diff --git a/frontend/src/app/layout.tsx b/frontend/src/app/layout.tsx
index 704dae7..5bfdb43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,15 @@ export default function RootLayout({
         <JsonLd data={rootJsonLd} />
         <ToastProvider>
           <SiteNav />
-          <div className="relative z-10 flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col overflow-x-hidden overflow-y-auto">
+          {/*
+            md:overflow-hidden clamps the landing page (/) to one viewport on
+            desktop + iPad as Grant requested. Mobile (below md) keeps
+            overflow-y-auto so the Hero remains reachable on narrow screens.
+            Scroll-needing routes (/resume) reintroduce their own
+            md:overflow-y-auto on an inner container so the layout decision
+            never has to know which pages are scrollable.
+          */}
+          <div className="relative z-10 flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col overflow-x-hidden overflow-y-auto md:overflow-y-hidden">
             {children}
           </div>
         </ToastProvider>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/resume/page.tsx b/frontend/src/app/resume/page.tsx
index 25294e4..5318f65 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/resume/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/resume/page.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ const skills = [
 
 export default function ResumePage() {
   return (
-    <main className="min-h-dvh bg-white px-4 pt-20 pb-12 text-zinc-950 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100 sm:px-6 md:px-10 md:pt-20 md:pb-16 print:px-0 print:py-0">
+    // md:h-full + md:overflow-y-auto re-enables scrolling on desktop/iPad
+    // here, since the global layout switched to md:overflow-y-hidden so the
+    // landing page can be a single viewport. /resume is long-form content;
+    // scrolling stays the expected behavior.
+    <main className="min-h-dvh bg-white px-4 pt-20 pb-12 text-zinc-950 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100 sm:px-6 md:h-full md:overflow-y-auto md:px-10 md:pt-20 md:pb-16 print:px-0 print:py-0">
       <div className="mx-auto max-w-3xl print:max-w-none">
 
         {/* Nav row — hidden on print */}