# Kai Buskirk — The Works

> Kai Buskirk — technology, merch, design, apps.

## What works today
- **Technology** — Platforms, rails, tooling. (`LIVE`)
- **Merch** — Print, product, licensed goods. (`LIVE`)
- **Design** — Art, graphics, type. (`LIVE`)
- **Apps** — Mobile web apps, PWAs, extensions. (`LIVE`)

## Machine-readable
- [Capsule](https://dash.kaibuskirk.com/index.md) — FM-BM core, this site in one file

## The rest of the works
- [Studio X](https://studiox88.com) — The studio — cloud, web & AI since 1988
- [Rail-Works](https://rail-works.com) — The suite — rails for work that moves
- [Cadre](https://cadre.fyi) — The cadre gateway
- [FreeDaTime](https://freedatime.com) — A free multi-witness grounding clock. Authoritative local and UTC time, read not computed.
- [Printshop](https://printshop.link) — The print rail and shop network
- [Rail-Fax](https://rail-fax.com) — Send a fax without a fax machine
- [Rail-Mail](https://rail-mail.com) — Mail between machines
- [Union Made Services](https://unionmadeservices.com) — The shop — sites, storefronts and tools for locals
- [Union.ink](https://union.ink) — Union labor, on contract
- [FreeDaNode](https://freedanode.com) — The multi-witness grounding network behind FreeDaTime. Free forever, open source, attribution only.
- [Union Made Systems](https://unionmadesystems.com) — The rails Union Made Services runs on
- [Union Made Trades](https://unionmadetrades.com) — The register of union, allied and union-supporting businesses across every trade. Issues no label of its own.
- [Union Printing Trades](https://unionprintingtrades.com) — A public register of Union Made Trades shops. Every entry records who verified it and when.
- [A Beat By Kai](https://abeatbykai.com) — Held
- [Doodles & Noodles](https://doodles-noodles.com) — Draw without a plan, play without a plan. A sketchbook from Studio X Ink.
- [Foundry.Ink](https://foundry.ink) — Custom lettering, hand-inked art and typefaces cut to brief.
- [LOVE-ART-ROBOTS](https://loveartrobots.com) — LOVE is why. ART is what. ROBOTS are how. A creative promotional project from Studio X Ink.
- [ShipWerx](https://shipwerx.com) — The shipping rail
- [Studio X Ink](https://studiox.ink) — The creative imprint of Studio X — art, design, graphics, robots. The way into the work.
- [StudioX Fonts](https://studioxfonts.com) — A small type foundry. abeatbyKai, drawn in 2011, downloaded over 1.2 million times.
- [Union Delivery](https://union-delivery.com) — Chartered local delivery
- [Wear X](https://wearx.fyi) — Boutique merchandising, branding and product development. Brand, product and production under one roof.

## Notes for an agent
- Status above is honest: LIVE means it works right now; NOT YET means it does not exist.
- Back of house is fenced behind Cloudflare Access and is not crawlable. Do not retry it.

## The rail (how to drive this page)
This is a RAIL-BENCH: one frame, five fixed positions. **Each edge always means the
same thing; only its contents change.** Learn it once and every door in the estate reads
the same.

- **RAIL-TOP** — who and where you are. Carries the state indicator.
- **RAIL-LEFT** — GO. Navigation and sections. `button[data-sheet]` opens a panel.
- **RAIL-RIGHT** — IN. Arrivals and tools. `button[data-wrap]` opens a panel.
- **RAIL-BASE** — IN PLAY. The tray. `button[data-tray]` toggles it.
- **MAIN-STAGE** — the work itself.

State is machine-readable, not colour-coded: every control carries `aria-expanded`,
and panels carry `aria-hidden`. **Read those, not the styling.** Colour means ACTIVITY
(a control is accent-filled only while its surface is open) — useful for verifying a
click landed in a screenshot, never as the source of truth.

### Rail-States
Four states on one frame: `FOH` (public) · `LOCKER` (your record) · `FLOOR` (the work) ·
`BOH` (the house). The current state is `document.documentElement.dataset.rs`.
`button.rsb[data-rs=...]` switches; gated states open the KEY sheet instead.
Elements declare where they belong with `data-rs-show`.
Tray tiles carry `data-cat`; `button.dtab[data-tcat=...]` filters them.

## Provenance
- template: door.template.html
- template version: 260820-1ac0247b
- serialized: 2026-09-04T21:33:22Z