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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>balls.studio — hub</title>
+  <style>
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+      padding: 0;
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+      padding-bottom: 1.2rem;
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+      font-weight: 600;
+      letter-spacing: -0.5px;
+      color: #2b241f;
+      background: none;
+      margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
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+      gap: 1.5rem;
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+      cursor: pointer;
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+      font-size: 0.85rem;
+      opacity: 0.7;
+      margin-left: 0.2rem;
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+      .button-group {
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+        flex-direction: column;
+        align-items: stretch;
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+      .site-btn {
+        justify-content: center;
+        padding: 0.7rem 1rem;
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+      h1 {
+        font-size: 2rem;
+      }
+    }
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+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class="page">
+  <div class="site-header">
+    <h1>balls.studio</h1>
+    <div class="tagline">· simple tools · direct access ·</div>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="intro">
+    internal hub — jump to any service below.<br>
+    both links open in a new tab.
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="button-group">
+    <a href="https://status.balls.studio/" class="site-btn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+      status.balls.studio
+      <span class="external-hint">↗</span>
+    </a>
+    <a href="https://git.balls.studio/" class="site-btn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+      git.balls.studio
+      <span class="external-hint">↗</span>
+    </a>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="info-note">
+    <span>⚙️ status page · git repositories ·</span> 
+    — <a href="https://status.balls.studio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">status</a> & 
+    <a href="https://git.balls.studio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">git</a> directly.
+    <br>hand–coded, no fluff.
+  </div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
