Dashboard

July 8, 2026

23 updates

—Trigger production deploy after reconnecting Git.
—Log fast task 260708-fs2 (about colophon section).
—Promote Colophon to its own h2 section, add shadcn/ui, trim tools prose.
—Log fast task 260708-fst (hanging punctuation).
—Hang opening curly quotes into the margin for an optical left edge.
—Lab scrub, about colophon + RSS, prod gate, eslint repair.
—Enforce the production gate in proxy middleware, not a layout.
—Restore original indentation and repair three corrupted string delimiters.
—Gate /lab from production and repair eslint flat config.
—Add colophon data grid and RSS subscribe link.
—Remove attribution copy and remaining em dashes.
—Pre-dispatch plan for lab scrub, about colophon, prod gate, eslint repair.
—Refresh changelog and image colors from prebuild.
—Lab PageShell cleanup, three lab explorations, photos cold-load fix.
—Drop trailing periods from PageShell subtitles per house invariant.
—Era-correct iMac G3 mock data, real home-grid labels in live-stat.
—Add collection-museum, colophon-rss, live-stat explorations.
—Serve lightbox hi-res and prefetch direct from Unsplash.
—Migrate /lab to PageShell with back-link eyebrows and dash cleanup.
—Pre-dispatch plan for lab PageShell cleanup, lab explorations, photos cold-load fix.
—Rebuild as a two-pane style guide with a shadcn sidebar rail.
—Two-pane style guide with left TOC, framed demos, and motion replay.
—Add the dashboard hub section; note perf and changelog are tabs.

July 7, 2026

61 updates

—Rename "by" → "per" in Updates and Photos chart titles.
—Remove horizontal rule after live video line.
—5-tab hub, add Photography, merge /performance + /changelog, sticky tabs.
—6th 'This site' stat (Days building) + Cadence subtitle.
—Drop comma + period from the Development chart caption.
—Add site-work stats + a development activity chart.
—Unify the close + arrow controls.
—Optical -4px left-align on page titles, matching the home hero.
—Drop the photo container's pb-2 so the photo can grow a touch taller.
—Kill stray focus ring after Escape; stop the keycap K falling back to serif.
—Shrink the ⌘ keycap icon another px (9.5px → 8.5px).
—Shrink the ⌘ keycap icon slightly (10.5px → 9.5px).
—Render the ⌘ as an SVG icon instead of the font glyph.
—Enlarge the ⌘ glyph via transform:scale for cross-browser consistency.
—Resize + recenter the ⌘ keycap glyph; align "Last updated" with icons.
—Optically center the ⌘ in the ⌘K keycap.
—Remove 3 stale screenshot files.
—Single-source page metadata helper + richer JSON-LD.
—Generate-seo.mjs + enrich-content workflow (alt-text + SEO on push).
—MetadataBase fallback to diklein.com; homepage h1; sitemap coverage.
—Backfill SEO meta descriptions across all articles.
—Generate-seo.mjs + run alt-text & SEO on every push to main.
—Capture writing-post images into public/images/writing/.
—Generate alt text on every push to main, not just PRs.
—Alt text for the color-e-ink-displays image.
—Stop the theme icon nudging on hover.
—Make "Send a comment" a primary button, one size up.
—Reveal article images in the overlay; clear the focus ring on close.
—Restore the desktop ⌘K keycap; unify header icons on dark foreground.
—Use the search magnifier + larger theme icon on desktop too.
—Trim the lightbox rail bottom padding to 8px on mobile.
—Enlarge the mobile search + theme icons.
—Edge-to-edge slides, a stable caption well, smoother caption swap.
—Fly the lightbox open on transforms; fade the backdrop in.
—Cut open-jitter and slow loads in the lightbox.
—Loosen the lightbox caption to normal letter-spacing.
—Catch up through the 1.0 launch and design-system work.
—Re-sync the style guide to the live tokens.
—Drop the lightbox caption hairline; tighten the photo padding.
—Lightbox bottom chrome → Option A single light rail.
—Bump the Send-a-comment button up one size (lg).
—Bottom-align the table column headers.
—Search input gets the accent focus ring + "Search archive" placeholder.
—Photo-chrome, refine A + B on a real photo, short/long captions.
—Dashboard KPI labels bottom-align; tighten comment button gap.
—Nanit post gets a table of contents; /archive gets its back link.
—Mobile search icon replaces the ⌘K keycap; heavier theme icon.
—Photo-chrome, explore compact lightbox bottom chrome.
—Comment as a button; hashtag back link matches posts.
—Mobile polish across hero, dashboard, TOC, and about.
—⌘K button + theme toggle in the mobile header.
—Show Ricoh cameras as "Ricoh GR IIIx" in EXIF.
—Reliable spacing on the header cluster and back links.
—Nudge the hero text 4px left to align with the header.
—Stationary pulsing beacon, kept off the homepage.
—Uniform vertical rhythm in the now column.
—Widen the arrow-to-label gap on back links.
—Add combobox/listbox/option ARIA to the command palette.
—+1px between the upper-right items.
—Sentence-case "Related" and "Case studies" at label size.
—Drop the beacon; rework the now column.

July 6, 2026

86 updates

—Footer hairline caps the article with equal spacing.
—Promote the "now" column to the homepage.
—Deep-link ?photo=<id> opens that photo's lightbox.
—Beacon blinks between dots instead of traveling.
—Back links to 14px; even out post-footer spacing.
—Vertically center the now-sidebar "Now" dot on its label.
—Left-align beacon dots to grid columns; accent dot to header size.
—Now-sidebar "Now" heading, weight, spacing, alignment.
—Promote the Beacon lattice behind the hero.
—Back links body-size w/ un-underlined arrow; remove comment icon; header + footer spacing.
—Beacon v01 fills the band; now-sidebar spacing + timestamp link.
—Version not a link; back buttons as subtle links; comment mail icon.
—Beacon 2-D lattice; now-sidebar spacing, links, layout.
—The "Chat about this?" comment line uses the body sans font.
—One consistent subtle-link treatment.
—Feat!: 1.0, the site is launched.
—Refined Beacon (grid-locked, Emil easing) + rebuilt Now sidebar.
—Comment line at body size; "Chat about this?" lead-in; tighter back-row.
—Tighter back-button spacing site-wide; dashboard h2 → content gap.
—Scope the breaking-change bump to a real footer; correct version.
—Grid Field variations + refined Now sidebar.
—"Send a comment" mailto at the foot of each post.
—Version number, auto-incremented on push.
—Footers on every page.
—Unify /dashboard and /performance on the col-prose column.
—Homepage explorations, Vignelli hero + signs-of-life integration.
—Statistics KPIs roll in on an odometer.
—Five prototypes from the 91-site research pass.
—Remove the Apple logo glyph beside "Collection".
—Palette rises into position, a touch quicker.
—Compact "last updated" units; nudge theme toggle down 1px.
—Active dot sits in the gutter, left of each nav item.
—Proper heading hierarchy on v1-vs-v2-apple-products.
—Let the grid use all 12 columns for a more immersive layout.
—Unify reading pages on the col-prose column.
—Widen the password input a bit (w-48 -> w-56).
—/writing and /designs lists use the col-prose reading column.
—Subtle accent focus ring on text inputs; fix(header): named 1440px breakpoint.
—Add xl (40px) size; store CTAs use it.
—Per-page nits, separator hygiene, lightbox hit-area, collection counts.
—Per-page optical nits, scope video rule, table alignment, hang-indent, margin hygiene.
—Use text-primary-foreground for on-accent text (#5, partial).
—Extract .section-title recipe (#2).
—Unify press + focus vocabulary across controls (#1).
—Single <main> landmark + footers on store/podcasts/quicktake (P1).
—Optical h1 tracking + unify image/gif/video widths.
—Remove smartquotes.mjs, superseded by remark-smartypants.
—Optical line-breaking + smart punctuation, site-wide.
—11 prototypes from the 2nd Brian Lovin analysis, across all tiers.
—Let the palette follow the theme; theme-adaptive divider.
—Keep the palette white in both themes; restore a subtler divider.
—Drop the icon motion (fixes click jitter + load animation).
—Remove the input divider and list padding, add a pointer cursor.
—Drop the active-item scroll-follow that stuttered page scrolling.
—Reveal the Cmd-K button with the rest of the header cluster.
—Revert(scroll): drop the bottom bounce, keep the clamp.
—Pin the Contents sidebar at its default position.
—Rubber-band at the bottom instead of stopping dead.
—Keep the Contents sidebar in place instead of following the scroll.
—Match the Cmd-K border to the theme icon; lower the toggle 2px.
—Single accent dot that slides linearly to the active row.
—Lift dark-mode border lightness so card edges read.
—Snap the active marker on click; use the header's accent dot.
—Mark the last heading active at page bottom (scroll-spy).
—Revert(toc): restore the pre-traveling-dot Contents design.
—Un-clip the dot, add connector + hover; faster ⌘K anim.
—Visible ⌘K animation + no backdrop blur; toggle -3px; visible TOC rail.
—Traveling accent dot on the desktop Contents (#6.5, option C).
—Hero spacing/nowrap, header a11y + alignment, stronger focus, richer ⌘K anim.
—Two more idea sets, accent-red signature + micro-interaction.
—Editorial word-by-word hero reveal (#1).
—Site-wide ⌘K search, fanciful theme toggle, unified focus ring.
—Three landing-hero concepts to compare (/lab/hero).
—Keyboard focus rings + tactile button press.
—⌘K command palette + a discoverable theme toggle.
—Match space below subtitle to dashboard/performance.
—Back-to-About buttons on changelog, performance, dashboard.
—More space between sections (80 -> 112px).
—More space under headings; clearer delta badges.
—Nudge mobile line so it isn't hidden under desktop.
—Perf chart y-axis cutoff; break long URLs site-wide in posts.
—Article code overflow, TOC bottom band; perf "Scores over time" h2.
—Full-width, left-aligned timeframe + tags tables.
—Revert subgrid experiment; keep metrics 3-up, compact tags.
—Grid-align metrics + timeframe table via subgrid; tag histogram.
—Count-up metrics + fix cadence chart; smoother TOC scroll; 32px lightbox gap.

July 5, 2026

19 updates

—Unify article overlay + click/swipe-to-close; dashboard refinements.
—Fill lightbox + unify article overlay; dashboard polish; Apple Park EXIF.
—Writing analytics page + menu-icon morph, flag EXIF, TOC polish.
—Tune scroll deceleration, lighter Contents pill, bottom nav arrows.
—Hamburger icon for the mobile Menu button.
—Center arrows on the photo, bolder controls, taller captions.
—Add a Contents (toc + 8 section headings).
—Overhaul the Contents overlay per feedback.
—Add the Apple pirate flag photo; optimize local images.
—Weekly Saturday digest instead of per-post drafts.
—Support non-Unsplash photos via a merged manual list.
—Stop the lightbox image jumping; caption tracks the slide.
—Symmetric <hr> spacing, opt-in image borders, QuickTake heading levels.
—Add missing slide-15/33 videos on the photography-book post.
—Bump h2 mobile size 22→26px (desktop unchanged at 28px).
—Gray labels + red links for the "On the web" directory.
—Refine mobile Contents sheet per feedback.
—Profile directory grid for "On the web".
—Mobile Contents sheet + ease-out anchor scrolling.

July 4, 2026

35 updates

—Show 'N updates' count under each date.
—Equalize whitespace around text between photos.
—Pointer cursor on the mobile Menu button.
—Date-to-title gap down to 4px.
—Tighten card spacing (4/16/16px), quiet-link on title.
—Mobile Menu button matches the logo/nav link styling.
—Case-study excerpt in primary (foreground) text color.
—Link only post titles, tighten date spacing, digest wording.
—Add quiet-link treatment for plain text links.
—Set playsinline before autoplaying so iOS doesn't force fullscreen.
—Reduce h2 further to 22→28px (was 25→35px).
—Widen the changelog/performance separator to two spaces.
—Reduce the h2 size a step (28→40px becomes 25→35px).
—Add a View performance link beside View changelog.
—Plot desktop scores too; more space below the chart.
—Add a scores-over-time chart; muted column labels.
—Document July work (lightbox, /performance, newsletter, view transitions, changelog).
—Friendly, verbose copy for every entry.
—Week-over-week deltas + body-text column labels.
—Cross-fade route navigations with View Transitions.
—Swap the inline signup form for a Buttondown link.
—Drop the non-standard LLMs directive from robots.txt.
—Refined the wording and headings on the performance page, plus a small internal documentation update.
—Photo pop-ups now adapt to light or dark mode, and their info bar appears instantly.
—Internal cleanup so the Unsplash photo cache resolves itself when changes merge, with updated notes.
—Publishing a new post now automatically starts a newsletter draft ready to send to subscribers.
—Added the ability to fine-tune individual changelog entries by hand, and cleaned up the punctuation.
—Post images now show up in the RSS feed, not just the text.
—Renamed the Apple Park article and set up redirects so old links still work.
—Fixed the Unsplash photo sync so it stops needlessly refreshing when nothing has actually changed.
—Added a performance page and a weekly check that tracks the site's speed scores.
—Header links now show their tapped state on touch, and the mobile menu closes after you navigate.
—Refreshed the details card on case studies with a cleaner look and easier tapping.
—Social share cards for posts and case studies now use each page's own image, with a refreshed default.
—Added a download link, instant high-resolution viewing, swipe and keyboard navigation, and a brighter overlay for photos.

July 3, 2026

25 updates

—Posts now use standard Markdown for images instead of Obsidian's wiki-link embeds, so the custom conversion step could be removed.
—Evened out the spacing around section dividers in articles and tidied the spacing beneath the Writing page title.
—Added support for writing image embeds in Obsidian's wiki-link syntax.
—The image lightbox now opens faster by reusing the photo already loaded on the page instead of downloading a larger copy.
—Refined the typography: subheadings are now semibold with tighter line spacing, and Writing excerpts use the standard body text style.
—Tightened the titles in the Writing list into a more compact style.
—Fixed the photos in the Apple Park post so they render correctly.
—Hashtag links now carry an underline, matching the treatment on blog posts.
—Corrected the publish date on the Apple Park post.
—Published a new post about a friends-and-family day exploring Apple Park.
—The 'Last updated' note in the header now links straight to this changelog.
—Rebuilt the Store and Quicktake pages on the shared page layout and added support for a hero image.
—Reduced the empty space above the search box on the Writing page.
—Expanded the design-system documentation with detailed typography specs and corrected an outdated accent color.
—Simplified the typography system down to a single body-text token.
—Added optical letter-spacing that tightens as text grows, and capped large page titles at 64px.
—Rebuilt the About and Collection pages on the shared page layout.
—Rebuilt the Gear, Writing, Photos, Hashtags, and Camera Gear pages on the shared page layout.
—Rebuilt the Archive, Books, Changelog, Designs, and Podcasts pages on the shared page layout.
—Warmed the dark-mode color fallbacks so no stray blue tones can appear.
—Consolidated the palette to a single warm red for both accents and destructive actions.
—Documented the shared page-layout convention so new pages stay consistent.
—Introduced a shared page-layout template and adopted it on the design-system page.
—Gave the TL;DR summary a readable body-text label instead of a tiny uppercase one.
—Unified in-article top headings with the main article-title style.

July 2, 2026

26 updates

—Kept production-only security settings out of the local development setup.
—Wrote down the results of a styling review and noted items to revisit later.
—Documented the site's shared styling building blocks for reference.
—Removed a batch of unused code to keep the project tidy.
—Removed an unused typeface and its leftover references to keep the site lean.
—Tidied up how highlighted links are styled so they stay consistent across the site.
—Added reusable styling shortcuts for page titles and section labels behind the scenes.
—Reorganized the page layout system into reusable shortcuts to keep pages consistent.
—Added a report reviewing the site's styling for consistency.
—Updated the style documentation to match how the live pages actually look.
—The RSS feed now includes the full text of each post instead of just a preview.
—Fixed four more internal links that led nowhere.
—Redirected the old Apple collection address to the new one and repaired ten broken links.
—Added a books section, refined tags and links, and improved the not-found page on touch devices.
—Limited the search boxes on the archive and writing pages to 200 characters.
—Switched to curly quotation marks in the podcasts and camera gear text for a more polished look.
—Switched to curly, typographic quotation marks across the writing and design posts.
—Internal planning notes for a fix to how curly quotes are handled inside posts.
—Fixed the automatic curly-quotes tool so it no longer breaks the site build.
—Internal notes documenting a round of security improvements to the site.
—Documented two behind-the-scenes settings for design access and captions.
—Updated the site's underlying software and framework to newer, more secure versions.
—Added security protections that harden the site against common web attacks.
—The newsletter signup no longer crashes when it receives a malformed request.
—Tightened security on the caption feature by requiring a secret key and blocking redirects.
—Locked down NDA-protected design pages so confidential work never reaches the browser.

July 1, 2026

1 update

—Replaced chunky buttons with cleaner text links, and refined card text and form spacing.

June 30, 2026

13 updates

—Kept the phrase 'Every pixel counts' together on the home page so it no longer wraps awkwardly.
—Fixed the 'Every pixel counts' line on the home page so it only wraps naturally.
—Moved the phrase 'Every pixel counts' onto its own line on the homepage.
—Sped up the build by skipping auto-generated files during style scanning.
—Hashtags are now consistently shown in lowercase no matter how they were typed.
—Changed how the changelog prepares its data so the page loads quickly and reliably.
—Fixed the changelog so it can show the site's full history once published.
—Tidied the not-found page heading and tweaked its playful animated background.
—Made a behind-the-scenes code fix to keep the project building cleanly.
—Created a friendly 'page not found' screen with an animated Game of Life background.
—Added a changelog page that builds itself automatically from the project's history.
—Added a GitHub contribution calendar to the About page.
—Added a projects list to the homepage, a 'last updated' label in the header, a photo collage on the About page, and general polish.

June 29, 2026

4 updates

—Added a table of contents that stays in view as you scroll the About page.
—Added a camera gear page and refreshed the badge that marks retired products.
—Old article links now redirect permanently to their new home under Writing.
—Switched the gear page placeholder to a sans-serif font and made bold text a little heavier.

June 28, 2026

25 updates

—Book cover images now keep their natural shape instead of being cropped square.
—Internal cleanup removing an unused sidebar and some placeholder data.
—Cleaned up an unused featured-article block that was no longer needed.
—Removed unused layout code to keep the project tidy.
—Softened some subheadings on the Quick Take and About pages and removed a couple of unused page pieces.
—Made the item titles on the Books and Podcasts pages a touch bolder.
—Lightened the item titles on the books and podcasts pages so they're no longer bold.
—Added 27 book cover images to the books section.
—Added a new Books page, laid out to match the Podcasts page.
—Added eight missing images so posts no longer show broken pictures.
—Internal notes on moving imported images to their permanent homes on the site.
—Regenerated the stored color data for images after moving files around.
—Moved imported images to a tidier location and updated every reference to them.
—Moved imported images into their permanent home alongside the writing.
—Drafted a plan to move imported images to their permanent locations.
—Fixed broken Podcasts images by moving them to a permanent location.
—Turned short notes into full articles and refreshed the wording and layout on the design work.
—Softened the hover color on the search clear button in the Writing section.
—Restored the size of the clear button in the Writing search box.
—Added a subtle circular highlight when hovering over the search clear button.
—Added a hover highlight to the clear button in the Writing search box.
—The Writing search box now uses a custom grey X to clear it.
—Restored the space above the subscribe form on very wide screens.
—Reversed an earlier spacing tweak below the subscribe text on very large screens.
—Added more breathing room below the subscribe text on very large screens.

June 26, 2026

38 updates

—Swapped the iMac G3 Graphite on the home page for a PowerBook 100.
—Updated the home page collection to feature the latest iMac additions.
—Removed some field labels in the browser extension to save vertical space.
—Tightened the browser extension's popup spacing so it fits within Chrome's size limit.
—Fixed the browser extension so it reliably opens Obsidian after the popup closes.
—Fixed the browser extension so image downloads save more reliably.
—Selected text now highlights in pure white in light mode.
—Refined the Writing page with red text highlights, better dark-mode inputs, a removed tagline, and roomier spacing on large screens.
—Fixed secondary buttons so they are clearly visible in dark mode.
—Widened the Writing search box so its placeholder text fits on a single line.
—Narrowed the email signup field so it no longer wraps to a second line at certain widths.
—Adjusted the subscribe form spacing so it holds on medium screens and clears on larger ones.
—Restored the original spacing on the subscribe form after an earlier change.
—Adjusted the spacing above the subscribe form so it looks right across screen sizes.
—Adjusted the spacing above the Writing form on smaller screens.
—Brought back the Apple logo next to Collection in the header.
—Increased the spacing between items in the header on medium and larger screens.
—Corrected the spacing of the items in the header layout.
—Reworked the header layout across screen sizes so items no longer overlap.
—Reworked the header layout for more consistent, stable spacing.
—Restored the full headline on the home page and switched to the name Dave Klein.
—Added Dave Klein branding, refreshed the home page's opening text, and created a custom social-sharing image.
—Improved the writing tool so imported posts save in the correct format.
—Fixed the browser extension to overwrite files instead of letting Chrome add odd name suffixes.
—Internal fix so the image-watching helper knows where the project lives.
—Added a setup script that installs the automatic image watcher.
—Added a background helper that automatically moves downloaded images into the site's image folder.
—Updated the image-saving tool to use a dedicated downloads folder and fixed a linked image.
—The publishing extension now saves new posts as properly named writing files.
—Renamed the Lettera article so its file name matches its web address.
—Published a post about Lettera by triggering a fresh deploy.
—Stopped the automated performance checks from sending noisy failure emails.
—Kicked off a fresh deployment of the site.
—Fixed a mismatch in page addresses that was causing automated SEO checks to fail.
—Refreshed the social share cards with the Inter font, a bigger title, and a diklein.com byline.
—Stopped tracking personal editor settings inside the project files.
—Updated the About page with new links and details about the tools behind the site.
—Added newsletter signup, new pages, app icons, and refined the fonts and navigation.

June 25, 2026

9 updates

—Social share preview images now point to the correct live site address.
—Removed the Geist font from the site entirely.
—Streamlined font loading to reach a perfect mobile performance score.
—Made the home and About pages load faster on phones.
—Narrowed body text on very large screens for easier reading while keeping images wide.
—Fixed the table of contents so it appears after unlocking a protected page.
—Restored a missing build step that pulls colors from images.
—Refined the flexible text sizing, reworked the photo viewer, and added accent borders to images.
—Converted animated GIFs into lightweight video so pages load faster.

June 23, 2026

7 updates

—Added text that scales smoothly across screen sizes, improved search and image descriptions on the design pages, and rolled up other improvements.
—The footer now lists every case study and dims the one you're currently viewing.
—Added a related case studies section at the bottom of each design page.
—Added a dividing line and spacing between case study cards on the Designs page.
—Removed the password lock from the mobile CRM case study and moved it to second place.
—Added a password-protected AI-First Mobile CRM case study to the design work.
—Added a password-protected AI-First Accounting case study to the design work.

June 20, 2026

5 updates

—Adjusted the automated performance targets to match the testing environment.
—Fixed a broken internal link reference and cleaned up leftover project files.
—Fixed background scrolling and added swipe navigation when viewing photos on mobile.
—Triggered a routine republish of the site to refresh the live version.
—Notes now show their full text in the Writing feed, with a new writing template.

June 19, 2026

7 updates

—Saved a batch of ongoing work covering fonts, building blocks, SEO, and build fixes.
—Added a script that pulls photos from Unsplash.
—Improved how photo updates are saved and published automatically.
—Fixed the photo publishing setup and updated behind-the-scenes tools.
—Added descriptive alt text to 41 images across 30 posts for better accessibility.
—Photos now get automatic descriptions, tidier camera names, and cleaner captions.
—Added a smoothly animated photo viewer with swipeable browsing, and removed the old snaps page.

June 9, 2026

1 update

—Drafted a plan to sort the Photos page from newest to oldest.

June 2, 2026

4 updates

—Made another round of editorial fixes across the writing.
—Made a third round of editorial fixes across the writing.
—Added missing images to three articles, including the photography book and Apple QuickTake posts.
—Applied a second round of edits to the writing based on review notes.

June 1, 2026

17 updates

—Cleaned up the formatting in the 'On the Design of Dot' article.
—Reviewed the writing in bulk, tidying up posts and marking some for removal.
—Removed stray quotation marks from a quote in the iPhone and Android post.
—Formatted a co-worker's quote as a proper block quote in the iPhone versus Android post.
—Reformatted the takeaways in the NYC vacation post into a bulleted list.
—Formatted a Verizon iPhone quote as a proper pull quote in a post.
—Reviewed a batch of posts, removing three and cleaning up typography and structure in six others.
—Removed two articles and corrected heading styles in three others.
—Turned bold text into proper headings in three posts for clearer structure.
—Deleted two outdated posts.
—Internal plan to delete two posts and fix headings that were only bold text in three others.
—Removed eight posts, cleaned up tags on two others, and fixed formatting in one.
—Reformatted a code block in the Arduino post so it reads more clearly.
—Removed leftover tag data from two posts.
—Removed eight outdated articles that were no longer needed.
—Planned a cleanup to remove eight posts, strip tags from two, and fix code spacing in one.
—Finished importing 99 posts and 35 images from the old Squarespace site.

May 31, 2026

17 updates

—Internal progress tracking update.
—Internal notes documenting the plan to migrate old Tumblr content.
—Added a behind-the-scenes tool to help import old Tumblr posts.
—Documented the plan for migrating older Blot content into the site.
—Wrote up the plan for migrating content over from Squarespace.
—Added a tool to import content over from Squarespace.
—Added a script to help import content from the old Blot site.
—Internal progress tracking update.
—Internal notes summarizing the setup for migrating older content.
—Added a behind-the-scenes tool that checks articles for formatting errors before publishing.
—Added shared behind-the-scenes helpers used when migrating old content.
—Set up the groundwork and folders for importing content and images.
—Wrote the plan for the next stage of development work.
—Internal research notes for a project phase.
—Recorded decisions about the Squarespace content in the project notes.
—Internal project notes recording progress on the content migration work.
—Internal planning notes for an upcoming batch of work.

May 28, 2026

72 updates

—Simplified access to password-protected portfolio work with one shared password.
—Moved passwords for protected design work into secure storage, checked on the server.
—Updated the internal project notes after finishing a stage of work.
—Internal notes marking a project phase as finished.
—Saved manual check items as internal test criteria for later.
—Added an internal code review write-up for the SEO and polish work.
—Updated the internal notes that track progress on the site's development.
—Documented adding an article page to the automated performance checks.
—Added an article to the site's automated performance testing.
—Added a writing post to the automated performance checks.
—Internal progress-tracking update for a project phase.
—Recovered a couple of internal summary files.
—Internal notes on the plan to add data that helps search engines understand the pages.
—Documented the plan for the site map and RSS feed.
—Added behind-the-scenes data to article pages so search engines understand them better.
—Added an RSS feed so readers can subscribe to new writing.
—Added behind-the-scenes data to help search engines better understand the home and about pages.
—Added a sitemap so search engines can find every page on the site.
—Added behind-the-scenes structured data to help search engines understand the pages.
—Updated internal progress tracking after finishing the first batch of work.
—Documented the plan for the site's page information and visitor analytics.
—Added search-friendly descriptions to the home, photo, and design pages.
—Added search engine settings, feed discovery, and visitor analytics across the site.
—Added analytics and speed monitoring to track visits and site performance.
—Planned the SEO and site-polish phase of the project.
—Internal research notes for an SEO and site-polish phase.
—Internal notes capturing the goals for the SEO and site-polish work.
—Marked a batch of work complete after Dave's approval.
—Fixed a glitch so quotation marks in image descriptions display correctly.
—Fixed an internal build script so it handles file names with spaces reliably.
—Fixed image handling to ignore images referenced inside code blocks and post settings.
—Fixed an image tag that was producing broken markup.
—Internal fix so an automated build step handles multi-line values reliably.
—Internal code fix to make text replacements behave correctly.
—Strengthened image handling to prevent access to files outside the site's own folders.
—Updated internal project notes after finishing a round of work.
—Wrapped up a round of behind-the-scenes project work.
—Recorded testing and debugging notes after closing out a round of fixes.
—Internal code review notes.
—Internal progress tracking update.
—Internal notes wrapping up a round of behind-the-scenes AI fixes.
—Added an automated helper that applies the AI content-review suggestions.
—Added a tool that uses AI to write image descriptions automatically.
—Verified and closed out all ten security checks for this stage of work.
—Updated internal progress tracking after completing a stage of work.
—Internal planning for a follow-up round of work.
—Marked earlier review items as resolved in the project notes.
—Removed a leftover placeholder for related posts that was no longer used.
—Improved search speed so it no longer rebuilds its index every time the page updates.
—Added a security check so only the site itself can use the caption feature.
—Capped image downloads at 10 MB to keep the server from running out of memory.
—Strengthened link safety checks to block more risky internal network addresses.
—Hardened the automated workflow against a code-injection risk.
—Recorded a scope decision in the project notes.
—Added an internal report verifying this phase of work.
—Added an internal report from a review of the site's code.
—Updated internal progress tracking after finishing a set of tasks.
—Documented the plan for the automatic photo caption feature.
—Added automatic caption generation to the photo-saving bookmark tool.
—Added an AI-powered feature that writes captions for images.
—Internal summary for the social-share image work.
—Added automatically generated preview images that appear when pages are shared on social media.
—Documented the plan for the site's AI features.
—Added font files needed to generate social-sharing images.
—Documented the plan for automated content review checks.
—Related posts are now suggested based on shared tags instead of a placeholder.
—Wrote a setup guide for the Obsidian writing tool.
—Added live search to the archive so you can filter posts as you type.
—Added an automated content-review step that runs whenever new writing is added.
—Simplified the setup by removing the database and switching to a lightweight search tool.
—Added a tool that checks posts for missing image descriptions and broken links.
—Simplified the AI approach toward lightweight search and tag-based related articles.

May 27, 2026

34 updates

—Noted progress on a stage of work, paused while waiting on credentials.
—Internal cleanup of a deferred planning note.
—Internal progress summary noting one task finished and another paused.
—Set up the database and AI groundwork behind the scenes.
—Planned out the site's AI features in internal notes.
—Researched and confirmed the AI tools the site would rely on.
—Recorded context notes to keep the project on track.
—Captured background context and notes for a stage of development work.
—Internal notes marking a project phase as complete.
—Removed a stray test file left behind by Obsidian.
—Hardened a publishing script against a security risk.
—Fixed how the bookmarking tool records a source's web address.
—Fixed the post template so it no longer trips up on certain filenames.
—Fixed page navigation so unusual web addresses no longer break the listing.
—Fixed how post dates are read so they display reliably.
—Fixed post titles so stray line breaks no longer sneak into their settings.
—Fixed the new-post tool so filenames no longer start with a date.
—Ran a thorough code review of the publishing workflow to catch problems early.
—Updated the internal state and roadmap notes after finishing a piece of work.
—Documented plans for quick-publish tools, with the iPhone version postponed.
—Updated internal project tracking to mark progress on the publishing workflow.
—Wrote up the plan for the Obsidian writing template and setup.
—Wrote instructions for an iPhone shortcut that captures notes into Obsidian.
—Added documentation for installing and using the bookmarklet.
—Wrote a setup guide for the Obsidian writing environment.
—Added a one-click bookmarking tool for saving sources while browsing the web.
—Added a ready-made template for starting new posts.
—Updated internal project tracking after the first round of work.
—Summarized the plan for the post publishing workflow.
—Internal summary covering the drafts folder and new-post tooling.
—Reworked how posts are read from their files, updating everything that depends on it.
—Added a simple command to start a new blog post from a template.
—Added a drafts folder for works in progress, with notes explaining its purpose.
—Added structured details, like titles and dates, to all eleven writing posts.

May 26, 2026

4 updates

—Drafted the plan for the site's publishing workflow.
—Researched how the site's publishing workflow should work end to end.
—Internal record of a working session.
—Captured internal project notes for this phase.

May 25, 2026

1 update

—Added the publishing-workflow phase to the internal project roadmap.

May 24, 2026

24 updates

—Internal notes marking a batch of work finished.
—Recorded a manual testing checklist for later verification.
—Added a report confirming a stage of work was completed correctly.
—Added an internal report reviewing the code for quality and issues.
—Made back links consistent and updated the share button to match the site's button style.
—Internal summary for the Designs page grid layout.
—Built out the full Designs page with a proper grid layout.
—Documented the plan for the archive page and its filtering.
—Added filter buttons and year groupings to the archive page.
—Added design cards with placeholders and a badge for confidential work.
—Built the layout and page structure for the archive section.
—Design entries can now include an optional image.
—Internal progress tracking update.
—Internal notes on the plan to add performance checks to the Designs and Archive pages.
—Added the Designs and Archive pages to the automated performance checks.
—Added the designs and archive pages to the automated performance checks.
—Drafted the plan for the Designs grid and the Archive page.
—Wrote the design specification defining how the interface should look and behave.
—Slightly widened the spacing inside the filter buttons.
—Internal design spec for the Designs archive page.
—Added internal research and a testing strategy for this phase of work.
—Internal research notes for the Designs and Archive pages.
—Recorded internal planning notes for a round of work.
—Chose the winning design sketch, with the heading placed above.

May 23, 2026

1 update

—Sketched several tiled layout options for the photos page.

May 22, 2026

43 updates

—Internal tracking update marking the Photos page as complete.
—Logged a photos gallery task in the project tracking.
—Added a photo gallery page with a tiled layout and linked it in the navigation.
—Content links now carry a colored underline for a clearer, more consistent look.
—Updated the project plan, dropping some sections and noting others as pending.
—Completed a stage of work with all plans finished and tested.
—Fixed article pages so images can extend wider than the text column.
—Limited the text width on the writing feed and hashtag pages for easier reading.
—Tweaked the header layout and reordered the menu so Gear comes before About.
—Made the table of contents stay in place while scrolling and added a Gear link to the navigation.
—Added a hashtag system, a gear page, and fixes to article tables of contents.
—Fixed article layout, table-of-contents indentation, and scroll positioning.
—Marked the outstanding code review items as resolved.
—Fixed embedded videos so a missing source no longer breaks the player.
—Made photo captions handle a missing image gracefully.
—Fixed uneven indentation on deeper table-of-contents items.
—Internal fix to a content-processing tool so the build works correctly.
—Missing blog posts now show a proper not-found page instead of an error.
—Recorded a manual testing checklist for later verification.
—Recorded a manual testing checklist for later verification.
—Added a code review report to the project records.
—Summarized the plan for article building blocks, Amazon links, and a media quality check.
—Enabled videos, photo captions, pull quotes, and product cards inside posts.
—Internal summary covering reading time, table of contents, and related posts.
—Added support for embedding Amazon product links in posts.
—Blog posts now show a table of contents, reading time, and related posts.
—Documented the plan for pulling photo details from image files.
—Added an automated check that videos always include a preview image.
—Built the related posts feature, ready to connect to AI-powered recommendations.
—Added a table of contents that highlights your place as you scroll an article.
—Individual photo pages now pull in richer details behind the scenes.
—Added pull quotes and product cards that can be dropped into posts.
—Built the groundwork behind tables of contents and related posts on articles.
—Photos now automatically pull in their camera and shooting details.
—Added support for embedded videos and photo captions within articles.
—Summarized the plan laying the foundation for article publishing.
—Added code styling that adapts to both light and dark mode.
—Internal wiring to enable the article formatting features.
—Installed the tools that power rich formatting in blog posts.
—Planned out the blog reading experience in internal notes.
—Researched ways to improve the blog reading experience.
—The bottom posts grid on the home page now adapts neatly to smaller screens.
—Polished the interface across layout, typography, article pages, the share button, and designs.

May 21, 2026

4 updates

—Internal sign-off on a design specification.
—Internal design-spec fixes to typography and spacing.
—Fixed spacing issues that an automated design check had flagged.
—Documented the design plan for the blog and its different post types.

May 18, 2026

32 updates

—Marked an early phase of work as complete in internal notes.
—Summarized the completed work on the About page and performance testing.
—Added an automated check that holds the About page to a high quality score.
—Built the About page with a clean two-column layout.
—Internal summary marking the site layout and first home page complete.
—Built the homepage with a hero section, featured writing, a photo strip, and a short bio.
—Built the site's main layout, including navigation, a mobile menu, and footer.
—Set up early groundwork including navigation, sample content, and image settings.
—Finalized the planning notes for a stage of the project.
—Planned the first versions of the home and about pages.
—Internal notes on the testing strategy.
—Internal research notes on layout, motion, and performance.
—Internal note marking the homepage design as approved and ready to build.
—Documented and approved the design plan for the site's overall layout.
—Documented the design plan for the home page, About page, and overall layout.
—Saved context notes for the project's ongoing work.
—Captured background context and notes for an early stage of work.
—Internal notes marking the first project phase complete.
—Internal summary marking the initial hosting and performance setup complete.
—Adjusted automated checks to skip SEO on the internal design-system page, which is intentionally hidden from search.
—Fixed a couple of issues in the automated testing setup behind the scenes.
—Set up automated performance checks that must pass before changes go live.
—Advanced internal project tracking as the first phase progressed.
—Buttons now darken slightly when you hover over them.
—Improved button hover visibility and added animations that trigger as you scroll.
—Fixed a tooltip that mistakenly nested one button inside another.
—Internal progress note marking two tasks complete with one still to do.
—Added an internal design-system reference page with animated lists.
—Laid the visual foundation for the site, including colors and a light and dark theme toggle.
—Updated internal planning notes as an early plan was completed.
—Wrote up completion of the initial bare-bones version of the site.
—Set up the initial project foundation for the site.

May 17, 2026

17 updates

—Internal plan outlining the first build phase of the site.
—Internal planning notes laying out the first build phase.
—Internal research notes for the site's foundation and design system.
—Recorded internal planning notes for the first round of work.
—Captured context notes for an early phase of the project.
—Added the Untitled Sans and Serif typefaces to the site.
—Internal notes on font pairing and color choices.
—Internal design-spec note adding richer, wider-range color.
—Internal note approving the design for the first build phase.
—Corrected some typography details in the internal design specification.
—Documented the design plan for the site's foundation and visual style.
—Created the project roadmap covering eight phases of work.
—Wrote down the requirements for the first version of the site.
—Internal update capturing research findings and project notes.
—Added an internal research summary.
—Added the initial project configuration to get the site set up.
—Set up the project for the first time.