.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Header.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	const NAV_ITEMS = [
 		{ href: '/', label: 'Home' },
 		{ href: '/blog', label: 'Blog' },
+		{ href: '/projects', label: 'Projects' },
 		{ href: '/contact', label: 'Contact' },
 	];
 </script>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Link.svelte b/src/lib/components/Link.svelte
index 049fb64..0fe7334 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Link.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Link.svelte
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 	{...props}
 	{href}
 >
+	<span class="text"><slot /></span>
+	
 	{#if !disableIcon && !internal}
 		<Icon path={internal ? mdiChevronRight : mdiLinkVariant} size="1rem"  />
 	{/if}
-	<span class="text"><slot /></span>
 </a><style>
 	a {
 		color: var(--special-color);
diff --git a/src/lib/layouts/blog.svelte b/src/lib/layouts/blog.svelte
index a2f65d7..a81af1f 100644
--- a/src/lib/layouts/blog.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/layouts/blog.svelte
@@ -33,13 +33,19 @@
 <SEO {title} {description} {keywords} />
 
 <h1>{title}</h1>
-<aside role="note">
-	{#if updated}
-		<Icon path={mdiPencil} size="0.8rem" /> updated {new Date(updated).toLocaleDateString('en-GB')};
-	{/if}
-	<Icon path={mdiCalendar} size="0.8rem" /> created
-	{new Date(created).toLocaleDateString('en-GB')}
-</aside>
+{#if updated || created}
+	<aside role="note">
+		{#if updated}
+			<Icon path={mdiPencil} size="0.8rem" /> updated {new Date(updated).toLocaleDateString(
+				'en-GB',
+			)};
+		{/if}
+		{#if created}
+			<Icon path={mdiCalendar} size="0.8rem" /> created
+			{new Date(created).toLocaleDateString('en-GB')}
+		{/if}
+	</aside>
+{/if}
 <Divider />
 <slot />
 
diff --git a/src/lib/layouts/projects.svelte b/src/lib/layouts/projects.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/types.ts b/src/lib/utils/types.ts
index bdfd0a5..2c45197 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ export interface BlogPostFrontmatter {
 export interface BlogPostMeta extends BlogPostFrontmatter {
 	href: string;
 }
+
+export interface ProjectsFrontmatter {
+	title: string;
+	description: string;
+	keywords: string[];
+	inProgress: boolean;
+}
+export interface ProjectMeta extends ProjectsFrontmatter {
+	href: string;
+}
+
 export interface Skill {
 	name: string;
 	years: number;
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 4f22c9e..cc6aa7e 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	}
 
 	:global(.container) {
-		max-width: 70rem;
+		max-width: 50rem;
 		margin: 0 auto;
 		padding: 0 1rem;
 		overflow-x: hidden;
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/+page.svelte
index 74f5cf6..eaf10d4 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -60,12 +60,18 @@
 
 <p>I am a software engineer, Linux enthusiast and a friend of lightweight, resilient systems.</p>
 <p>
-	Programming has been a hobby of mine since my teens. Been working on countless projects for
-	various games. For a few years now I am maintaining a small homelab, which got me into DevOps/SRE.
-	I am a privacy enthusiast and advocate for non-invasive software. Sometimes, I build slick
-	websites that do not load megabytes of data and try to follow best-practices. Currently, I am
-	working on my Masters degree in computer science at <Link href="https://www.tum.de/">TUM</Link>.
+	My journey in the tech world has been a dynamic one. I've immersed myself in countless projects
+	spanning various video games and, for the past few years, have been maintaining a small homelab,
+	which ignited my passion for DevOps / SRE. I am a privacy enthusiast and advocate for non-invasive
+	software. Occasionally, I channel my creativity into building sleek web applications that
+	prioritize efficiency and adhere to web standards and best practices.
 </p>
+<p>
+	Currently, I'm pursuing a Master's degree in computer science at <Link href="https://www.tum.de/"
+		>TUM</Link
+	>, where I successfully contribute to numerous research papers.
+</p>
+
 <h2>Skills</h2>
 
 <ul>
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.ts b/src/routes/+page.ts
index 9507556..2dd56aa 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+page.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export async function load() {
 	return {
 		seo: {
 			title: 'Home',
-			description: 'Alex Daichendt"s website, blog, and yard of stuffs and things of modern tech.',
+			description: 'Alex Daichendt"s website, blog, and collection of thoughts on modern tech.',
 		},
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/projects/+page.server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b36ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/projects/+page.server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import type { ProjectMeta, ProjectsFrontmatter } from '$lib/utils/types';
+import type { PageServerLoad } from './$types';
+
+const removeExtension = (path: string) => path.replace(/\.[^.]*$/g, '').replace('/+page', '');
+
+export const load: PageServerLoad = async () => {
+	const modulesSVX = import.meta.glob('./**/*.svx');
+	const modulesMD = import.meta.glob('./**/*.md');
+	const modules = { ...modulesMD, ...modulesSVX };
+	const projects: ProjectMeta[] = [];
+	const resolved = (await Promise.all(Object.values(modules).map((f) => f()))) as {
+		metadata: ProjectsFrontmatter;
+	}[];
+	resolved.forEach((file, index) => {
+		const path = Object.keys(modules)[index];
+		const { metadata } = file;
+
+		projects.push({ ...metadata, href: `projects/${removeExtension(path)}` });
+	});
+
+	return { projects };
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte b/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9e78df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	import Link from '$components/Link.svelte';
+	import ListItem from '$components/ListItem.svelte';
+	import Seo from '$components/SEO.svelte';
+	import type { PageData } from './$types';
+
+	export let data: PageData;
+	$: projects = data.projects;
+</script>
+
+<Seo />
+
+<h1>Projects</h1>
+
+<p>Detailed descriptions of my contributions to various projects.</p>
+<ul>
+	{#each projects as project}
+		<ListItem>
+			<Link href={project.href}>{project.title}</Link>
+		</ListItem>
+	{/each}
+</ul>
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/+page.ts b/src/routes/projects/+page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80bff20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/projects/+page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { PageLoad } from './$types';
+
+export const load: PageLoad = ({ data }) => {
+	return {
+		projects: data.projects,
+		seo: {
+			title: 'Projects',
+			description: 'Detailed descriptions of projects created by Alex Daichendt',
+		},
+	};
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/gw2-gear-optimizer/+page.md b/src/routes/projects/gw2-gear-optimizer/+page.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9507388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/projects/gw2-gear-optimizer/+page.md
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+---
+title: 'GW2 Gear Optimizer'
+description: 'The Gear Optimizer helps Guild Wars 2 players find optimal builds for fractals, raids, and strike missions.'
+keywords:
+  - gw2
+  - guild wars 2
+  - optimizer
+layout: blog
+---
+
+<script>
+  import overview from "./images/gear-optimizer.png?default"
+  import Image from "$components/Image.svelte"
+</script>
+
+## TL;DR
+
+{description}
+
+- Demo / live site: [https://optimizer.discretize.eu](https://optimizer.discretize.eu)
+- Code: [Github](https://github.com/discretize/discretize-gear-optimizer)
+
+I made signifcant contributions to the frontend as well as to the calculation core by rewriting it in Rust and implementing threading.
+Furthermore, I worked closely with and coordinated a small team of a few developers from all over the world ([see here](https://github.com/discretize/discretize-gear-optimizer/graphs/contributors)) to improve the project further.
+
+<Image meta={overview} />
+
+## Description
+
+Interesting features for players of the video game:
+
+- find optimal builds based on various parameters
+- build templates with extensive sensible defaults that are used by players
+- support for different game modes with different balancing
+- Uptime input for conditional buffs
+- keyboard shortcuts
+- custom arbitrary modifier input to allow simulating theoretical balancing
+- infusion helper: calculates the cheapest way to acquire n agony resistance
+- input condition distribution
+- displays the results just like in game
+- share settings and results with a single link
+
+## Most Significant Contributions
+
+- I rewrote the frontend from scratch utilizing modern JS tooling  
+  -> the old optimizer consisted out of one 10k LoC HTML file and an equally large js file; bundled with gulp and jquery ...
+- ported the calculation core to Rust; refactored the combination generation code to support multi-threading  
+  -> added some heuristics to reduce the amount of combinations
+- state compression algorithm based on a schema so that players can share links to their builds without a server storing data
+
+## Technical Details
+
+The optimizer has numerous interesting technical features:
+
+- React SPA without SSR with Vite
+- Built with Material-UI 5 and Emotion for CSS-in-JS
+- Statemanagement with ReduxJS
+- multithreaded calculations with Rust compiled to WASM and WebWorkers
+- i18n localization (Chinese and German)
+- hosted on Cloudflare pages utilizing Workers and KV
+- custom algorithm for lossless state compress based on a schema into base64, url-save strings
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/gw2-gear-optimizer/images/gear-optimizer.png b/src/routes/projects/gw2-gear-optimizer/images/gear-optimizer.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae6a473
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/routes/projects/gw2-gear-optimizer/images/gear-optimizer.png differ
diff --git a/static/robots.txt b/static/robots.txt
index 7569b7b..7a9b8ed 100644
--- a/static/robots.txt
+++ b/static/robots.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 User-agent: *
 Disallow: /contact
-Disallow: /admin
\ No newline at end of file
+Disallow: /admin
+
+User-agent: GPTBot
+Disallow: /
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8c6c2ec..e574497 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -551,15 +551,10 @@ callsites@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/callsites/-/callsites-3.1.0.tgz#b3630abd8943432f54b3f0519238e33cd7df2f73"
   integrity sha512-P8BjAsXvZS+VIDUI11hHCQEv74YT67YUi5JJFNWIqL235sBmjX4+qx9Muvls5ivyNENctx46xQLQ3aTuE7ssaQ==
 
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001400:
-  version "1.0.30001411"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001411.tgz#303c8594ca5903b193a6d875ac613548cb73379a"
-  integrity sha512-HPnJKESKuhKpHvMY1/ux7J3nG7xG8jRuL4lbyCjDRm0doTNV91tcRk60xrP7Ym9DtJH/yuqntDWBJCqpXB4b7g==
-
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001426:
-  version "1.0.30001441"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001441.tgz#987437b266260b640a23cd18fbddb509d7f69f3e"
-  integrity sha512-OyxRR4Vof59I3yGWXws6i908EtGbMzVUi3ganaZQHmydk1iwDhRnvaPG2WaR0KcqrDFKrxVZHULT396LEPhXfg==
+caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001400, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001426:
+  version "1.0.30001534"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001534.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-vlPVrhsCS7XaSh2VvWluIQEzVhefrUQcEsQWSS5A5V+dM07uv1qHeQzAOTGIMy9i3e9bH15+muvI/UHojVgS/Q==
 
 ccount@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"