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Scientific Image of the World

Structured static knowledge base created from the popular science YouTube channel of Mykhailo Vysotskyi, Associate Professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

About the App

A structured static knowledge base and digital encyclopedia created based on materials from the popular science YouTube channel "Mykhailo Vysotskyi: popular science lectures". The project covers the scientific image of the world, modern physics, and its philosophical implications.


✨ Key Features:

  • Automated Compilation Pipeline: Built with Python 3.12, MkDocs, and Material for MkDocs. A dynamic build-time hook system automates navigation menu assembly, category division, and alphabetical page index generation.
  • Ukrainian Cyrillic Sorting: A custom locale-independent sorting algorithm for Ukrainian Cyrillic in Python that resolves Unicode sorting issues (Є, І, Ї, etc.) in headless CI/CD environments.
  • Rich Social Previews: Integration of dynamic Open Graph and Twitter Card metadata per page, plus server-root client-side HTML redirects with complete metadata.
  • Custom Wikipedia-style UI: Custom client-side styling and scripts, including floating encyclopedia-style portrait layout overrides and a mobile-friendly dynamic "Random Articles" widget.