Changelog

July 2024

• 29 July 2024: Minor changes & edits.

• 15 July 2024:

  • New thought: Bingo card redux
  • Minor updates to the Mac tips.
  • New thought: Six week progress report.
  • Moved [Node.js] and the doc tools content to new locations to simplify navigation.
  • Internal: new article research and prep.
  • Minor edits & updates (RL has been a bit chaotic.)

June 2024

• 12 June 2024: Assorted odds and ends

  • New thought: Is Phoenix on your bingo card?
  • New thought: Success qualities for tech writers
  • Added two new sections to Scribbles:
    • Thoughts, an infrequently-updated collection of musings, opinions, and other blog posts.
    • Trifles, a collection of amusements, ephemera, and assorted curiosities.
  • Added new tips to the Markdown section.
  • Continued working to automate and improve the publishing pipeline.
  • Other minor updates, fixes, and tweaks.

• 8 Jun 2024: More quality improvements

  • Added new CSS article: List item indents.
  • Internal: Updated breadcrumb partial to hide breadcrumbs on individual pages. (Note to self: see content/_index.md for sample use.)
  • Internal: Updated breadcrumb separators
  • Fixed a problem with redirects leading to 404 errors, along with a few outdated links.
  • The 404 handler has been customized.
  • Resolved issues with external search (🤞).
  • Additional tweaks and fixes.

• 3 Jun 2024: Quality updates

  • The sidebar now shows expand and collapse markers.
  • A broken link on the home page has been fixed. (Sorry.)
  • Minor functionality improvements to the home page.
  • Fixed spacing issues for lists with nested paragraphs.
  • Minor formatting changes/fixes throughout the site.

May 2024

• 23 May 2024: New articles and other improvements

  • The landing page has been tweaked to help discoverability.
  • Initial articles have been added to the HTML and CSS sections (more soon).
  • An article with Pandoc conversion tips has been added.
  • Minor edits and fixes.

• 17 May 2025: Minor style fixes & new content

  • DOC-11: Fixed legibility issues with code blocks in dark mode.
  • Minor updates to the Hugo section.
  • Other style tweaks and cleanup.

• 15 May 2024: More cleanup and some new content

  • Added package manager reference to Unix section
  • Added common console commands to Git section.
  • Added a new section for apps.
  • Started adding content to Node.js section.
  • DOC-15: Verified redirects for old article URLs.
  • DOC-14: Finished migrating earlier articles.
  • Minor customizations and cleanup (more typos, go fig.)

• 13 May 2024: Migration review & cleanup

  • Many typos fixed. (Many typos.)
  • Added Style guides to Docs section.
  • Added Email privacy error to Git section.
  • Add post describing the Initial migration experience to Scribbles

• 10 May 2024: Site migrated to new look & layout.

• 7 May 2024: Internal preview and progress sync

• 1 May 2024: Begin converting the site to Hugo.

  Several driving reasons, including:

  • Create and present a more professional portfolio of writing samples
  • Share knowledge
  • Simplify site maintenance
  • Experiment with new features/tools
  • Demonstrate technical expertise beyond writing

  To learn more, see Restarting the engines.

Earlier changes have been archived.