Changelog and devlog for ewan's projects. https://devlog.croft.click en-gb Docsite client bundle dropped from 1.3MB to 12KB, devlog layout data optimised, website duplicate fetches eliminated https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/09/perf-audit-fixes https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/09/perf-audit-fixes Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website tooling atproto pkgs OG image URLs were relative — crawlers need absolute URLs. Index page was also missing an OG image entirely. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/09/og-metatag-fix https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/09/og-metatag-fix Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT devlog tooling Added --frontmatter and --output flags to the fetch subcommand, and bumped to 0.2.4. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/09/bismuth-fetch-fix https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/09/bismuth-fetch-fix Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto pkgs tooling Colour themes now follow the Wheel of the Year — eight distinct themes for each sabbat, shifting automatically as midnight crosses into a new period. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/wheel-of-the-year-seasons https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/wheel-of-the-year-seasons Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website pkgs Every devlog entry was invisible on load — $state on an IntersectionObserver variable caused the effect to disconnect it before it could fire. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/timeline-observer-fix https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/timeline-observer-fix Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website tooling Each devlog post now generates its own OG image on demand using @ewanc26/og — warm amber on dark, with noise texture. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/devlog-dynamic-og-images https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/devlog-dynamic-og-images Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website pkgs tooling Moved the support modal from a footer overlay to a standalone /support route, matching the site's page pattern. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/website-support-page https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/website-support-page Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website Animation foundation with easing tokens, staggered entrances, scroll reveals, and View Transitions API. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/website-animations-microinteractions https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/website-animations-microinteractions Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website The colour theme picker now shows when a seasonal theme is active and lets you lock it in explicitly. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/seasonal-theme-reset https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/seasonal-theme-reset Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website pkgs Umami analytics retired — all Umami script tags removed from bismuth-web, malachite-web, jasper-web, opal-web, and croft-click. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/pkgs-umami-retirement https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/pkgs-umami-retirement Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT tooling Hooking the site up to the AT Protocol firehose for live-updating feeds and dynamic view transitions. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/jetstream-firehose-integration https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/jetstream-firehose-integration Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto website Added a split DNS toggle to nix-config and set up Bitwarden CLI (bw) for the EU-hosted vault. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/dns-split-toggle-bitwarden-cli https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/dns-split-toggle-bitwarden-cli Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra Split the monolithic layout.css and inline page logic into focused modules and components. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/devlog-modularisation https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/devlog-modularisation Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website tooling New changelog site for tracking project updates, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/devlog-launch https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/08/devlog-launch Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra Porting the entire site from SvelteKit to Astro for ultimate static performance and a terminal-inspired layout. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/02/rewriting-in-astro https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/02/rewriting-in-astro Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT website infra tooling Convert Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr posts to Bluesky with thread splitting and TID-based rkeys. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/01/opal-cross-platform-migration https://devlog.croft.click/2026/05/01/opal-cross-platform-migration Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto pkgs tooling Added Tangled repository displays, then removed them when the service was no longer needed. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/29/tangled-removal https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/29/tangled-removal Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT website Apple's CEO transition — cautiously optimistic about what a hardware-focused leader might mean for the ecosystem. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/27/after-cook https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/27/after-cook Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra reflection Landing page at croft.click and a shared @ewanc26/landing-ui package for all web packages. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/27/pkgs-landing-ui-croft-click https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/27/pkgs-landing-ui-croft-click Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT pkgs tooling Hydrocephalus shunt surgery on 17 April 2026 — the event, the recovery, and the impact on work. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/22/brain-surgery https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/22/brain-surgery Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT personal health Converts site.standard.document records to Markdown with math and code highlighting. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/22/bismuth-document-converter https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/22/bismuth-document-converter Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto pkgs tooling Rewrote the moon phase bot from TypeScript to Rust using atrium-rs. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/14/moon-tracker-rust-rewrite https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/14/moon-tracker-rust-rewrite Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots infra Full OAuth flow for importing Instagram posts to AT Protocol as Grain/Spark records. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/14/jasper-instagram-converter https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/14/jasper-instagram-converter Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto pkgs tooling Scripts for populating and maintaining the Sifa professional profile on AT Protocol. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/11/sifa-profile-scripts https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/11/sifa-profile-scripts Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling Started using Letta Code — a persistent coding agent with memory. 80 commits across 15 repositories in four days. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/11/letta-code https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/11/letta-code Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tooling A pure symbolic stack language where all syntax is punctuation — no alphanumeric tokens. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/10/sigi-symbolic-stack-language https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/10/sigi-symbolic-stack-language Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT esolangs Expanded numlang with new opcodes and selenium with ritual and offering syntax. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/06/numlang-selenium-features https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/06/numlang-selenium-features Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT esolangs Added pre-commit hooks and Nix flakes to all 30+ projects for consistent dev environments. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/03/pre-commit-and-nix-flakes https://devlog.croft.click/2026/04/03/pre-commit-and-nix-flakes Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra tooling Package for fetching and displaying GitHub repository metadata. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/28/github-metadata https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/28/github-metadata Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT pkgs Ko-fi and GitHub Sponsors webhooks, Popfeed review cards, and crypto donation addresses. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/24/supporters-popfeed-donations https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/24/supporters-popfeed-donations Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto website pkgs 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. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/21/fediverse-gotosocial-sharkey https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/21/fediverse-gotosocial-sharkey Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto infra Dynamic OG images, /work route for Sifa professional profile, and GitHub metadata integration. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/19/website-og-work-github https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/19/website-og-work-github Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT website Added PDS and gatekeeper configuration to nix-starter for the server host. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/14/nix-starter-pds-hosting https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/14/nix-starter-pds-hosting Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto infra Webfinger well-known routes for fediverse resolution and deterministic noise avatars for AT Protocol fallbacks. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/13/webfinger-noise-avatars https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/13/webfinger-noise-avatars Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto website Experimental AT Protocol PDS implementation in Rust. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/08/moonstone-experimental-pds https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/08/moonstone-experimental-pds Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto infra SvelteKit template with Resend-backed contact form and dark mode. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/05/website-comm-template https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/05/website-comm-template Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tooling Migrated to pnpm workspaces, published @ewanc26/tid to npm, and consolidated packages. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/04/pkgs-workspace-migration https://devlog.croft.click/2026/03/04/pkgs-workspace-migration Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT pkgs Bluesky client with keychain auth, timeline, notifications, search, thread view, and compose. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/28/azurite-bluesky-client https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/28/azurite-bluesky-client Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto Centralised project documentation at docs.ewancroft.uk, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/23/docsite-launch https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/23/docsite-launch Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling 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. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/18/nix-config-rewrite https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/18/nix-config-rewrite Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra One flake managing macmini, laptop, and a theoretical server — two booting successfully, one still aspirational. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/11/nix-config-three-machines https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/11/nix-config-three-machines Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra Returned to NixOS on the Dell Inspiron 3501 after a stint with Bazzite — declarative config keeps pulling back. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/08/back-to-nixos https://devlog.croft.click/2026/02/08/back-to-nixos Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT infra Retiring legacy WhiteWind and Leaflet support in favor of the new Standard.site implementation. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/01/26/standard-site-migration https://devlog.croft.click/2026/01/26/standard-site-migration Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto Renamed lastfm-importer to malachite, added Spotify support, interactive mode, and improved rate limiting. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/01/13/malachite-rename https://devlog.croft.click/2026/01/13/malachite-rename Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto pkgs tooling Adopting standard.site lexicons for cross-platform interoperability — why coordination matters more than individual features in the AT Protocol ecosystem. https://devlog.croft.click/2026/01/05/standard-site-coordination https://devlog.croft.click/2026/01/05/standard-site-coordination Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT atproto Comprehensive caching to prevent 504s, skeleton loaders for instant page loads, and a Happy Mac easter egg. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/30/caching-skeletons-happymac https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/30/caching-skeletons-happymac Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Added pronouns to the profile card and improved accessibility across themes. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/29/pronouns-accessibility https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/29/pronouns-accessibility Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Became a member of Jollywhoppers — building atproto-connect, a Fabric Minecraft mod linking the game to AT Protocol. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/28/jollywhoppers https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/28/jollywhoppers Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto game collab Minecraft mod syncing player stats, achievements, and sessions to AT Protocol with OAuth and encrypted storage. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/20/socialsync-minecraft-atproto https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/20/socialsync-minecraft-atproto Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto game 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. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/17/happy-mac-easter-egg https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/17/happy-mac-easter-egg Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT website After five Rustlings sessions and countless compiler battles, called it — Rust isn't the right tool for the projects being built. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/07/rust-post-mortem https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/07/rust-post-mortem Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT rust reflection Added a bespoke decimal clock to the footer because base-10 time just makes sense. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/01/decimal-clock-implementation https://devlog.croft.click/2025/12/01/decimal-clock-implementation Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Shortlink service resolving AT Protocol handles and DIDs with QR codes and domain-aware shortcodes. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/24/shortlink-service https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/24/shortlink-service Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling Experimental bot using Ollama for LLM-generated Bluesky posts. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/16/ollama-bot https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/16/ollama-bot Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots Accidentally rate-limited the entire PDS by blasting records at the API — the lesson that built Malachite's rate limiting. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/15/pds-dos-incident https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/15/pds-dos-incident Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto infra CLI tool for importing Last.fm and Spotify scrobbles to AT Protocol as Teal.fm records. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/14/malachite-initial-release https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/14/malachite-initial-release Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto pkgs tooling Music status card with MusicBrainz integration and masonry-style homepage layout. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/13/music-status-masonry https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/13/music-status-masonry Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Bought croft.click on a Black Friday sale — currently a 307 redirect to ewancroft.uk while figuring out what to do with it. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/10/croft-click https://devlog.croft.click/2025/11/10/croft-click Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Configurable slug-to-publication mapping and slug param matcher for clean URLs. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/27/slug-mapping-routing https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/27/slug-mapping-routing Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto website All WhiteWind posts converted to Leaflet format — blog.ewancroft.uk becomes home base, with link rot as the lingering cost. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/24/leaflet-migration-complete https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/24/leaflet-migration-complete Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto Moving the blog from WhiteWind to Leaflet on AT Protocol — converting existing posts and building the tooling to do it. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/24/leaflet-migration https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/24/leaflet-migration Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto Migrated layout and components to Svelte 5 runes and reactive meta handling. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/19/svelte-5-migration https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/19/svelte-5-migration Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Added Inter as the primary typeface and switched to semantic colour naming. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/16/inter-font-semantic-colours https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/16/inter-font-semantic-colours Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Homepage redesign with reusable Card UI system and BlueskyPostCard with lightbox and rich text. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/15/card-ui-blueskypostcard https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/15/card-ui-blueskypostcard Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto website Built a conversion tool to migrate blog content between AT Protocol publishing platforms — out of spite for the lack of one. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/15/whitewind-leaflet-converter https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/15/whitewind-leaflet-converter Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling Deep integration with the AT Protocol, pulling posts directly from the PDS and introducing a new Card UI system. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/13/at-protocol-service-layer https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/13/at-protocol-service-layer Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto website Nuked ewancroft.uk from orbit and started fresh — the tenth iteration, built from scratch with a clean architecture. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/12/website-v10-reset https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/12/website-v10-reset Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Sync tool for mirroring GitHub repos to Tangled with force-sync and AT Protocol testing. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/11/tangled-sync https://devlog.croft.click/2025/10/11/tangled-sync Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling Three significant UX improvements shipped in one evening — navigation, content display, and interaction patterns. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/26/website-hyperfocus-updates https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/26/website-hyperfocus-updates Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Dynamic OG image generation, reading time, heading underlines, and code block styling. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/14/og-images-blog-enhancements https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/14/og-images-blog-enhancements Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Eight versions of the website, each leaving dead URLs — the Hugo years, the SvelteKit migration, and building a slug mapping system to fix it. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/13/link-rot-website-iterations https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/13/link-rot-website-iterations Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT website reflection Scroll-to-top button, mobile progress bar, and improved table of contents layout. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/07/scroll-to-top-toc https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/07/scroll-to-top-toc Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Conceptual design for a lycanthropic Bluesky client — dark theme, moon phase integration, and the scope creep that keeps it theoretical. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/02/witchsky-concept https://devlog.croft.click/2025/09/02/witchsky-concept Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto Added en-GB localisation throughout the site — licence, colour, behaviour. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/29/en-gb-localisation https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/29/en-gb-localisation Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Created @web.ewancroft.uk as a functional did:web identity within the AT Protocol ecosystem — research experiment, not a permanent switch. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/10/did-web-identity https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/10/did-web-identity Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto Upgraded from the M2 Mac Mini to the M4 — better performance, more headroom for self-hosted services. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/09/mac-mini-upgrade https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/09/mac-mini-upgrade Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT infra Five Rustlings sessions covering variables through type systems — the enthusiasm, the compiler battles, and the decision to stop. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/01/rustlings https://devlog.croft.click/2025/08/01/rustlings Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT rust learning 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. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/30/dynamic-og-images https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/30/dynamic-og-images Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Attempting to repurpose a 2008 iMac as a server — bricked OS, failed USB installs, and the eventual Mac Mini replacement. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/28/imac-server https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/28/imac-server Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT infra Linkat-powered user directory with profile banners, descriptions, and metadata display. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/27/linkat-directory https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/27/linkat-directory Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling Redesigned the profile component from centred business-card layout to banner-integrated design with left-aligned content. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/26/profile-layout-refresh https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/26/profile-layout-refresh Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Tool for analysing LLM outputs and responses. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/17/llm-analyser https://devlog.croft.click/2025/07/17/llm-analyser Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT tooling Browser Snake game with AT Protocol OAuth login and score submission via custom lexicons. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/19/atproto-snake-game https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/19/atproto-snake-game Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto game Daily moon phase posts to Bluesky with multi-source API and optional Ollama LLM descriptions. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/17/moon-tracker-bot https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/17/moon-tracker-bot Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots Replaced Aternos with a self-hosted server on the M2 Mac Mini — no more queues, full control, direct access. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/10/mc-server-self-hosted https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/10/mc-server-self-hosted Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT infra game NixOS Minecraft server config with dynamic hardware-based configuration. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/05/mc-server https://devlog.croft.click/2025/06/05/mc-server Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT infra game Evaluating Leaflet as a WhiteWind replacement — subdomain requirements, AT Protocol integration gaps, and early impressions. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/05/21/leaflet-testing https://devlog.croft.click/2025/05/21/leaflet-testing Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto Added custom lexicon definitions for status records and replaced static links with a dynamic link board from AT Protocol. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/05/12/lexicons-dynamic-links https://devlog.croft.click/2025/05/12/lexicons-dynamic-links Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto website A collaborative 3D platformer game built with Godot. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/05/02/platformer-collab https://devlog.croft.click/2025/05/02/platformer-collab Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT game Adopting NixOS on the Dell Inspiron 3501 — from macOS user to declarative Linux config, the learning curve, and what actually clicked. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/04/20/nixos-journey https://devlog.croft.click/2025/04/20/nixos-journey Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT infra Rebuilding the website from scratch using SvelteKit for better performance and a more modern development experience. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/04/08/migrating-to-sveltekit https://devlog.croft.click/2025/04/08/migrating-to-sveltekit Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT website tooling Deconstructed dame.is's dynamic avatar Apple Shortcut and rebuilt it as a Python automation — hourly profile image updates via AT Protocol. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/23/apple-shortcut-reverse-engineering https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/23/apple-shortcut-reverse-engineering Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto tooling python Automatically updates a Bluesky profile avatar on a schedule with optional banner updates. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/21/avatar-updater https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/21/avatar-updater Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots Generates gradient profile banners for Bluesky users with custom sizing and grain effects. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/20/gradient-generator https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/20/gradient-generator Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots CLI tool for backing up AT Protocol PDS repositories. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/19/pds-backup https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/19/pds-backup Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto infra Theme toggle with multiple colour themes, persisted via localStorage, later expanded for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/03/theme-system https://devlog.croft.click/2025/02/03/theme-system Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT website Early experiences with the AT Protocol SDK — confusing docs, Python and TypeScript friction, and the learning curve of a new API paradigm. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/01/30/atproto-struggles https://devlog.croft.click/2025/01/30/atproto-struggles Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto reflection Replaced static HTML with a dynamic AT Protocol-powered frontend fetching data from the PDS. https://devlog.croft.click/2025/01/27/atprotocol-website-rewrite https://devlog.croft.click/2025/01/27/atprotocol-website-rewrite Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT atproto website Ported the Markov chain bot to Bluesky with configurable character limits. https://devlog.croft.click/2024/06/09/bluesky-markov-bot https://devlog.croft.click/2024/06/09/bluesky-markov-bot Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots Bot that posts wolf sounds to Bluesky with variable delay and nocturnal probability weighting. https://devlog.croft.click/2024/05/19/awoo-bot https://devlog.croft.click/2024/05/19/awoo-bot Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT atproto bots First bot — a Markov chain text generator for Mastodon. https://devlog.croft.click/2024/03/02/mastodon-markov-bot https://devlog.croft.click/2024/03/02/mastodon-markov-bot Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT bots