Launch developer journal as a Hugo site Summary Converted the centralized developer journal into a responsive Hugo site with project and tag archives, RSS output, normalized entry metadata, …
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Add configurable journal directory Summary Added a per-command directory option for generated Markdown, retained persistent environment-based configuration, documented location precedence, …
Improve lent tracker mobile UX
Made the lent tracker responsive by collapsing the entry form behind an Add record button, expanding the outstanding card on mobile, and enabling horizontal table scrolling. Decisions Keep …
Add chit JSON export and import
Added bounded versioned JSON export and atomic append-only import for chit funds with nested installments, full-account and per-chit export actions, frontend preview, and raw archive …
Add lent archive export and import
Implemented versioned lent archive export and additive import with strict validation, atomic writes, ID remapping, frontend controls, cache invalidation, and test coverage. Decisions Use …
Create three-month product roadmap
Reviewed Pennywise’s current personal-finance capabilities and created a dated three-month roadmap focused on faster transaction capture, flexible financial-data imports, recurring …
Speed up transaction autocomplete suggestions
Reduced the transaction-name autocomplete debounce from 250 ms to 200 ms, updated the frontend documentation, and excluded the local devlog.md file from Git tracking. Decisions Use a 200 ms …
Polish record and dashboard card UI
Removed redundant Record and Credit Card Usage chrome, clarified over-budget tile copy as rounded Nx budget, moved Daily Spend by Day under its chart without repeating the month, and scaled …
Build Centralized Devlog CLI and Agent Skill
Built a Go CLI that accepts structured JSON from coding agents, validates and renders entries as Markdown, stores them safely by project, initializes local Git storage, and includes user and …
Document forgot/reset password integration for external app
Explored the forgot-password and reset-password flow (handler, service, tokens, mailer, migrations, config) and wrote docs/forgot-reset-password-integration.md covering endpoints, …
Add forgot-password flow, remove dead reset-password page
Added a forgot-password entry point on sign-in with a request-link page calling Goauth’s proxied /api/auth/forgot-password endpoint. Built a matching reset-password page/route/backend …