diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 56ad64a..91a4a49 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ import ProjectCard from "../components/ProjectCard.astro";
 import PostList from "../components/PostList.astro";
 import Contact from "../components/Contact.astro";
 import { skills } from "../data/skills";
-import { getPosts } from "../lib/blog";
+import { getPosts, allTags } from "../lib/blog";
 import { getCollection } from "astro:content";
 
 const featuredProjects = (await getCollection("projects", (p) => p.data.featured)).sort(
   (a, b) => a.data.order - b.data.order,
 );
-const recentPosts = (await getPosts()).slice(0, 3);
+const allPosts = await getPosts();
+const recentPosts = allPosts.slice(0, 3);
+const postTags = allTags(allPosts);
 ---
 
 <Layout path="/">
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ const recentPosts = (await getPosts()).slice(0, 3);
       Lessons from edge Kubernetes, GPUs, and running infrastructure like it matters —
       written up as I go.
     </p>
+    {postTags.length > 0 && (
+      <nav class="writing__tags" aria-label="Browse the blog by tag" data-reveal>
+        <span class="mono writing__tags-label">tags:</span>
+        {postTags.map((t) => (
+          <a class="tag" href={`/blog/tags/${t}/`}>{t}</a>
+        ))}
+      </nav>
+    )}
     <PostList posts={recentPosts} />
     <p class="projects__more" data-reveal>
       <a class="btn" href="/blog/">Read the blog →</a>
@@ -72,7 +82,18 @@ const recentPosts = (await getPosts()).slice(0, 3);
   }
   .writing__intro {
     max-width: 52ch;
-    margin-bottom: var(--space-5);
+    margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
     color: var(--text-dim);
   }
+  .writing__tags {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    margin-bottom: var(--space-6);
+  }
+  .writing__tags-label {
+    font-size: var(--step--1);
+    color: var(--text-faint);
+  }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/scripts/anim.ts b/src/scripts/anim.ts
index 666e21a..9493fa9 100644
--- a/src/scripts/anim.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/anim.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,15 @@ function run(): void {
    *    bottom (the progress=1 boundary); the callback maps 0→1 cleanly both ways. */
   const bar = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".scroll-progress");
   if (bar) {
-    scroll((progress: number) => {
-      bar.style.transform = `scaleX(${progress})`;
-    });
+    // Compute progress straight from scroll position so it reliably spans 0→1
+    // (Motion's default scroll progress topped out ~0.89 at the true bottom).
+    const setBar = (): void => {
+      const max = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight;
+      const p = max > 0 ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, window.scrollY / max)) : 0;
+      bar.style.transform = `scaleX(${p})`;
+    };
+    scroll(setBar);
+    setBar();
   }
 
   /* 5. Nav — animated active-section underline + tactile hover. */
@@ -112,11 +118,18 @@ function initNav(): void {
   );
   if (sectioned.length) {
     const setActive = (): void => {
-      const line = window.innerHeight * 0.4; // section crossing the upper area is "active"
+      const vh = window.innerHeight;
+      const ref = vh * 0.45; // the section whose top has passed this reading line is "active"
       let current: HTMLAnchorElement | null = null;
       for (const a of sectioned) {
         const sec = document.getElementById(a.dataset.navId as string);
-        if (sec && sec.getBoundingClientRect().top <= line) current = a;
+        if (sec && sec.getBoundingClientRect().top <= ref) current = a;
+      }
+      // At the very bottom the last (often short) section may never push its top
+      // above the ref line — force it, so Contact lights up at the end instead of
+      // the highlight getting stuck on the previous section (Skills).
+      if (window.scrollY + vh >= document.documentElement.scrollHeight - 4) {
+        current = sectioned[sectioned.length - 1];
       }
       if (current !== active) {
         if (active) under(active, false);