Changelog — random memories

visitor@risu ~ $ git log --oneline

2026-04-03 Interactive Terminal, Easter Eggs & SEO

Added

✦︎Interactive terminal shell — the blinking cursor on every page is now a real terminal. Just start typing. Commands: help, ls, cd, cat, whoami, history, clear, crt, exit. Context-aware — ls shows posts on /blog, projects on /projects, nav links elsewhere. 3-line scroll buffer that fades after inactivity.

✦︎Custom 404 page — lite terminal crash with [ERR] segfault at 0xDEADBEEF, recovery message, [subscribe to grugbrained] Substack CTA, and 3 recent posts for lost visitors.

✦︎CRT scanline mode — toggleable CRT monitor effect (scanlines + vignette). Activate by double-clicking the >_ logo or typing crt in the terminal. Persists via localStorage.

✦︎RPG robots.txt — dungeon master addresses crawler bots. "You have entered the dungeon. Crawl wisely, bot." Fully functional directives underneath.

✦︎View-source ASCII art — hidden HTML comment on the homepage with a cat face and credits. Only visible to the curious.

✦︎JSON-LD structured data — BlogPosting schema on all blog posts for search engine rich results.

Changed

✦︎Substack link on /me — now points to grugbrained.substack.com instead of generic substack.com.

2026-03-28 New Post, Changelog Page, dogs.txt & Language Fix

Published

✦︎"How to revive a 25 year old website" — bilingual EN/PL post about rediscovering a Dragon Ball fan-site from 2001. Originally posted on LinkedIn Feb 6, 2026. Includes screenshot of the original site.

Added

✦︎Changelog page at /changelog — parses CHANGELOG.md at build time into collapsible terminal-style sections with git log aesthetics. Latest entry open by default.

✦︎[changelog] footer link — sits between [rss] and [github] on every page.

✦︎dogs.txt at /.well-known/dogs.txt — a rebellion against the cats.txt standard, featuring Brokuł (Broccoli) the dog and risu the squirrel who thinks she's a dog. Credits Mark Williams-Cook and catstxt.org.

✦︎Hidden paw button — small paw print icon on every page (bottom-left, next to cookie icon, 30% opacity). Glows amber on hover. Links to dogs.txt.

Fixed

✦︎Bilingual posts now always default to EN — previously, toggling to PL on one post would carry over to all other bilingual posts via localStorage. Each post now starts fresh in English.

2026-03-26 OG Image & Polish

Changed

✦︎Replaced default Astro OG image with custom risu squirrel design (1200x630, terminal aesthetic)

Fixed

✦︎Removed internal workspace files from public repo

2026-03-24 Writing for No One & Shared Tooltips

Published

✦︎"Writing for no one" — a post about writing without an audience

Changed

✦︎Extracted link preview tooltip into shared component, enabled on all pages

✦︎Added blinking cursor to /me page

✦︎Updated welcome message and blog link text

Fixed

✦︎Link formatting in writing-for-no-one.md

✦︎Memory reference path fix

2026-03-22 Bilingual Posts, Link Previews, New Post Indicator

Added

✦︎Language toggle (EN/PL) — bilingual blog posts with seamless in-page switching. Amber [EN | PL] toggle in the post metadata area. Active language is bright, inactive is muted. Preference saved to localStorage and persists across posts and visits. Title, date, and body content all swap on toggle.

✦︎Bilingual content model — single .mdx file per bilingual post with language-toggled content blocks. New frontmatter fields: bilingual, titlePl, descriptionPl.

✦︎[EN|PL] badge on blog index — amber indicator next to post titles for bilingual posts, so readers know before clicking.

✦︎Link preview tooltips — hover over any link with a title attribute to see an amber-bordered tooltip with a preview snippet and domain name. Rehype plugin transforms links at build time. External links automatically open in new tabs. JS-disabled fallback shows native browser tooltip.

✦︎New post indicator — returning visitors see a blinking green new badge next to posts they haven't seen before. Uses localStorage slug tracking with session rotation (badges persist for the session, clear on next visit). First-time visitors see no badges. Works for republished old content too (slug-based, not date-based).

✦︎Rehype plugin (src/plugins/rehype-links.js) — build-time link enhancement: external link handling + title-to-data-preview transformation.

Published

✦︎"Gambleriada and the story of a mug" — first bilingual post (EN/PL). Originally written Dec 19, 2013. A memory from Gambleriada 1998 about a mug, a book, an autograph and a security guard.

2026-03-21 Content Restructure & Drafts

Changed

✦︎Moved blog content from src/content/ to content/ (Astro 5 convention)

✦︎Gambleriada posts moved to content/drafts/ (not ready for publishing at the time)

2026-03-05 Three Blog Posts & Polish

Added

✦︎"The 4. Why the Mountain sometimes fights with the Mist" — leadership/work post with a 2x2 alignment matrix (Mountain, River, Glacier, Mist)

✦︎"Random messages" — career/work post

✦︎"Nostalgia is a hell of a drug" — gaming/life post (originally Sep 2024)

Changed

✦︎Widened blog post content area from 720px to 800px

✦︎Highlighted key terms in "The Four" post (Core/Shell, matrix labels)

✦︎Highlighted "random memories" text on Me page

✦︎Replaced favicon with SerenityOS chipmunk emoji

✦︎Switched GA4 to Advanced Consent Mode for cookieless analytics

2026-02-28 Base Path Fix, Landing Page & GDPR

Fixed

✦︎Removed base: '/blog' from Astro config — custom domain risu.pl serves from root, so the base path was causing all CSS, fonts, and assets to 404

✦︎Updated all hardcoded /blog/ prefixes in Header, Footer, BaseHead, global.css, and HeaderLink

✦︎Moved _template.md out of blog content directory — was showing up as a published post

✦︎Fixed Astro CSS scoping on cookie consent — dynamically created elements need is:global styles

Added

✦︎Landing page at / — squirrel mascot, $ whoami intro, recent posts section, links box

✦︎Projects page at /projects — placeholder for future project showcases

✦︎Projects nav item in header between Blog and Me

✦︎LinkedIn link on the Me page

✦︎GA4 tracking (Measurement ID: G-TN2YY0219L), gated behind cookie consent

✦︎GDPR cookie consent system — full-width banner on first visit, persistent cookie icon (bottom-left, amber) on every page, preferences panel to view/change consent, GA4 only loads after explicit consent

2026-02-27 Custom Domain & Feature Work

Added

✦︎Custom domain risu.pl — CNAME file, DNS A records on OVH pointing to GitHub Pages

✦︎Theme toggle easter egg rework: click 1 shows warning, clicks 2-4 show countdown, click 5 switches to light mode with confirmation message, all messages persist 3 seconds

Changed

✦︎Updated astro.config.mjs site URL to https://risu.pl

Notes

✦︎HTTPS TLS certificate provisioning in progress (GitHub auto-provisions via Let's Encrypt)

2026-02-22 Terminal Roguelike Redesign

Added

✦︎Full visual redesign: dark CRT terminal aesthetic inspired by Cogmind / ASCII roguelikes

✦︎Color system: deep blue-black background (#0a0e14), neon accents (cyan, green, amber, magenta)

✦︎Light mode with muted palette (:root.light CSS variables)

✦︎JetBrains Mono font (monospace throughout, self-hosted)

✦︎Custom ASCII component library: AsciiBox, AsciiDivider, TerminalPrompt, GlyphTag, PostCard

✦︎Navigation with >_ logo and > active prefix on links

✦︎Theme toggle button [DARK]/[LITE] with 5-click easter egg and "[WARN] light mode is for losers" toast

✦︎Home page: braille art squirrel mascot (amber), $ whoami intro, 3 recent posts in AsciiBox

✦︎Blog listing: $ ls -la posts/ prompt, search input, tag filter buttons with client-side JS filtering

✦︎Blog post layout: title in AsciiBox, tags, ── EOF ── ending divider

✦︎Me page: standalone layout with bio and links (Substack, GitHub)

✦︎Tag system: tags field in content schema, all sample posts tagged

✦︎Custom favicon: terminal >_ glyph as SVG

✦︎Shiki github-dark syntax highlighting for code blocks

✦︎Blog renamed to "random memories"

Removed

✦︎Old about.astro page (replaced by Me page)

2026-02-22 Initial Setup

Added

✦︎Astro blog project scaffolded from template

✦︎Tailwind CSS v4 configured via Vite plugin

✦︎GitHub Pages hosting at risukisu.github.io/blog

✦︎GitHub Actions workflow for auto-deploy on push to main

✦︎Markdown/MDX content collections for blog posts

✦︎RSS feed and sitemap support

✦︎SEO with canonical URLs and OpenGraph data

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