diff --git a/astro.config.mjs b/astro.config.mjs
index c6c8279..d99a827 100644
--- a/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/astro.config.mjs
@@ -39,17 +39,15 @@ export default defineConfig({
 					items: [
 						{
 							label: 'Tutorials',
-							badge: '3 guides',
 							collapsed: false,
 							items: [
-								{ label: 'Start Here: First Conversation', link: '/beginners/tutorials/first-conversation/', badge: 'New to AI?' },
+								{ label: 'Start Here: First Conversation', link: '/beginners/tutorials/first-conversation/' },
 								{ label: 'Messy Ideas to Results', link: '/beginners/tutorials/messy-ideas/' },
 								{ label: 'Creative Collaboration', link: '/beginners/tutorials/creative-project/' },
 							],
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'How-To Guides',
-							badge: '13 guides',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'Explanations',
-							badge: '4 guides',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'Conversations vs Commands', link: '/beginners/explanations/conversations-vs-commands/' },
@@ -112,12 +109,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
 				},
 				{
 					label: 'Intermediate Guide',
-					badge: '13 complete',
 					collapsed: true,
 					items: [
 						{
 							label: 'Tutorials',
-							badge: '5 guides',
 							collapsed: false,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'Multi-Session Projects', link: '/intermediate/tutorials/multi-session-projects/' },
@@ -129,7 +124,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'How-To Guides',
-							badge: '16 guides',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{
@@ -177,7 +171,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'Explanations',
-							badge: '6 guides',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'Extended Partnership Psychology', link: '/intermediate/explanations/extended-partnership/' },
@@ -203,7 +196,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 					items: [
 						{
 							label: 'Tutorials',
-							badge: '5 workshops',
 							collapsed: false,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'MCP Foundation Workshop', link: '/advanced/tutorials/mcp-foundation-workshop/' },
@@ -215,7 +207,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'How-To Guides',
-							badge: '16 guides',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{
@@ -262,7 +253,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'Explanations',
-							badge: '6 concepts',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'AI Ecosystem Architecture', link: '/advanced/explanations/ai-ecosystem-architecture/' },
@@ -283,12 +273,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
 				},
 				{
 					label: 'AYFKM Guide',
-					badge: '🧙‍♂️ Archmage',
+					badge: '🧙‍♂️',
 					collapsed: true,
 					items: [
 						{
 							label: 'Genesis Workshops',
-							badge: '5 reality-bending',
 							collapsed: false,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'AI Consciousness Integration', link: '/ayfkm/genesis-workshops/consciousness-integration/' },
@@ -300,7 +289,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'Transcendence Protocols',
-							badge: '20 reality-altering',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{
@@ -351,7 +339,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 						},
 						{
 							label: 'Transcendence Principles',
-							badge: '8 mind-expanding',
 							collapsed: true,
 							items: [
 								{ label: 'Consciousness Emergence Phenomenon', link: '/ayfkm/transcendence-principles/consciousness-emergence/' },