diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17ab748..4bdc92c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Ced's NOC — Live Network Operations Center
+# Ced's NOC Live Network Operations Center
 
-> A custom-built, public-facing Network Operations Center dashboard running at [noc.chasedumphord.com](https://noc.chasedumphord.com) — providing real-time visibility into Ced's HomeLab infrastructure, services, and RF edge systems.
+> A custom-built, public facing Network Operations Center dashboard running at [noc.chasedumphord.com](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)  providing real time visibility into Ced's HomeLab infrastructure, services, and RF edge systems.
 
 [![Live NOC](https://img.shields.io/badge/Live-noc.chasedumphord.com-1D9E75?style=flat-square)](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)
 [![Portfolio](https://img.shields.io/badge/Portfolio-chasedumphord.com-0F6E56?style=flat-square)](https://chasedumphord.com)
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 
 ## What This Is
 
-This is the public-facing front door to Ced's HomeLab infrastructure. This is the frontend layer of Ced's observability platform — a custom-built status page that makes live infrastructure data publicly 
-accessible without requiring login. The backend engine ([ceds-observability-stack](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-observability-stack)) handles metrics collection via Prometheus and Grafana. This repo is 
-what the public sees — real-time service status, latency, and health across every layer of the homelab. no login required.
+This is the public-facing front door to Ced's HomeLab infrastructure. This is the frontend layer of Ced's observability platform a custom built status page that makes live infrastructure data publicly accessible without requiring login. The backend engine ([ceds-observability-stack](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-observability-stack)) handles metrics collection via Prometheus and Grafana. This repo is what the public sees real-time service status, latency, and health across every layer of the homelab. No login required.
 
-It's not a template or a third-party uptime service. It's a purpose-built frontend that pulls live status data and presents it as a professional NOC dashboard. Every card on the page represents a real, running service with real latency and uptime data.
+It's not a template or a third party uptime service. It's a purpose built frontend that pulls live status data and presents it as a professional NOC dashboard. Every card on the page represents a real, running service with real latency and uptime data.
 
 ---
 
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ It's not a template or a third-party uptime service. It's a purpose-built fronte
 
 [![NOC Systems](./screenshots/noc-systems.png)](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)
 
-The NOC displays real-time status for every layer of the infrastructure stack — from the Proxmox hypervisor down to the APRS RF edge system.
+The NOC displays real time status for every layer of the infrastructure stack from the Proxmox hypervisor down to the APRS RF edge system.
 
 ---
 
@@ -49,8 +47,8 @@ The NOC displays real-time status for every layer of the infrastructure stack 
 
 | Service | Role | Status Source |
 |---------|------|--------------|
-| APRS Home iGate | RF-to-internet gateway (KJ5JCO-10) | TCP probe via Blackbox |
-| APRS-IS | External APRS internet service | TCP probe — noam.aprs2.net:14580 |
+| APRS Home iGate | RF to internet gateway (KJ5JCO-10) | TCP probe via Blackbox |
+| APRS-IS | External APRS internet service | TCP probe noam.aprs2.net:14580 |
 
 ---
 
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ graph LR
 2. Prometheus collects and stores probe results
 3. Python scripts generate status JSON from Prometheus data
 4. NOC frontend reads JSON and renders live status cards
-5. Public visitors see real-time infrastructure status — no login needed
+5. Public visitors see real time infrastructure status no login needed
 
 ---
 
@@ -119,21 +117,20 @@ ceds-noc/
 
 Each service card on the NOC displays:
 
-- **Service name and role** — what it is and what it does
-- **Category badge** — HYPERVISOR, STORAGE, CLUSTER, PORTAL, etc.
-- **Health badge** — HEALTHY or DEGRADED based on probe results
-- **Internal IP and port** — where the service lives on the HomeLab VLAN
-- **Status** — Online / Offline
-- **Latency** — real response time in milliseconds
-- **Last check timestamp** — when the probe last ran
+- **Service name and role** what it is and what it does
+- **Category badge** HYPERVISOR, STORAGE, CLUSTER, PORTAL, etc.
+- **Health badge** HEALTHY or DEGRADED based on probe results
+- **Status** Online / Offline
+- **Latency** real response time in milliseconds
+- **Last check timestamp** when the probe last ran
 
-This gives anyone viewing the page the same operational picture that the internal Grafana dashboard provides — without requiring access to the internal network.
+This gives anyone viewing the page the same operational picture that the internal Grafana dashboard provides without requiring access to the internal network.
 
 ---
 
 ## Screenshots
 
-### Systems Overview — Live Service Status
+### Systems Overview  Live Service Status
 ![NOC Systems](./screenshots/noc-systems.png)
 
 ### Metrics Overview
@@ -145,10 +142,10 @@ This gives anyone viewing the page the same operational picture that the interna
 
 | Project | Role |
 |---------|------|
-| [ceds-observability-stack](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-observability-stack) | Backend — Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, all exporters |
-| [ceds-homelab](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-homelab) | Infrastructure — Proxmox cluster, TrueNAS, networking |
-| [ced-k3s-homelab](https://github.com/ced4568/ced-k3s-homelab) | Orchestration — 12-node Raspberry Pi K3s cluster |
-| [ceds-aprs-igate](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-aprs-igate) | Edge — Dual-node APRS RF-to-internet gateway |
+| [ceds-observability-stack](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-observability-stack) | Backend Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, all exporters |
+| [ceds-homelab](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-homelab) | Infrastructure Proxmox cluster, TrueNAS, networking |
+| [ced-k3s-homelab](https://github.com/ced4568/ced-k3s-homelab) | Orchestration 12 node Raspberry Pi K3s cluster |
+| [ceds-aprs-igate](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-aprs-igate) | Edge Dual node APRS RF-to-internet gateway |
 
 ---
 
@@ -156,11 +153,11 @@ This gives anyone viewing the page the same operational picture that the interna
 
 - [x] Live service status cards with real probe data
 - [x] APRS RF edge system monitoring
-- [x] Public access — no login required
+- [x] Public access no login required
 - [x] Custom badge and status JSON generation
-- [ ] Alerting integration — visual alerts on NOC page
+- [ ] Alerting integration visual alerts on NOC page
 - [ ] Historical uptime percentage per service
-- [ ] Mobile-optimized layout
+- [ ] Mobile optimized layout
 - [ ] Auto-refresh with configurable interval
 - [ ] Public Grafana dashboard embed
 
@@ -169,9 +166,9 @@ This gives anyone viewing the page the same operational picture that the interna
 ## Author
 
 **Chase Dumphord (Ced)**
-Digital Systems Engineer · GE Aerospace · Oxford, MS
+DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer · GE Aerospace · Oxford, MS
 
 [![Portfolio](https://img.shields.io/badge/Portfolio-chasedumphord.com-0F6E56?style=flat-square)](https://chasedumphord.com)
 [![LinkedIn](https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-chase--dumphord-0A66C2?style=flat-square)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-dumphord/)
 [![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-ced4568-181717?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ced4568)
-[![Live NOC](https://img.shields.io/badge/Live%20NOC-noc.chasedumphord.com-1D9E75?style=flat-square)](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)
+[![Live NOC](https://img.shields.io/badge/Live%20NOC-noc.chasedumphord.com-1D9E75?style=flat-square)](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)
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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index f2b9d38..5b82b93 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 
   <meta
     name="description"
-    content="Ced's NOC — live network operations center dashboard showing real-time infrastructure health, service status, and edge system monitoring."
+    content="Ced's NOC — live network operations center dashboard showing real-time infrastructure health across 18 nodes and 28 services. Proxmox, K3s, TrueNAS, APRS edge systems."
   />
 
   <!-- Open Graph -->
   <meta property="og:title" content="Ced's NOC | Live Systems Dashboard" />
-  <meta property="og:description" content="Live infrastructure visibility — Proxmox, K3s, TrueNAS, APRS edge systems." />
+  <meta property="og:description" content="Live infrastructure visibility — 18 nodes, 28 services. Proxmox, K3s, TrueNAS, APRS edge systems. Always running." />
   <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
   <meta property="og:url" content="https://noc.chasedumphord.com" />
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
   <meta name="author" content="Chase Dumphord" />
 
-  <!-- Fonts — same as main site -->
+  <!-- Fonts  same as main site -->
   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;700&family=Syne:wght@700;800&family=DM+Sans:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
   <!-- NOC-specific styles -->
   <style>
-    /* ── NOC page overrides & extras ── */
     .noc-page-hero {
       padding: 3.5rem 0 2rem;
       border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
@@ -90,12 +89,10 @@
     .noc-page-meta a { color: var(--muted); }
     .noc-page-meta a:hover { color: var(--accent-2); }
 
-    /* Full-width NOC content area */
     .noc-full {
       padding: 2.5rem 0 4rem;
     }
 
-    /* Uptime summary bar */
     .uptime-bar {
       display: flex;
       flex-wrap: wrap;
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@
       background: rgba(255, 95, 86, 0.06);
     }
 
-    /* Layer filter tabs */
     .layer-tabs {
       display: flex;
       flex-wrap: wrap;
@@ -159,14 +155,12 @@
       background: rgba(94, 250, 204, 0.07);
     }
 
-    /* Roadmap section on NOC page */
     .noc-roadmap {
       margin-top: 3rem;
       padding-top: 2.5rem;
       border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
     }
 
-    /* Stack info footer on NOC page */
     .noc-stack-bar {
       margin-top: 2.5rem;
       padding: 1rem 1.25rem;
@@ -195,7 +189,6 @@
       text-decoration: underline;
     }
 
-    /* Grafana CTA button row */
     .noc-cta-row {
       display: flex;
       gap: 0.75rem;
@@ -213,7 +206,7 @@
 
 <body>
 
-  <!-- ═══════════════════════════════ NAV ═══════════════════════════════ -->
+  <!-- NAV -->
   <header class="site-header">
     <div class="container nav">
       <a href="https://chasedumphord.com" class="logo">Ced<span class="logo-cursor">_</span></a>
@@ -233,7 +226,7 @@
 
   <main id="top">
 
-    <!-- ═══════════════════════════════ NOC HERO ═══════════════════════════════ -->
+    <!-- NOC HERO -->
     <div class="noc-page-hero">
       <div class="container">
         <p class="eyebrow">
@@ -246,9 +239,9 @@
         </h1>
 
         <p class="noc-page-lead">
-          Real-time visibility into Ced's HomeLab infrastructure — Proxmox, K3s,
-          TrueNAS, APRS RF edge systems, and self-hosted services.
-          Not simulated. Not a demo. Running hardware.
+          Real-time visibility into Ced's HomeLab infrastructure across 18 nodes and 28 services 
+          Proxmox, K3s, TrueNAS, APRS RF edge systems, and self-hosted services.
+          Built from the ground up and running in production every day. The infrastructure on this page is live. Not a demo.
         </p>
 
         <!-- Grafana CTA buttons -->
@@ -256,7 +249,7 @@
           <a href="https://grafana.cedshomelab.com/dashboard/snapshot/PmEdg0ALfAVsmKN1Qgv7K11XP8h52ne5"
              target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
              class="btn btn-primary">
-            📊 View Live Grafana Dashboard →
+            View Live Grafana Dashboard
           </a>
           <a href="https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-observability-stack"
              target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
@@ -273,7 +266,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- ═══════════════════════════════ NOC DASHBOARD ═══════════════════════════════ -->
+    <!-- NOC DASHBOARD -->
     <div class="noc-full">
       <div class="container">
 
@@ -333,7 +326,7 @@
         <!-- Fallback -->
         <div id="noc-fallback" class="noc-fallback" style="display:none;">
           <p class="noc-fallback-msg">
-            📡 NOC feed unavailable from this context — systems run locally.<br/>
+              NOC feed unavailable from this context systems run locally.<br/>
             Data updates when the local pipeline pushes a fresh noc-status.json.
           </p>
         </div>
@@ -341,9 +334,9 @@
         <!-- Stack info bar -->
         <div class="noc-stack-bar">
           <span><strong>Stack:</strong> Python health checks → JSON → JS dashboard</span>
-          <span><strong>Live:</strong> Grafana + Prometheus —
+          <span><strong>Live:</strong> Grafana + Prometheus 
             <a href="https://grafana.cedshomelab.com/dashboard/snapshot/PmEdg0ALfAVsmKN1Qgv7K11XP8h52ne5"
-               target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View Dashboard →</a>
+               target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View Dashboard</a>
           </span>
           <span><strong>Source:</strong>
             <a href="https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-homelab" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
@@ -379,7 +372,7 @@
               <h3>Grafana + Prometheus</h3>
               <p>
                 Full observability stack for Proxmox, TrueNAS, K3s, Raspberry Pi,
-                Uptime Kuma, and APRS edge systems with real-time metrics ingestion.
+                Uptime Kuma, and APRS edge systems with real time metrics ingestion.
                 Public dashboard available.
               </p>
             </div>
@@ -391,7 +384,7 @@
 
   </main>
 
-  <!-- ═══════════════════════════════ FOOTER ═══════════════════════════════ -->
+  <!-- FOOTER -->
   <footer class="site-footer">
     <div class="container footer-content">
       <p>© <span data-year></span> Chase Dumphord — <span class="footer-mono">noc.chasedumphord.com</span></p>
@@ -402,7 +395,7 @@
   <!-- Shared script from main portfolio -->
   <script src="https://chasedumphord.com/script.js"></script>
 
-  <!-- NOC page extras — layer filter tabs + uptime pills -->
+  <!-- NOC page extras  layer filter tabs + uptime pills -->
   <script>
     let allSystems = [];
 
diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index 33a6b67..c998cc8 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
-//  Ced's Portfolio — script.js
+//  Ced's NOC  script.js
 //  NOC data loads from data/noc-status.json
 //  Refreshes every 30s. Graceful fallback on fail.
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ async function loadNocStatus() {
   const fallback   = document.getElementById("noc-fallback");
 
   try {
-    // Cache-bust to always get fresh data
-    // Use absolute URL when on NOC subdomain, relative when on main portfolio
     const nocDataUrl = window.location.hostname === 'noc.chasedumphord.com'
       ? `https://chasedumphord.com/data/noc-status.json?t=${Date.now()}`
       : `data/noc-status.json?t=${Date.now()}`;
@@ -46,32 +44,25 @@ async function loadNocStatus() {
 
     const data = await res.json();
 
-    // Reset fail counter on success
     failCount = 0;
 
-    // ── Status bar ──
-    if (dot) {
-      dot.className = "status-dot live";
-    }
+    if (dot) dot.className = "status-dot live";
+
     if (statusText) {
       const d = new Date(data.lastUpdated);
       const formatted = d.toLocaleString('en-US', { month: 'long', day: 'numeric', year: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit', hour12: true });
       statusText.textContent = `${data.nocName} — ${data.status} — Last updated: ${formatted}`;
     }
-    if (badge) {
-      badge.textContent = `Auto-refresh: 30s`;
-    }
 
-    // Hide fallback if it was showing
+    if (badge) badge.textContent = `Auto-refresh: 30s`;
+
     if (fallback) fallback.style.display = "none";
 
-    // ── Metrics ──
     if (nodes)    animateMetric(nodes,    data.summary.nodes);
     if (services) animateMetric(services, data.summary.services);
     if (vlans)    animateMetric(vlans,    data.summary.vlans);
     if (edge)     animateMetric(edge,     data.summary.edgeSystems);
 
-    // ── System cards ──
     if (grid) {
       grid.innerHTML = "";
       data.systems.forEach((system) => {
@@ -95,7 +86,6 @@ async function loadNocStatus() {
           </div>
           <h3>${system.name}</h3>
           <p>${system.type}</p>
-          <code>${system.address}</code>
           <div class="system-meta">
             <small>Status: ${system.status}</small>
             <small>Latency: ${system.latency || "N/A"}</small>
@@ -107,14 +97,12 @@ async function loadNocStatus() {
       });
     }
 
-    // ── Alerts ──
     if (alertList) renderAlerts(data.systems, alertList);
 
   } catch (err) {
     failCount++;
     console.warn(`[NOC] Fetch failed (${failCount}/${MAX_FAILS}):`, err.message);
 
-    // Update dot to error state
     if (dot) dot.className = "status-dot error";
 
     if (statusText) {
@@ -125,27 +113,23 @@ async function loadNocStatus() {
 
     if (badge) badge.textContent = "";
 
-    // After MAX_FAILS attempts, show the fallback block
     if (failCount >= MAX_FAILS && fallback) {
       fallback.style.display = "block";
     }
   }
 }
 
-// Animate a number metric with a quick pop
 function animateMetric(el, value) {
   el.classList.remove("metric-pop");
   el.textContent = value;
-  void el.offsetWidth; // force reflow
+  void el.offsetWidth;
   el.classList.add("metric-pop");
 }
 
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
-//  GitHub Repos — fetches public repos for ced4568
-//  Sorted by last pushed, capped at 6 cards
+//  GitHub Repos
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
 
-// Language → color map (subset of GitHub's palette)
 const LANG_COLORS = {
   Python:     "#3572A5",
   JavaScript: "#f1e05a",
@@ -170,8 +154,6 @@ async function loadGithubRepos() {
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`GitHub API ${res.status}`);
 
     const repos = await res.json();
-
-    // Filter out forks for cleaner display
     const ownRepos = repos.filter((r) => !r.fork).slice(0, 6);
 
     if (ownRepos.length === 0) {
@@ -181,10 +163,7 @@ async function loadGithubRepos() {
 
     container.innerHTML = ownRepos.map((repo) => {
       const langColor = LANG_COLORS[repo.language] || "var(--accent-2)";
-      const desc = repo.description
-        ? repo.description
-        : "No description provided.";
-
+      const desc = repo.description ? repo.description : "No description provided.";
       const updatedDate = new Date(repo.pushed_at).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
         month: "short",
         year: "numeric",
@@ -203,9 +182,7 @@ async function loadGithubRepos() {
             >${repo.name}</a>
             <span class="repo-visibility">${repo.private ? "private" : "public"}</span>
           </div>
-
           <p class="repo-desc">${desc}</p>
-
           <div class="repo-meta">
             ${repo.language
               ? `<span>
@@ -226,9 +203,9 @@ async function loadGithubRepos() {
       container.innerHTML = `
         <div class="repo-loading">
           <p class="noc-loading">
-            Could not load repositories. 
+            Could not load repositories.
             <a href="https://github.com/ced4568" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
-              View on GitHub →
+              View on GitHub
             </a>
           </p>
         </div>
@@ -236,7 +213,7 @@ async function loadGithubRepos() {
     }
   }
 }
-// Build the alert panel from system data
+
 function renderAlerts(systems, alertList) {
   const scored = systems
     .map((sys) => {