/changelog

what changed & when

a living record of what broke, what got fixed, and what actually shipped.

✦ current

v1.3.1 May 2026 — Polish & SEO

feat Post number badge added to every post card — a circular stamp showing chronological order (oldest = #1), hidden when the first-post stamp is displayed

feat Sort toggle on the home feed lets you flip between newest and oldest posts; the "fresh out the oven!" badge stays visible regardless of sort order

feat "See more posts →" link added to the Table of Contents on post pages, jumping straight to the related posts section

feat Full SEO pass on post pages: Open Graph article tags, Twitter card labels, BreadcrumbList JSON-LD, enhanced BlogPosting schema, and hero image preloading

feat Admin danger zone now includes a "Purge test data" button that wipes all subscribers, comments, claps, and clap votes after a confirmation prompt

improvement Polaroid card background updated from white to the warm-brown design token so it blends naturally with the site palette

improvement Body text across About, Now, Changelog, Terms, Archive, Help, and Unsubscribe pages switched to the muted color token, matching the warmth of blog post prose

improvement Archive page redesigned with a Fraunces heading, Caveat tagline, and scribble SVG to match the rest of the site's visual language

improvement Help page redesigned with a Fraunces heading, Caveat tagline, scribble SVG, and back link

improvement Unsubscribe page all three states (success, valid, invalid) redesigned with Fraunces headings, Caveat taglines, and scribble SVGs

improvement Scroll-to-top button relocated into the right-sidebar newsletter column on desktop so it no longer overlaps content; still visible as a fixed button on mobile

improvement Sitemap now includes /changelog and /saved, and both pages are marked for prerendering

fix Canonical URL now always uses the site origin plus pathname, stripping any query parameters and guaranteeing an https:// prefix

fix Added security headers (HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy) via the Vercel _headers file

fix Resolved a MaxListenersExceededWarning in development by raising the EventEmitter listener limit in astro.config.mjs

v1.3.0 May 2026

feat Matched admin post preview layout to the client — Fraunces title, Caveat date, tag badges, read time, scribble underline, and prose-styled body

improvement Enforced design consistency across all pages — unified h1 sizes, container padding, and layout patterns

fix Raised base font-size from 15px to 16px and bumped post body text to 0.94rem for better reading comfort

fix Admin preview now shows accurate spacing for standalone br tags between paragraphs, preventing writers from over-adding breaks

fix Replaced emoji icons with SVG icons in Navbar and PostCard

fix Fixed topics tag page postItems type mapping to match ArchiveList expectations

v1.2.0 May 2026 — Design Overhaul

improvement Enforced design consistency across all pages — unified h1 sizes, container padding, and layout patterns

fix Raised base font-size from 15px to 16px and bumped post body text to 0.94rem for better reading comfort

improvement Added initial-scale=1 to viewport meta

feat Matched admin post preview layout to the client — Fraunces title, Caveat date, tag badges, read time, scribble underline, and prose-styled body

fix Admin preview now shows accurate spacing for standalone br tags between paragraphs, preventing writers from over-adding breaks

fix Replaced emoji icons with SVG icons in Navbar and PostCard

fix Fixed topics tag page postItems type mapping to match ArchiveList expectations

feat Loaded Fraunces and Caveat fonts in admin layout — they were missing, causing preview font fallbacks

v1.1.0 Apr 2026

feat Search dropdown with live filtering across all posts

feat Infinite scroll on the home feed

feat Floating newsletter card on post pages

feat Comments system with nested replies

feat Clap reactions with per-IP deduplication

feat Admin authentication

feat Zine quote card injected into home feed

improvement Dark mode as default theme

improvement Email templates migrated to dark mode palette with Fraunces typography

improvement Search dropdown UX and styling refined

v1.0.1 Apr 2026

feat Saved posts feed with bookmark persistence

feat Admin post editor: image snippet generator and real-time word count

feat Mobile-responsive admin sidebar and post editor

improvement BIMI logo support and updated email header branding

improvement List-unsubscribe headers added to notification emails

fix Related post ranking logic improved

v1.0.0 Apr 2026 — Initial Launch

feat Public blog with MDX posts, tag system, and archive

feat Admin dashboard for managing posts, comments, claps, and subscribers

feat Supabase integration for comments, claps, and newsletter subscribers

feat RSS feed, sitemap, and OG image support

feat Light/dark theme with paper grain texture

feat Deployed to Vercel with Cloudflare Workers adapter

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