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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[5.1] - 2025-01-28

Added

  • New analytics page at /analytics with daily views histogram
  • Movie reviews: Andrei Rublev, In the Heat of the Sun
  • “I’ve Written About” section on watchlist page
  • Y-axis scale on analytics histogram
  • Hover tooltips showing date and view count
  • Methodology blurb explaining how views are tracked

Changed

  • Rebuilt analytics system with Supabase Postgres backend
  • Session-based deduplication (2.5 min cooldown per IP per page)
  • Bot filtering via user-agent pattern matching
  • IP addresses stored as SHA-256 hashes for privacy
  • Page transitions now only fade content area, not sidebar
  • Improved font loading: preload Merriweather, use font-display: optional
  • Post views now fade in smoothly instead of showing ”…”
  • Standardized title format for movie/book reviews: “Title (Author/Director, Year)“

Fixed

  • Empty catch block lint errors
  • Font loading jank on production builds

[4.5] - 2025-01-25

Added

  • Emojis to folder titles (books 📚, firefox 🦊, data-structures-and-algorithms 🧮)

Changed

  • Consolidated sidebar footer into single line: Changelog v4.5 | Source | views today
  • Disabled CSS caching for faster development iteration
  • Reduced margins in sidebar footer section

Removed

  • Separate Analytics widget from homepage (moved to footer)

[4.4] - 2025-12-29

Added

  • Comprehensive analytics tracking with per-page view counts
  • Bot detection and human/bot separation in analytics
  • Browser fingerprinting for unique visitor tracking
  • Scroll depth and time-on-page engagement metrics
  • Analytics dashboard page at /analytics

Changed

  • Moved views display between likes and date on posts
  • Switched from middleware to client-side tracking (works with static pages)

[4.3] - 2025-12-29

Added

  • Comments system with threaded replies
  • Post and comment likes
  • Spam detection for comments
  • Social media icons in sidebar (GitHub, LinkedIn, Instagram)
  • Recent posts section in sidebar
  • Changelog and source links in sidebar

[4.2] - 2025-12-28

Added

  • New essay: “Reflections on Bonapartism”

Changed

  • Major typography overhaul for headings

[4.1] - 2024-12-24

Added

  • US Government course notes (25 articles across 5 sections)
  • Triathlon Program: OCD and anxiety post

Changed

  • Reorganized Department of Computer Science posts into subdirectories
  • Smaller serif font for analytics text
  • Track all page views including reloads

[4.0] - 2024-12-23

Added

  • Analytics feature with Supabase tracking
  • Visitor count display (today/all-time)
  • Analytics API endpoints

[3.2] - 2024-12-22

Changed

  • Reorganized posts and images structure

Fixed

  • Sidebar header improvements
  • Search modal improvements

[3.1] - 2024-12-18

Fixed

  • Code highlighting on View Transitions navigation

[3.0] - 2024-12-18

Added

  • Search functionality
  • Post navigation
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Fitness section
  • Media calendar

Changed

  • Major layout overhaul

[2.3] - 2024-12-13

Added

  • Quant finance applications to linear algebra series

Changed

  • Renamed “Algorithms” to “Data Structures and Algorithms”

Fixed

  • Path-based search template
  • Updated LinkedIn link

[2.2] - 2024-12-12

Added

  • Complete Data Structures and Algorithms series
  • Graph search frameworks and pruning documentation

Changed

  • Consolidated algorithms series into exam review notes

[2.1] - 2024-12-10

Added

  • Reorganized content structure
  • New articles and comprehensive eigenvalues chapter

[2.0] - 2024-12-05

Changed

  • Dense, document-like typography (textbook/newspaper aesthetic)
  • Comprehensive site improvements: security, performance, accessibility, SEO
  • Darker dark mode

Added

  • Linear algebra content series

Fixed

  • UI improvements: theme toggle, dividers
  • Removed music player
  • Blog tree moved to bottom on mobile for post pages

[1.4] - 2024-11-29

Added

  • Linear algebra chapter 1 and 2

[1.3] - 2024-11-28

Added

  • SDS Final Blog post

Changed

  • Improved navigation and breadcrumbs

Fixed

  • File tree formatting
  • Telemetry blog revisions and margins

[1.2] - 2024-11-25

Added

  • Image viewer
  • Font toggle functionality

Fixed

  • Site spacing bugs
  • File tree styles
  • Icon alignment
  • Image styling and blog font

[1.1] - 2024-11-24

Added

  • New post: “Dreadnought Closet”

[1.0] - 2024-11-22

Added

  • Initial site launch
  • Computer Modern font
  • Profile photos
  • About page

Changed

  • Increased font sizes for better web readability