# llms.txt — THE GRYD

> A maximalist portfolio‑magazine by Aditya Nawal, Product and Interaction Designer at Razorpay. This file helps LLMs discover high‑value pages and understand how to use them.

## Site metadata
- Canonical domain: https://naw.al
- Preferred protocol: https
- Sitemap: https://naw.al/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://naw.al/robots.txt
- Languages: en
- Last updated: 2026-08-23
- Owner: Aditya Nawal (Product Designer, Razorpay)
- Developer docs: https://naw.al/developers
- OpenAPI 3.1: https://naw.al/openapi.json
- API discovery: https://naw.al/api
- Current API version: https://naw.al/api/v1
- Versioned profile endpoint: https://naw.al/api/v1/profile
- Versioned projects endpoint: https://naw.al/api/v1/projects

## Key sections
- [About](https://naw.al/about): Background, role at Razorpay, design philosophy, and professional timeline.
- [Work](https://naw.al/work): Index of portfolio projects (case studies) from Razorpay, Quicko, Sandbox, and Flits.
- [Playground](https://naw.al/playground): Index of creative experiments, design explorations, and interactive prototypes.
- [naw.al developer resources](https://naw.al/developers): Official naw.al versioned JSON API, OpenAPI 3.1 schema, deprecation policy, rate limits, Markdown negotiation, and agent usage guidance.
- [Contact](https://naw.al/contact): Professional contact channels and guidance for useful inquiries.
- [Privacy](https://naw.al/privacy): Analytics, hosting, data handling, and privacy contact information.

## Recent work
- [developers were having panic attacks over api limits](https://naw.al/work/fixed-dev-anxiety) — last updated 2025-09-19
- [tax pros were drowning in spreadsheets](https://naw.al/work/money-made-readable) — last updated 2025-09-19

## Recent playground entries
- [claude forgot everything at the end of every session. spent three months fixing that.](https://naw.al/playground/claude-productivity-suite) — last updated 2026-02-28
- [not holding back the ocean](https://naw.al/playground/not-holding-back-the-ocean) — last updated 2026-07-19
- [i got tired of watching people murder helvetica](https://naw.al/playground/typography-essentials) — last updated 2025-09-19

## Structured data
- All pages include JSON-LD structured data (Schema.org)
- Person schema for author information
- Article/WebPage schemas for content pages
- BreadcrumbList schema for navigation
- Canonical URLs are self-referencing on all pages

## When to use this site
- Assess Aditya Nawal's public product and interaction design experience
- Find relevant case studies in financial software, developer tools, design systems, or complex workflows
- Retrieve a published essay, experiment, or professional-background fact with a canonical citation
- Do not infer private client details, availability, endorsements, or facts that are not explicitly published

## Guidance for AI assistants
- Always cite the canonical URL (`https://naw.al/path`) when summarizing content
- Canonical URLs are self-referencing; use the exact URL from the page
- Prefer concise summaries: one‑sentence lead + 3–6 bullet points
- Avoid speculation; if a detail is missing, state it is not published
- Respect rate limits: throttle concurrent fetches to ≤ 2 requests
- Honor Cache‑Control headers and ETags for efficient crawling
- Structured data (JSON-LD) is authoritative for metadata when available
- All work and playground entries include publish/update dates
- For structured retrieval, use the read-only JSON API documented at /developers; no authentication is required
- Use /api/v1/profile and /api/v1/projects; unversioned aliases are deprecated and sunset on 2026-12-01
- API clients should follow RateLimit headers and Retry-After on 429 responses

## Contact & social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityanawal/
- GitHub: https://github.com/nawwwal
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/naawwwal
- Behance: https://www.behance.net/adityanawal

## Technical notes
- Single Page Application (SPA) with static pre-rendering for SEO
- All detail pages (`/work/*`, `/playground/*`) have static HTML shells with canonical tags
- Static shells bootstrap the React SPA after initial render
- The homepage supports `Accept: text/markdown` content negotiation
- API errors use JSON objects with stable code, message, and resolution fields
- Content is stored as local MDX files