All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, with snapshot links for each version being made available to view the state of the site at that point in time.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1.8.0 - 16/09/2024

Added:

• Job title in home page header.
• ‘About’ section label in home page.
• Create posts: changelog.
• Create notes: 17/09/24.

Changed:

• Shorten ‘about’ section content in home page.
• Shorten vertical paddings on Header, Footer components.
• Refactor site-wide margins/padding to ensure consistency.
• Use fluent icon pack in place of carbon.
• Tweak colophon post description.
• Upgrade dependencies: Astro 4.15.6, @astrojs/mdx 3.1.6, tailwindcss 3.4.11, typescript 5.6.2.

Removed:

• Remove dependencies: @iconify-json/carbon.
• Backdrop blur effect on Header component.
• Dynamic vertical, horizontal paddings when changing viewport width.
• xl variant from Link component.
• Unnecessary style/divs for all components.

1.7.2 - 05/09/2024

Changed:

• Revamp date sorting for posts/notes to incorporate updated dates.
• Update posts: a new start, md sheet sheet.
• Update notes: 02/08/24.
• Upgrade dependencies: Astro 4.15.3, @astrojs/mdx 3.1.5, iconify-json/carbon 1.2.1.

Removed:

• Unused styles from main.css file and OG image markup.
• Unnecessary file extensions from tailwind.config.ts file.

1.7.1 - 25/08/2024

Added:

• OpeningHoursSans as the new sans-serif font.

Fixed:

• Add back <span> into Post component markup.

Changed:

• Lower site bundle size (24KB to 15KB).
• Update site screenshot image.
• Update posts: colophon, a new start, md sheet sheet.

Removed:

• Remaining uses of bold font styling across the site.
• All uses of unnecessary characters.
• BDOGrotesk font from global styles.

1.7.0 - 24/08/2024

Added:

• Global leading style in Base layout.
• Privacy Inspector link in README and colophon post.
• Helper function for formatting dates.

Fixed:

• Post page header date ternary behaviour.

Changed:

• Lower site bundle size (40KB to 24KB).
• Use one font weight for BDOGrotesk (400).
• Update posts: colophon.
• Update notes: 19/08/24.
• Compress Iosevka font further.
• Upgrade dependencies: Astro 4.14.5, @astrojs/mdx 3.1.4.
• Increase blockquote left-border sizing.

Removed:

• Most uses of bold font styling across the site.
• All uses of unnecessary characters.
• BDOGrotesk font from global styles.
• Button component; not used.

1.6.3 - 23/08/2024

Added:

• Create notes: 19/08/24.
• CSS vars for colour system within main.css file.
• Privacy Inspector link in README and colophon post.
• Helper function for formatting dates.

Fixed:

• Post page header date ternary behaviour.

Changed:

• Lower site bundle size (52KB to 40KB).
• Only preload 400 weight font.
• CSS var declaration with tailwind.config.ts.
• Update site screenshot image.
• Update README with new PageSpeed scores.
• Update posts: colophon.
• Update notes: 09/05/24.
• Restrict loaded num of loaded notes in home page to 2.

Removed:

• Preload link for 600 weight font.
• Unused BDOGrotesk variable font file.
• colors.ts helper file.
• Unnecessary width style in Base layout file.
• BDOGrotesk font from global styles.
• Button component; not used.

1.6.2 - 19/08/2024

Added:

• <hr> at top of Post pages.

Changed:

• Shorten distance between back btn icon and separator line.
• Use separate weight font files for BDOGrotesk (400, 600).
• Replace all font-medium styles with semibold.
• Use shorter date format (DD/MM/YY).
• Shorten Post page header date section footprint (using pub/upd instead of published/updated).

Removed:

• Logo image in home page.
• Top margin style in Post page top <div>.

1.6.0 - 18/08/2024

Added:

• getPosts() helper func.
• Add dependencies: @playform/compress.

Changed:

• Update posts: colophon.
• Upgrade dependencies: Astro 4.14.2, astro-icon 1.1.1, sharp 0.33.5.
• Move post date info to navbar for Post pages.

Removed:

• Unnecessary <div> elems to clean-up markup.
• Page title <h1> across all pages.
• Top border in NoteList component.
• Top margin in Post page’s top <div>.

1.5.0 - 17/08/2024

Added:

• Styles for CSS-only View Transitions.
• Social links to Footer component.
• published and updated fields for posts.
• Create notes: 05/06/24, 03/07/24, 02/08/24.
• BDOGrotesk as the new sans-serif font.
• Iosevka as the new monospaced font.
• Add blur effect to Header component.
• Page title, and BackLink to Header component.
• Bun as the new package manager.
• Add dependencies: sharp, clsx.

Changed:

• Lower site bundle size (92KB to 52KB).
• Use prefers-color-scheme theming strategy.
• Complete refactor of og.ts logic.
• Refactor of Base layout.
• Refactor of base CSS, using CSS vars.
• Shorten underline gap for Link component.
• Update README content.
• Update posts: colophon.
• Update notes: 13/05/24.
• Bullet point coloring for visual contrast.
• Styling of footer links.
• Styling of Backlink component.
• Styling of Project, Post components on hover.
• Change ‘View all’ links to ‘Archive’ in home page.
• Switch Project border type to dotted.
• Wrap dates in NoteList, PostList and ProjectList components in <small> elem.
• Shiki themes to vitesse-light and vitesse-dark.
• Compress Iosevka font further.
• All dependencies upgraded (too long to list).

Removed:

• All analytics related markup.
• JS-based theming strategy.
• Plugins section content from tailwind.config.ts.
• JS-powered View Transitions markup.
• Newsreader, Nacelle, Commit Mono font refs.
• Blur-top effect on all pages.
• BackLink component text.
• ‘links’ section on home page.
• ThemeButton component.
• Remove dependencies: @resvg/resvg-js, @astrojs/cloudflare.