Author's Note

the person behind the notebook

Maro

Hey, I'm Maro.

Ex-immigrant rights organizer, coder, and creator.

I build for community, resistance, and expression. Being an undocumented immigrant in the United States has been pivotal in shaping who I am — and everything I make.

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Journal

things I wrote down before I forget

Building 2maro.io

How I built a retro notebook-themed blog with Astro, CSS skeuomorphism, and zero design frameworks.

astrocssdesign
featured

Hello World, Again

Why I'm building a personal site in 2026 — and why it looks like a notebook from 2004.

open-sourcepersonalweb

My Open Source Stack

The tools and workflows I use daily — from Obsidian to Claude Code to Astro.

toolsopen-sourceworkflow
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Workshop

things I'll ship… 2maro

shipped
typescriptobsidian-pluginobsidian-apinode

Open in Terminal

Obsidian community plugin — opens a system terminal at the directory of the current note. Supports 15+ terminal apps across macOS, Linux, and Windows.

GitHub
active
typescriptclaude-code

claude-cli-improvements

Small TUI upgrade to make Claude Code more informative in the terminal.

GitHub
active
pythonclaude-apiobsidian

Youspaper

Transform YouTube videos into actionable Obsidian notes with AI-powered analysis.

GitHub
active
nodejavascriptfirefox-extensionjson-rpc

Doraemon

Firefox browser control from any CLI via a local JSON-RPC relay — no LLM required, no native messaging, just HTTP.

GitHub
active
typescriptaiimage-processing

Translate Web Cartoons

AI-powered webtoon translation that preserves the original artwork while swapping text.

GitHub
active
solidityreactethers.jsmultisig

Renters United

A multi-sig wallet where renters and landlords mutually agree to invest the security deposit into an interest-bearing vehicle.

GitHub
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Thoughts for Tomorrow

musings. not quite ideas. not quite plans.

  • thoughts on cryptocurrency as a form of investment and ownership as an immigrant
  • meclaw
  • un.do
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