Elliot Quartz

Generational Report

A quiet, browsable archive of 2,027 AI-assisted birth-year profiles, from year 0 through 2026.

November 2025 · Software / systems · Research, Interactive

Generational Report desktop reader showing the 1996 report.

Details

Stack: Static HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Vercel

Generational Report began with an awkward problem: I had 2,027 AI-assisted birth-year profiles and no satisfying way to read them. The site turns that corpus into an archive spanning year 0 through 2026, with each year offering a small historical view of the world someone entered.

I wanted it to feel quiet and durable rather than like a stream of generated posts. You can look up a year directly, share a deep link, scan the surrounding context, and then settle into the report without much interface getting in the way.

I built it with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and kept the color and controls restrained. Choose a year, scan the world around it, and start reading.

Generational Report desktop reader showing the 1348 report.
Generational Report mobile reader showing the 2025 report controls.