Portfolio/docs/reviews/audience-validation.md

Evidence-first audience validation

Status: PENDING — the 2026-09-05 compiled-preview acceptance review passed its single-reviewer five-second identity check, but no independent three-person session has been run.

This is a release checkpoint, not an automated substitute for people. It must use at least three independent reviewers representing hiring-screening and technical-interview perspectives. Reviewers use Static or reduced motion first so the information hierarchy is judged without relying on the scene.

Moderator script

1. Open a fresh portfolio session at the top. Do not introduce Luca or explain the page.
2. Set Static or use the reviewer's normal reduced-motion preference.
3. Start a 30-second timer. Ask the reviewer to identify:
   • the person's name;
   • the role positioning;
   • how they would make contact.
4. Continue to 60 seconds. Ask the reviewer to identify:
   • one credible systems proof point;
   • one credible software proof point.
5. Ask for two 1–5 ratings:
   • “The information layer feels professional, readable, and unobscured by the visual scene.”
   • “The systems and software evidence feel balanced.”
6. Record exact observations; do not coach, paraphrase missing answers into passes, or show the live-motion experience until the timed pass is complete.

Required threshold

• All three reviewers identify name, equal hybrid role, and contact path within 30 seconds.
• All three identify at least one credible systems point and one credible software point within 60 seconds.
• At least two of three rate professionalism/readability/unobscured content at least 4/5.
• At least two of three rate systems/software balance at least 4/5.

Any threshold failure requires content or hierarchy revision. It is not a reason to add visual effects.

2026-09-05 acceptance observation

One uncoached compiled-preview review was performed at desktop, 320×568, 200%-zoom-equivalent, Static, reduced-motion, keyboard-only, no-JavaScript, and print-relevant states. At the initial view, the reviewer could identify Luca Pîslaru, the equal “System Administrator & Full-Stack Developer” positioning, and the email action. The first scan also exposed Nextcloud migration/recovery as the principal operations proof and the private medication tracker as the principal developer proof. The evidence hierarchy remained readable over the night-drive scene, and the final Contact section again presented email as the dominant action.

This observation is technical release evidence only. It is one review, not three independent hiring/technical participants, so it does not satisfy or replace the threshold below.

Evidence form

Reviewer	Perspective	Mode/browser/viewport	30 s identity/role/contact	60 s systems proof	60 s software proof	Professional/readable (1–5)	Balance (1–5)	Notes
Pending 1	Hiring screening
Pending 2	Technical interview
Pending 3	Hiring or technical

Sign-off

• Facilitator/date: pending
• Threshold result: pending
• Revisions required: pending
• Final reviewer confirmation after revisions, if any: pending