changelog

for full internal roadmap, refer to ryeones.com log

to add

• notes to add: name server / dns / https certificates / localhost explainer
• blog post: experience “coding” a website as a non-coder
• blog post: documentation for hosting your own website similar to this
• blog post: first week at my new job
• update projects/index page with mini portfolio

to change

• fix width/alignment issue where some pages cut off mid-way
• fix rss feed path from /feed.xml → /feed (workaround still not working)
• adjust graph view to show daily notes nodes in coffee colour and tags in red

added

• command palette (cmd+p) redesigned — grouped into four sections: find me on (x, instagram, tiktok, youtube, linkedin, github, substack), ask ai (chatgpt, claude, open in markdown, commenter name, commenter login), in here (curius, creations, coffee chat), try (d/n/s/t/r/c mode shortcuts listed)
• new svg icon sprites: instagram, tiktok, youtube, linkedin, chatgpt (openai), claude (anthropic), markdown — all rendered inline via symbol sprite
• chatgpt and claude palette items open with a pre-filled prompt to ask about ryan tham
• “open in markdown” opens raw github source of index.md in a new tab
• coffee chat now links to cal.com instead of calendly
• section header labels in palette output (small uppercase, muted gray)
• film grain texture overlay on all pages via body::after inline svg feTurbulence (4% opacity)
• page transition fade — 130ms fade-in on navigate, 220ms fade-out on load, theme-aware background colour
• neue haas grotesk display pro 75 bold now used for bold weight (previously incorrectly used text pro variant)

changed

• palette socials updated — bsky removed, tiktok/youtube/linkedin/instagram added with correct profile urls; all open in new tab
• x.com link corrected to x.com/ryanryeones
• substack link updated to ryeones.substack.com
• palette items research, are.na, stream, dating me, current work, cool people, old fashioned resume removed
• cmd+p, cmd+g, cmd+o keyboard shortcuts now work on the home/folder index pages (were previously broken — folderPage emitter was overriding afterBody to empty)

fixed

• folder and index pages (home, /notes, etc.) now correctly mount all afterBody components — palette, graph, keybind, particle text, etc.
• palette section focus navigation skips section headers correctly (was previously trying to focus non-item divs)

added

• keyboard shortcuts restored for all theme modes — d day, n night, s sunny, c chaos (previously broken after removing darkmode component)
• sunny mode video now restores correctly on page load and navigation (previously only applied on first click)
• particle text — “ryan tham aka ryeones” on the homepage assembles from scattered characters on load, then scatters away from the cursor on hover and springs back
• scroll trail — fading dot trail follows the cursor while scrolling, active on all pages (desktop only, respects prefers-reduced-motion)
• scramble text transition — visible headings and body text scramble briefly through random characters on every SPA page navigation before resolving

changed

• theme toggle redesigned from horizontal drag slider to compact cycling icon button — click cycles through day → sunny → night → chaos
• header now consistent across all pages including folder/index pages — breadcrumbs left, about/now + search + theme icon right (was showing stale palette and keybind components on folder pages)
• content meta labels changed from french to english — published, modified, duration
• section labels (backlinks, recommendations) now lowercase, removed uppercase transform
• description text below article titles now more readable — weight 400, darkgray colour
• 404 page updated with new portrait photo, background position adjusted to show subjects
• command palette and search keyboard hints translated from french to english
• creations folder images now load correctly — fixed relative → absolute static paths

fixed

• chaos/crash mode now works on all pages, not just homepage
• sunny mode background video no longer disappears after navigation

added

• migrated site engine from jekyll to quartz — full rewrite of the publishing stack
• vibes page — masonry image grid moodboard
• command palette (cmd+k) with lunr search, keyboard navigation, and social shortcut actions
• telescopic text interactions on homepage for multi-step content reveal
• sidenotes support — inline margin notes rendered as interactive side annotations
• popovers — hover any internal link to preview content without navigating
• stacked notes — open linked notes side-by-side for parallel reading
• graph view — interactive knowledge graph of all notes and connections
• atom/rss feeds — per-folder and site-wide feeds
• dark/light mode toggle via t key
• new github repo at ryeones/ryeones.com — fresh git history, private repo
• keyboard mode shortcuts — d day/light, n dark/night, s sunny (leaf shadow video overlay with multiply blend), c chaos (matter.js physics drop-words effect, draggable)

changed

• site now built and deployed via netlify from the new quartz repo (replacing jekyll + old pipeline)
• all content lives in a single obsidian vault that doubles as the cms — true single source of truth
• typography system overhauled — space groteskque (title), saintregus (header), neue haas grotesk display pro (body), departure mono (code)
• sources pages now render wider with no sidebar — embeds and content have more room to breathe
• recommendations section removed from sources pages (not relevant for consumption notes)
• “you might like the following” section restyled — smaller, muted label instead of prominent heading
• all aaron/aarnphm references replaced with ryeones identity across the codebase (socials, feeds, worker, palette shortcuts)

fixed

• sources page layout no longer narrow — sidebar (toc + reader) hidden on sources pages
• vibes page layout set to masonry (was incorrectly set to page layout by obsidian)

added

• book layout — reference notes (books, films, etc.) now render with a dedicated layout showing cover image, author, year, pages, rating, and genre as a sidebar before the note content
• streams page — public stream of consciousness log for ideas, observations, and thoughts
• /sieve claude code skill — scans vault and extracts ideas and thoughts as a starting point for blog posts (fomties idea bank)
• /streams claude code skill — scans daily notes and reviews to populate the streams page with timestamped entries
• sources page — index of all saved sources (clippings, videos, references) surfaced publicly
• books page — obsidian base published to the website with table, gallery, and filter views

changed

• book gallery cards now use a hardcover effect — spine gradient overlay, drop shadow, and lift-on-hover animation
• reference note urls cleaned up: sources/references/ pages now use slugified permalinks (/sources/references/book-slug) instead of raw filenames with spaces
• build-bases.js now computes and stores _url per row using a jekyll-matching slug algorithm — links in all base views (table, cards, list) now resolve correctly
• base.html updated to use _url for all link generation
• _config.yml defaults updated to apply book layout and clean permalink to all sources/references/ notes
• sources node colour in graph updated to yellow for visual differentiation
• sources/references/people/ subfolder added to .gitignore — personal contact notes no longer published
• bases in categories/ folder re-linked to correct path after bases moved to categories/bases/
• daily note template base embed updated to new path (categories/bases/Daily.base) across all 146 existing daily notes
• youtube embeds in sources/videos/ converted from ![]() image syntax to <iframe> (works in both obsidian and on the website)

fixed

• bidirectional link generator: posts were silently excluded from wiki link processing — now resolved
• post permalinks simplified from /YYYY/MM/DD/slug/ to /:slug/
• post filenames renamed to kebab-case (removed spaces and apostrophes)
• wiki links in published blog posts now resolve correctly on the website
• typography: body font-size reduced on desktop (1.2rem → 1rem), line-height tightened (1.7 → 1.6)

added

• notes index page to list all notes. (from last release, a bulk import of notes was added — they won’t be individually recorded here; moving forward, bulk imports will be summarised this way, but individual additions will still be logged)

• clippings nodes in graph, styled yellow

fixed

• bidirectional link generator to include _pages nodes correctly

• css for graph dark mode to adapt properly to theme

• tag page so individual tags render with proper css instead of raw html

changed

• switched convertkit form submission to beehiiv

• edited success page content after signup

added

• changelog page + initial content

added

• pages: subscribe, success, tags, videos, writings

• _posts folder in obsidian for rss/blog

• imported 2 previous blog posts - 2024-06-20-what-does-it-mean-to-be-grateful, 2024-10-17-a season of growth and reflection

• “t” keyboard shortcut for theme toggle

• cc by 4.0 notice + changelog link in footer

• estimated read time + last updated date for blog posts

changed

• fixed alignment + made theme toggle functional

• css tweaks for light/dark mode colour palette

• updated writings page with latest posts, topics, all blog posts

• updated tag page to list all tags + link to tag pages

fixed

• page preview follows theme in both light/dark modes

added

• notes: hey, i'm ryan, huh, so what is this, fomties, now page

• theme toggle switch in nav

• convertkit sign-up form in footer

changed

• css for font + styling, hover effects, link indicators

• all template files set to lowercase

added

• pages: about, index, library, notes, now, press, videos, writings

• placeholder content for new pages

• nav links for about + now pages

changed

• css tweaks for page width

• css tweaks for nav, fonts, external link arrows, ghost notes, highlights, hover effects

fixed

• resolved ssl issue for subdomain