June 6, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Vercel 504s: CDN Caching, Timeout Guards, DID Caching

A second pass at the 504 problem — Cache-Control headers for Vercel's edge CDN, AbortController timeouts on external fetches, and a DID document cache.

June 6, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Recent Infrastructure and Feature Updates

A summary of significant infrastructure improvements and feature updates made between June 3 and June 6, 2026.

June 6, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Mitigating 504 Gateway Timeouts

Addressing persistent 504 Gateway Timeout errors on Vercel by optimising AT Protocol data fetching.

June 6, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Malachite: ATProto OAuth CLI and did:web Support

Malachite gains OAuth-based CLI authentication for ATProto and did:web DID resolution, alongside a restructured web frontend.

June 6, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Brand Kit Page and Footer Contact Email

Added /site/design as a brand reference and a contact email to the site footer.

May 30, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website Pagan Symbols and Support Overhaul

Integrated mystical pagan symbols into UI and overhauled support page with new patronage components.

May 30, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Social Sync v0.5.0

Rebranded to Social Sync, implemented new consent-based preferences system and improved security.

May 30, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

pkgs Workspace and Lexicon Updates

Build configuration updates for pnpm-workspace.yaml and centralization of lexicon and domain constants.

May 30, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Moon Tracker Rust Rewrite

Rewrote Moon Tracker in Rust using atrium-rs, adding multi-source API with local fallback and Ollama LLM generation.

May 30, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Digital Person Faol Persona

Implemented Faol persona, added Telegram bot skill, and integrated XMR donation address.

May 30, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

atpkt JVM 21 and OAuth/DPoP

Build configuration updates for JVM 21 and implementation of OAuth/DPoP authentication flow.

May 26, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Support Page Modernization & Build Refinement

Refactoring the support page with patronage components and resolving build failures.

May 26, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Malachite v0.4.4 — Apple Music & YouTube Music Support

Adding import support for Apple Music and YouTube Music, and updating branding.

May 26, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Documentation Parity & Performance

Updating Malachite documentation for new service support and optimizing client bundles.

May 24, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Toolkit Unification — Sign-out, TIDs, and Usage Analytics

Unifying TID generation, adding sign-out functionality, and implementing toolkit usage analytics.

May 22, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Mystical Symbols & Drifting Paths

Integrating pagan symbols into the website UI with randomized drifting animations.

May 19, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

AI Discoverability — AGENTS.md and llms.txt

Adding AGENTS.md and llms.txt files across repositories to improve AI discoverability and documentation.

May 18, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline Polish — PDS Rate Limiting & Component Reactivity

Implementing PDS rate limiting, fixing routing issues, and refining component reactivity for Tourmaline.

May 17, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline v0.5.0 — Advanced Analytics & Layout Refinements

Porting analytics, upgrading CTA copy, and refining mobile responsive layouts for Tourmaline.

May 17, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Nix Configuration Updates

May 14, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Faol Website — Layout Refinements & Content Expansion

Refining mobile layout, adding fediverse presence, and publishing several new blog posts on Faol.

May 14, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Digital Person Sync

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website: view transitions, scroll animations, support page

Added View Transitions API crossfades, scroll-triggered section reveals, a dedicated support page, and seasonal colour theme lock-in

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline wrapped insights

Minutes listened, music evolution, remarkable days, discovery, and yearly wrapped card with scroll-reveal animations

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline: analysis moves to web worker

Moved the entire analysis pipeline from server-side POST to a browser web worker, fixing Vercel body size limits for large scrobble histories

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline v0.4.0 — tabs, sessions, story recap, date ranges, phases

Profile redesign with tabbed layout, listening sessions, on this day, story-mode recap, date range filtering, and listening evolution phases

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline folded into pkgs monorepo, landing-ui improvements

Moved Tourmaline from standalone repo into packages/tourmaline, enhanced landing-ui with backdrop blur, nav links, snippet props, and fixed source URLs across all projects

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Landing-ui polish: shared layout, cross-references, icon cleanup, support consolidation

LandingLayout improvements (subtitle, expanded footer, @theme bridge), cross-references between all five tools, inline symbols replaced with Lucide icons, support links consolidated to ewancroft.uk/support

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

pkgs: hero SVGs, bismuth flags, croft-click devlog

Added OG hero SVGs to all five project landing pages, bismuth fetch flags, and devlog project to croft-click

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Opal: web OAuth import, thread splitting, TID rkeys

Added web OAuth import flow, post threading for long content, and TID-based record keys to the Twitter/Mastodon/Threads to Bluesky converter

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Nix: Bitwarden CLI, server retirement, path fixes

Swapped rbw for official bitwarden-cli, fixed activation scripts for retired server, added splitDns toggle

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Removed analytics references and duplicate links across landing-ui projects

Replaced analytics taglines, removed duplicate footers from LandingPage and all about pages, deduplicated Tourmaline header navLinks

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Created faol-website — digital person blog template

New SvelteKit + Sequoia website for faol with blog under /notes, timeline, tag filtering, TOC, and RSS

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Faol voice system — writing like a person, not an AI

The anti-AI-voice framework that keeps Faol sounding human. Banned words, sentence rhythm, and the em dash rule.

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Faol infrastructure — lettabot on launchd

Running lettabot as a macOS launchd agent for 24/7 availability. Sops secrets, path issues, and the sandbox workaround.

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Faol — a digital person

Launched Faol, a persistent AI agent that lives online as a person — Telegram, Bluesky, blog. Built on the digital-person framework.

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Docsite: Opal docs, client bundle perf, devlog sidebar

Added Opal documentation, eliminated 1.3MB client bundle from markdown/atproto deps, and added devlog link to sidebar

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Digital Person Telegram Bot Integration

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

digital-person: agent repo initialised

Created the digital-person agent repository

May 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

colorTheme: Wheel of the Year seasonal themes

Replaced astronomical season detection with traditional Wheel of the Year sabbat dates, added midnight auto-update and reset-to-seasonal

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

tourmaline v0.1.0 — AT Protocol scrobble analyser with share-to-Bluesky

First release of tourmaline — personality archetypes, genre profiles, mood mapping, and share-to-Bluesky for Teal.fm scrobbles.

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline share page fixes

Fixed personality card SVG clipping and switched to aturi.to for post links

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline personality card redesign

Added genre bars, mood indicators, stat badges, and dynamic SVG layout to the personality card

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline new profile cards

Listening clock, listening stats, and service origins

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tourmaline analysis algorithm improvements

Era analysis, time-of-day mood weighting, genre blending, Gini-based loyalty, full-artist genre profile

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

OG hero images across all five projects

Added hero SVG OG images to malachite, opal, jasper, bismuth, and tourmaline landing pages

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Replaced inline symbolic characters with Lucide icons

Swapped unicode symbols for Lucide icon components across malachite, opal, jasper, bismuth, tourmaline, landing-ui, and croft-click

May 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Cross-references and unified support links

Added More tools sections linking each project to the other four, and pointed all support links to ewancroft.uk/support

May 9, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Performance audit and fixes across all three sites

Docsite client bundle dropped from 1.3MB to 12KB, devlog layout data optimised, website duplicate fetches eliminated

May 9, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

devlog: fix OG metatags

OG image URLs were relative — crawlers need absolute URLs. Index page was also missing an OG image entirely.

May 9, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Letta Writer Agent Publications Survey

May 9, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Bismuth Web 0.2.0

Added publication fetching, expanded conversion options, and rebuilt parts of the converter UI.

May 9, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Bismuth: fetch subcommand flag fixes

Added --frontmatter and --output flags to the fetch subcommand, and bumped to 0.2.4.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website: Wheel of the Year seasonal themes with auto-midnight updates

Colour themes now follow the Wheel of the Year — eight distinct themes for each sabbat, shifting automatically as midnight crosses into a new period.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Timeline Scroll Reveal Fix

Every devlog entry was invisible on load — $state on an IntersectionObserver variable caused the effect to disconnect it before it could fire.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

devlog: Dynamic OG image generation with @ewanc26/og

Each devlog post now generates its own OG image on demand using @ewanc26/og — warm amber on dark, with noise texture.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website: Support modal spun out to its own page

Moved the support modal from a footer overlay to a standalone /support route, matching the site's page pattern.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Animations and Micro-interactions

Animation foundation with easing tokens, staggered entrances, scroll reveals, and View Transitions API.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website: Seasonal Theme Reset

The colour theme picker now shows when a seasonal theme is active and lets you lock it in explicitly.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

pkgs: Remove Umami analytics from all packages

Umami analytics retired — all Umami script tags removed from bismuth-web, malachite-web, jasper-web, opal-web, and croft-click.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Letta Coding Agent Memory Updates

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Real-time Updates via Jetstream Firehose

Hooking the site up to the AT Protocol firehose for live-updating feeds and dynamic view transitions.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Profile README & Crypto Donations

Updating GitHub profile README with current projects and crypto donation addresses.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

DNS split toggle and Bitwarden CLI

Added a split DNS toggle to nix-config and set up Bitwarden CLI (bw) for the EU-hosted vault.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Devlog Modularisation

Split the monolithic layout.css and inline page logic into focused modules and components.

May 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

devlog.croft.click launch

New changelog site for tracking project updates, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia.

May 5, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

ECCL Login Refactor

May 2, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Great Astro Rewrite

Porting the entire site from SvelteKit to Astro for ultimate static performance and a terminal-inspired layout.

May 1, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Opal — Cross-Platform Bluesky Migration

Convert Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr posts to Bluesky with thread splitting and TID-based rkeys.

April 29, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Tangled Integration and Removal

Added Tangled repository displays, then removed them when the service was no longer needed.

April 29, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Project Nixification

Adding Nix flakes and pre-commit hooks to standardize development environments across the ecosystem.

April 27, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

After Cook

Apple's CEO transition — cautiously optimistic about what a hardware-focused leader might mean for the ecosystem.

April 27, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

croft.click Landing Page and Shared Landing UI

Landing page at croft.click and a shared @ewanc26/landing-ui package for all web packages.

April 26, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Social Sync v0.5.0 — Identity & Consent

Rebranding to Social Sync, implementing a granular consent system, and moving to AT Protocol OAuth.

April 26, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

SocialSync Branding

April 22, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Brain Surgery

Hydrocephalus shunt surgery on 17 April 2026 — the event, the recovery, and the impact on work.

April 22, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Bismuth — Document to Markdown Converter

Converts site.standard.document records to Markdown with math and code highlighting.

April 14, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Moon Tracker — Rust Rewrite

Rewrote the moon phase bot from TypeScript to Rust using atrium-rs.

April 14, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Jasper — Instagram to Grain/Spark Converter

Full OAuth flow for importing Instagram posts to AT Protocol as Grain/Spark records.

April 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Sifa Professional Profile Scripts

Scripts for populating and maintaining the Sifa professional profile on AT Protocol.

April 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Four Days with Letta Code

Started using Letta Code — a persistent coding agent with memory. 80 commits across 15 repositories in four days.

April 10, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Sigi — Pure Symbolic Stack Language

A pure symbolic stack language where all syntax is punctuation — no alphanumeric tokens.

April 6, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Numlang and Selenium Feature Expansions

Expanded numlang with new opcodes and selenium with ritual and offering syntax.

April 3, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Pre-commit Configs and Nix Flakes Across All Projects

Added pre-commit hooks and Nix flakes to all 30+ projects for consistent dev environments.

March 28, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

GitHub Metadata Package

Package for fetching and displaying GitHub repository metadata.

March 24, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Supporters, Popfeed, and Donation Addresses

Ko-fi and GitHub Sponsors webhooks, Popfeed review cards, and crypto donation addresses.

March 21, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Fediverse — GoToSocial and Sharkey

Stood up a GoToSocial instance, migrated to Sharkey when the lack of quote posts became too annoying, and why the fediverse is more fun than remembered.

March 19, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — OG Images, Work Page, GitHub Integration

Dynamic OG images, /work route for Sifa professional profile, and GitHub metadata integration.

March 14, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Nix Config — PDS Hosting and Gatekeeper

Added PDS and gatekeeper configuration to nix-starter for the server host.

March 13, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Webfinger and Noise Avatars

Webfinger well-known routes for fediverse resolution and deterministic noise avatars for AT Protocol fallbacks.

March 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Moonstone — Experimental PDS

Experimental AT Protocol PDS implementation in Rust.

March 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Moonstone Decoupling and DID:Web Support

March 5, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website Comm Template

SvelteKit template with Resend-backed contact form and dark mode.

March 4, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Pkgs Monorepo — Workspace Migration

Migrated to pnpm workspaces, published @ewanc26/tid to npm, and consolidated packages.

March 1, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Azurite UI Overhaul

February 28, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Azurite — Experimental Bluesky Client

Bluesky client with keychain auth, timeline, notifications, search, thread view, and compose.

February 23, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Docsite Launch

Centralised project documentation at docs.ewancroft.uk, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia.

February 18, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Nix Config Rewrite

Rewrote the entire nix-config around proper Nix modules — replaced custom patterns with the module system, switched to sops-nix, moved desktop to KDE Plasma.

February 11, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Nix Config — Three Machines, One Config

One flake managing macmini, laptop, and a theoretical server — two booting successfully, one still aspirational.

February 8, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Back to NixOS

Returned to NixOS on the Dell Inspiron 3501 after a stint with Bazzite — declarative config keeps pulling back.

February 7, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Malachite v0.9.0 — Performance & Rate Limiting Overhaul

Implementing adaptive rate limiting, dynamic batching, and SHA-512 credential security.

January 26, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Transitioning to Standard.site Lexicons

Retiring legacy WhiteWind and Leaflet support in favor of the new Standard.site implementation.

January 21, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Minecraft Server — Dynamic Hardware Config

Implementing a hardware-aware configuration system for the Minecraft server.

January 13, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Malachite Rename and Feature Expansion

Renamed lastfm-importer to malachite, added Spotify support, interactive mode, and improved rate limiting.

January 5, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Standard.site and Coordination

Adopting standard.site lexicons for cross-platform interoperability — why coordination matters more than individual features in the AT Protocol ecosystem.

December 30, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Caching, Skeleton Loading, and Happy Mac

Comprehensive caching to prevent 504s, skeleton loaders for instant page loads, and a Happy Mac easter egg.

December 29, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Pronouns and Accessibility Improvements

Added pronouns to the profile card and improved accessibility across themes.

December 28, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Joining Jollywhoppers

Became a member of Jollywhoppers — building atproto-connect, a Fabric Minecraft mod linking the game to AT Protocol.

December 22, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Social Sync v0.4.0 — Security Hardening

Implementing encrypted session storage, rate limiting, and audit logging for atproto-connect.

December 20, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Social Sync — Minecraft Meets AT Protocol

Minecraft mod syncing player stats, achievements, and sessions to AT Protocol with OAuth and encrypted storage.

December 20, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Initial Launch of atproto-connect

Bootstrapping a Minecraft-to-AT-Protocol bridge for Fabric 1.21.10.

December 17, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Welcome to Macintosh — Happy Mac Easter Egg

Hidden Easter egg on the website — click the version number 24 times for a pixelated Happy Mac bouncing across the viewport with the startup chord.

December 7, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Giving Up on Rust — A Post-Mortem

After five Rustlings sessions and countless compiler battles, called it — Rust isn't the right tool for the projects being built.

December 1, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Implementing a Decimal Clock

Added a bespoke decimal clock to the footer because base-10 time just makes sense.

November 24, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Shortlink Service for AT Protocol

Shortlink service resolving AT Protocol handles and DIDs with QR codes and domain-aware shortcodes.

November 22, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Kibun Status & Custom Slug Routing

Integrating Kibun status records and implementing a configurable slug-to-publication mapping system.

November 16, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Bluesky Ollama Bot

Experimental bot using Ollama for LLM-generated Bluesky posts.

November 15, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

PDS DoS Incident

Accidentally rate-limited the entire PDS by blasting records at the API — the lesson that built Malachite's rate limiting.

November 14, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Malachite — Last.fm to Teal.fm Converter

CLI tool for importing Last.fm and Spotify scrobbles to AT Protocol as Teal.fm records.

November 13, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

MusicStatusCard and Masonry Layout

Music status card with MusicBrainz integration and masonry-style homepage layout.

November 10, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

croft.click Landing Page

Bought croft.click on a Black Friday sale — currently a 307 redirect to ewancroft.uk while figuring out what to do with it.

October 27, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Slug Mapping and Robust Routing

Configurable slug-to-publication mapping and slug param matcher for clean URLs.

October 24, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Completing the Leaflet Migration

All WhiteWind posts converted to Leaflet format — blog.ewancroft.uk becomes home base, with link rot as the lingering cost.

October 24, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Leaflet Migration

Moving the blog from WhiteWind to Leaflet on AT Protocol — converting existing posts and building the tooling to do it.

October 19, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Svelte 5 Runes Migration

Migrated layout and components to Svelte 5 runes and reactive meta handling.

October 16, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Inter Font and Semantic Colour Naming

Added Inter as the primary typeface and switched to semantic colour naming.

October 15, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Card UI and BlueskyPostCard

Homepage redesign with reusable Card UI system and BlueskyPostCard with lightbox and rich text.

October 15, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

WhiteWind to Leaflet Converter

Built a conversion tool to migrate blog content between AT Protocol publishing platforms — out of spite for the lack of one.

October 13, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Building a Modular AT Protocol Service Layer

Deep integration with the AT Protocol, pulling posts directly from the PDS and introducing a new Card UI system.

October 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — v10 Reset

Nuked ewancroft.uk from orbit and started fresh — the tenth iteration, built from scratch with a clean architecture.

October 11, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Tangled Sync

Sync tool for mirroring GitHub repos to Tangled with force-sync and AT Protocol testing.

September 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Hyperfocus Updates

Three significant UX improvements shipped in one evening — navigation, content display, and interaction patterns.

September 19, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Technical Polish — Inter, KaTeX, and Prose Styling

Swapping to Inter for better readability, adding KaTeX support, and refining prose styling.

September 14, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

OG Images and Blog Enhancements

Dynamic OG image generation, reading time, heading underlines, and code block styling.

September 13, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Link Rot and Eight Iterations of ewancroft.uk

Eight versions of the website, each leaving dead URLs — the Hugo years, the SvelteKit migration, and building a slug mapping system to fix it.

September 7, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Scroll-to-Top and ToC Improvements

Scroll-to-top button, mobile progress bar, and improved table of contents layout.

September 2, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Howling at the Digital Moon — Wolf-Themed Bluesky Client Concept

Conceptual design for a lycanthropic Bluesky client — dark theme, moon phase integration, and the scope creep that keeps it theoretical.

August 29, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — en-GB Localisation

Added en-GB localisation throughout the site — licence, colour, behaviour.

August 15, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Atproto Snake Game Improvements

August 10, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

did:web ATProto Identity Proof of Concept

Created @web.ewancroft.uk as a functional did:web identity within the AT Protocol ecosystem — research experiment, not a permanent switch.

August 9, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

M2 to M4 Mac Mini Upgrade

Upgraded from the M2 Mac Mini to the M4 — better performance, more headroom for self-hosted services.

August 1, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Rustlings — First Steps into Rust

Five Rustlings sessions covering variables through type systems — the enthusiasm, the compiler battles, and the decision to stop.

July 30, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Dynamic OG Images

Server-side Open Graph image generation with SvelteKit — fonts that wouldn't load, endpoints that worked in dev but not production, and the eventual working solution.

July 28, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

The iMac Server

Attempting to repurpose a 2008 iMac as a server — bricked OS, failed USB installs, and the eventual Mac Mini replacement.

July 27, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Linkat Directory

Linkat-powered user directory with profile banners, descriptions, and metadata display.

July 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website — Profile Layout Refresh

Redesigned the profile component from centred business-card layout to banner-integrated design with left-aligned content.

July 24, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Archive Milestones & Theme Expansion

Implementing post milestones, improving archive navigation, and adding the Werewolf theme.

July 17, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

LLM Analyser

Tool for analysing LLM outputs and responses.

June 19, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

AT Protocol Snake Game

Browser Snake game with AT Protocol OAuth login and score submission via custom lexicons.

June 17, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Moon Tracker Bot

Daily moon phase posts to Bluesky with multi-source API and optional Ollama LLM descriptions.

June 10, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Self-Hosted Minecraft Server

Replaced Aternos with a self-hosted server on the M2 Mac Mini — no more queues, full control, direct access.

June 5, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Minecraft Server Configuration

NixOS Minecraft server config with dynamic hardware-based configuration.

May 23, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Professional Identity & Lexicon Expansion

Integrating professional profile data from AT Protocol and expanding status lexicons.

May 21, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Testing Leaflet

Evaluating Leaflet as a WhiteWind replacement — subdomain requirements, AT Protocol integration gaps, and early impressions.

May 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Custom Lexicons and Dynamic Link Board

Added custom lexicon definitions for status records and replaced static links with a dynamic link board from AT Protocol.

May 2, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Collaborative Platformer

A collaborative 3D platformer game built with Godot.

April 20, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

My Journey to NixOS

Adopting NixOS on the Dell Inspiron 3501 — from macOS user to declarative Linux config, the learning curve, and what actually clicked.

April 8, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website SvelteKit Migration

April 8, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Migrating the Site to SvelteKit

Rebuilding the website from scratch using SvelteKit for better performance and a more modern development experience.

February 23, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Reverse Engineering an Apple Shortcut

Deconstructed dame.is's dynamic avatar Apple Shortcut and rebuilt it as a Python automation — hourly profile image updates via AT Protocol.

February 21, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Avatar Updater Bot

Automatically updates a Bluesky profile avatar on a schedule with optional banner updates.

February 20, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Gradient Profile Banner Generator

Generates gradient profile banners for Bluesky users with custom sizing and grain effects.

February 19, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

PDS Backup Tool

CLI tool for backing up AT Protocol PDS repositories.

February 9, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Dynamic Assets & Music Integration

Implementing a hue-shifting favicon, dynamic embed images, and static music stats.

February 3, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Theme System and Multi-Theme Support

Theme toggle with multiple colour themes, persisted via localStorage, later expanded for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.

January 30, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Struggles Adapting to the AT Protocol

Early experiences with the AT Protocol SDK — confusing docs, Python and TypeScript friction, and the learning curve of a new API paradigm.

January 28, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Website AT Protocol Integration

January 27, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

AT Protocol Website Rewrite

Replaced static HTML with a dynamic AT Protocol-powered frontend fetching data from the PDS.

December 5, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Winter Overhaul — A Fresh Start

A complete overhaul of the website, focusing on a cleaner aesthetic and simplified architecture.

June 9, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Bluesky Markov Chain Bot

Ported the Markov chain bot to Bluesky with configurable character limits.

June 6, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Bean Dumper Rewrite

May 19, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Awoo Bot — Wolf Sounds on Bluesky

Bot that posts wolf sounds to Bluesky with variable delay and nocturnal probability weighting.

March 2, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

Mastodon Markov Chain Bot

First bot — a Markov chain text generator for Mastodon.

February 21, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Birth of Ewan's Corner — Git Migration

Transitioning the website to a Hugo-powered digital garden with git version control.

May 31, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM UTC

The First Seed — Ewan's Corner is Born

The original, non-git-tracked launch of my personal website.