Changelog

What's new ✨

Here's a list of things that have recently changed, features that have been added or a log of things that have been removed.

September 10, 2021

change

Changed newsletter provider from Buttondown to Revue.

July 22, 2021

bug fix

Fixed the classic dark mode bug where the screen flashes white as the page loads. This new theme implementation allows for further themes to be easily created in the future.

July 19, 2021

change

Changed the newsletter form to attract subscribers with a free CSS tutorial!

change

Changed the look of the page dedicated to my newsletter, showing the updated sign up form!

feature

Added a link to read my past newsletter issues! This can be accessed on the newsletter page!

change

Changed how many articles are displayed on the home page, reducing from 5 most recent posts to 3.

bug fix

Fixed an issue where the cursor style was not set to pointer when users try to copy an article URL via the share dropdown menu.

July 16, 2021

feature

Added the ability to read the next or previous article after reaching the end of a blog post.

July 11, 2021

bug fix

Fixed an issue where a few articles on my blo would fail to load. Everything is now back to normal!

July 01, 2021

bug fix

Fixed an issue where inline code blocks had the wrong font applied. The correct mono font is now painted across all inline blocks!

June 09, 2021

feature

Added a callout box for announcements. This new visual component can be found in some of my articles.

June 03, 2021

bug fix

Fixed an issue where list styles were not being properly applied on my blo.

May 12, 2021

change

Updated personal timeline to reflect my daughter by born in May 2011.

April 26, 2021

change

Canonical URLs are now pulled from frontmatter.

April 23, 2021

feature

Added support for heading anchor links! Now you can share an article and others can start reading at specific spots!

April 20, 2021

feature

Added a social sharing option to blog posts!

April 18, 2021

feature

Code blocks now adapt their themes and change appearance depending on if light or dark mode is acivated!

change

Website theme now defaults to user's system preference instead of defaulting to dark mode.

April 17, 2021

bug fix

Fixed an issue where the newly incorporated backdrop-filter utilities were not working on Safari.

change

Bumped up the font size across the site for easier reading!

change

Links found on my blog are now aligned with styling choices for my selected color palette!

April 16, 2021

feature

Updated to Tailwind v2.1 and took advantage of the new backdrop-filter utility class to give my navbar a glassy feel!

March 11, 2021

feature

Updated my portfolio to Gatsby v3.0!

February 25, 2021

change

Refactored architecture of project to better categorize and group files together.

change

Relocated data sources to separate directories to clean up a few components.

change

Rounded corners of all images on my blog and callout components.

February 23, 2021

feature

Added new changelog page tracking changes to portfolio.

change

Updated all imports to use aliases to avoid long relative path names.

February 21, 2021

feature

Added a scroll indicator for blog posts.

feature

Added a section called 'My portfolio' to my toolbox page giving insight on technology that was used to build this portfolio.

February 19, 2021

change

Author section on articles are now an active link to my Twitter account.

February 18, 2021

feature

Added a Gatsby plugin to generate an RSS feed for my articles.

change

Added an RSS icon to my website footer.

February 17, 2021

feature

Added a Gatsby plugin to generate a robots.txt file.

February 16, 2021

feature

Added Gatsby plugin to generate a sitemap for my portfolio.

February 15, 2021

feature

Added a search bar on the blog page to filter through articles.

seo

Added SEO banners for blog and toolbox pages.

feature

Add new idea, info and warning callout components for articles.

February 13, 2021

feature

Added MDX support to blog and imported all articles.

February 04, 2021

seo

Fixing some meta tags for proper social sharing functionality.