Most Improved

Highlights

Changes worth revisiting.

A short route through the moments that changed what the site could do.

The count is not the whole story.

History records every step. This page keeps a smaller, deliberately chosen set of turning points for visitors who want the shape of the journey.

Keyboard guide

Keyboard: J or moves forward; K or moves back; Home opens the first turning point; End opens the latest; R opens a random turning point.

8 turning points

Eight turning points

  1. A minimal idea became a system

    The first hundred established the visual language, responsive foundation, offline behavior, and public record.

    Visit milestone 100
  2. Saved progress became understandable

    Privacy controls, keyboard routes, and clearer saved-state behavior made the site easier to trust and revisit.

    Visit milestone 200
  3. Every major view became shareable

    Intentional previews and view-aware links helped History, Milestones, Stats, and Feeds travel with their meaning intact.

    Visit milestone 300
  4. The implementation opened itself up

    The Colophon’s source inventory became searchable, navigable, copyable, and useful as a transparent map of the project.

    Visit milestone 400
  5. Milestone recaps became complete artifacts

    Range-aware, accessible recaps made each checkpoint easier to understand, copy, and share beyond the page.

    Visit milestone 500
  6. Live views became resilient and discoverable

    Restored-page refreshes, clearer published progress, and the new Explore routes made the growing archive easier to rely on.

    Visit milestone 570
  7. Publishing became a system, not a checklist

    Installed-app entry points, homepage discovery, and one publication record made the project easier to enter and safer to release.

    Read the 600 retrospective
  8. The archive learned how to remember a reader Latest turning point

    Return-aware catch-up, device-local saves, calmer menus, and numeric search made a long history easier to re-enter and shape.

    Read the 620 retrospective

Recent standouts