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Changelog

Changes to this website.

    • Added /slashes, an index of all my slash pages.
    • Added all-time top artists and albums to /dashboard.
    • Added /now and /friends.
    • Finished moving the site to Astro: blog, projects, photos, guestbook, dashboard and sign-in all came across.
    • Blog views moved from Firebase to Supabase, and reactions were archived.
    • Pages now ship almost no JavaScript, and the homepage dropped to around 400 KB.
    • Brighter dark mode, a mechanical key theme switch and 88×31 buttons in the footer.
    • New pages: /chris-cornell and a reworked /verify and /bookmarks.
    • Started rebuilding the site in Astro, keeping every existing URL.
    • New design system: Inter, purple accent, yellow highlights.
    • Vertical sidebar navigation and a System / Light / Dark theme switcher.
    • Added slash pages: /nope, /guy, /verify, /ai, /changelog, /concerts and /blank.
    • Added a now-playing card as an SVG for my GitHub profile, with light and dark themes.
    • Added a link that redirects to whatever I'm currently playing.
    • Added Nusa, Minimal YouTube and TranslucentTB to /uses.
    • Now playing comes from Last.fm instead of the Spotify API, with iTunes as a fallback for missing covers.
    • Added Recently Listened to the dashboard.
    • Styled the RSS feed as a highlighted XML tree and added a GitHub stars widget to the colophon.
    • Added Claude and Seelen UI to /uses.
    • Performance pass: removed framer-motion and lazy-loaded ads and images.
    • SEO pass: structured data and metadata across the main pages.
    • Blog posts moved to rich text, with images and media inside the post.
    • Added 1Password, Paper and a terminal screenshot to /uses.
    • Added PowerToys, Windhawk and Helium to /uses.
    • Rebuilt /uses to show hardware, software and tools.
    • Added /bookmarks.
    • Upgraded to Next.js 16 and React 19.3.
    • New blog typography with Rubik and Roboto, and better tables in posts.
    • Added a sitemap, robots.txt and an RSS feed for posts and projects.
    • Guestbook gets a dynamic social image built from its messages.
    • Better image loading and a multi-image viewer on /photos.
    • Added a reading list from my daily.dev bookmarks.
    • Added a README and licence to the repository.
    • Added random facts and TikTok to /about.
    • Added the Hunger Strike quote and CD sticky note to the homepage.
    • Added an "open for projects" button.
    • Added the tools dock to the homepage About section.
    • Added prayer flags to /about.
    • Reorganised the whole codebase into feature folders.
    • Dashboard gets Site Traffic totals and recent visits with browser and device icons.
    • Replaced animation library code on sticky notes with plain CSS.
    • Added llms.txt for AI crawlers.
    • Added tables to blog posts and tooltips to the client logos.
    • Removed /wall.
    • Sticky notes can now use images, and /about gets a Gmail contact link.
    • Added the Trusted by section to the homepage.
    • Softer, rounder buttons, forms and avatars.
    • Added /digitalpathshala, with a stack of photo cards.
    • New project cards on /projects.
    • Added a favourite game section to /about.
    • New header, and an animated pixel character in the hero.
    • Added an image preview modal and a new logo.
    • Added Karla, plus Facebook and TikTok links, and decorated the colophon.
    • Added /bio with a polaroid gallery and journal.
    • Reworked /about around a toggle and the spinning Firfirey.
    • Added /wall for posters and album covers.
    • Launched /dashboard with WakaTime, Umami, GitHub contributions and blog stats.
    • Added education to /about and a copyable colour palette to the colophon.
    • Guestbook sends email notifications, and each message has a shareable link.
    • Faster images and better blog metadata.
    • Added /contact and Carbon Ads.
    • Set up Better Auth and Vercel Speed Insights.
    • Added comments to blog posts with Utterances.
    • Added /photos.
    • Added /about with a timeline, certificates and my NTV interview.
    • Added the colophon and finished the guestbook, with replies and sorting.
    • Added blog view counts, a custom 404 page and a live clock in the footer.
    • Homepage content now comes from Sanity.
    • New footer navigation and the flower button.
    • Added the guestbook, with Supabase and sign-in through GitHub and Google.
    • Made the homepage responsive and added a mobile menu.
    • Added the blog, syntax highlighting, image zoom and UI sound effects.
    • Started this version of the site with Next.js and Sanity.

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