Add SONIC-O1 Technical Blog

[AhmedRadwan02]

Summary

This PR introduces a narrative-driven technical blog for the SONIC-O1 benchmark, built on the same Distill.pub + webpack.

What's included:

• index.ejs — Main blog content following an Introduction → Benchmark → Evaluation → Fairness → Error Analysis → Conclusion structure
• 8 interactive diagrams (Chart.js radar charts, tabbed fairness tables, stacked error bars, modality ablation comparisons, etc.)
• Vector Institute branding (magenta/black/white palette)
• Full appendix with metrics, model configs, annotation details, and LIWC-22 emotional language analysis
• references.bib with all cited works

Design decisions:

• Narrative storytelling tone rather than a condensed paper rewrite
• Interactive elements let readers explore results themselves (task switchers, model toggles, demographic × task matrix)
• Key findings highlighted in callout boxes to aid scanning
• Emotional language analysis moved to appendix to keep the main flow focused

Note on base branch: This PR targets sonic-o1-legacy (not main) to isolate blog files for easier review. It will be merged into main separately.

For Reviewers

• Read through the blog narrative — does the story flow naturally from introduction to conclusion?
• Test interactive diagrams: do dropdowns, toggles, and hover tooltips work?
• Run locally with npm install && npm run build && cd public && python3 -m http.server 8000 to verify citations render

[amrit110]

I get:

86 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

6 vulnerabilities (2 low, 1 moderate, 3 high)

To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Run `npm audit` for details.

> build
> cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress

assets by status 108 KiB [cached] 11 assets
./src/index.js 3.96 KiB [built] [code generated]

ERROR in unable to locate '/Users/amritkrishnan/src/sonic-o1/blog/src/assets/' glob

webpack 5.97.1 compiled with 1 error in 315 ms

[AhmedRadwan02]

The build was failing because src/assets/ was missing from the repo, the .png files were being excluded by .gitignore.

This has been fixed by force-adding the assets directory.

Note: The blog was originally developed locally (not on the cluster), if any build tests needed let me know.