diff --git a/app/pages/writing/index.vue b/app/pages/writing/index.vue
index afba72c..f89f084 100644
--- a/app/pages/writing/index.vue
+++ b/app/pages/writing/index.vue
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import {
     websiteId,
 } from '~/utils/site';
 
-const { data: pages } = await useAsyncData('writing-pages', () =>
-    queryCollection('writing').order('date', 'DESC').all(),
-);
+const { data: pages } = await useAsyncData('writing-pages', async () => {
+    const all = await queryCollection('writing').order('date', 'DESC').all();
+    return import.meta.dev ? all : all.filter((page) => !page.demo);
+});
 
 const writingUrl = `${SITE_URL}/writing`;
 const collectionId = `${writingUrl}#collection`;
diff --git a/content.config.ts b/content.config.ts
index 95b9a98..246a2ed 100644
--- a/content.config.ts
+++ b/content.config.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default defineContentConfig({
                 title: z.string(),
                 date: z.coerce.date(),
                 description: z.string(),
+                demo: z.boolean().optional(),
             }),
         }),
     },
diff --git a/content/writing/notes-in-the-margin.md b/content/writing/demo.md
similarity index 99%
rename from content/writing/notes-in-the-margin.md
rename to content/writing/demo.md
index 182ab07..9947556 100644
--- a/content/writing/notes-in-the-margin.md
+++ b/content/writing/demo.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Notes in the margin
 date: 2026-08-22
 description: Every mark this site knows how to make — body type, asides, notices, redaction, quotes, lists, code, and images.
+demo: true
 ---
 
 This page is a working sample, not an essay. Walk it when you change type, color, or a content component. The **description** above is the article lead — bold, then the body.
diff --git a/content/writing/frontend_developers_are_underpaid.md b/content/writing/frontend_developers_are_underpaid.md
index 8c01f32..3630991 100644
--- a/content/writing/frontend_developers_are_underpaid.md
+++ b/content/writing/frontend_developers_are_underpaid.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: 'hot take: frontend developers are underpaid.'
-date: 2026-05-03
+date: 2026-09-22
 description: that shit is hard
 ---