Changelog

• Code blocks now use a light theme (github-light) in light mode, dark theme (github-dark) in dark mode
• Replaced runtime highlight.js with Shiki build-time syntax highlighting for faster page loads
• Copy button on code blocks adapts styling for light and dark modes
• Added missing excerpt to queue safety article for the articles listing page
• Added comprehensive Playwright test suite (76 tests across 8 files)

• Updated typeface to Inter (body) and system-ui (headings)
• Added JS favicon and default OG image for social sharing
• Added robots.txt and llms.txt for search engine and AI crawler discoverability
• Added OG meta tags on all article pages
• Fixed redirect chains (302 to 301, trailing slashes)
• Added changelog page
• Improved RSS feed with full article content
• Auto-calculated reading time on article cards
• Added recent article suggestions to 404 page
• Added redirect for truncated Twitter URL
• Excluded future-dated articles from builds

• Published queue safety audit with 14 findings and 9 community-reported issues
• All verified against Laravel Framework v13.4.0 with links to real GitHub issues spanning 2015 to 2026
• Includes SafeJob base class, AI audit prompt, and actionable safeguards
• Documents root cause of two Vapor billing incidents ($140 in 2019, $218.90 in 2023)

Removed "full-stack" from developer bio on index and about pages.

Published a fact-checked blog post documenting Laravel Issue #58207 with end-to-end proof on Laravel 13.4.0. Includes before/after test results, source code verification, and links to the public reproduction repo.

Added a copy-to-clipboard button next to article titles. Copies the short link URL with a toast notification.

Short links are now generated at build time from article frontmatter instead of being hardcoded in netlify.toml. Adding `shortLink: "/my-link"` to any article automatically creates the redirect.

• Animated JS logo with hover typing effect
• Clickable topic tags
• Tag filter bar on articles page
• Tech filter on projects page
• Collapsible table of contents
• TLDR summaries
• Service worker for offline support
• Lazy-loaded syntax highlighting
• Fixed touch targets for mobile accessibility
• Fixed dark mode flash on navigation

• Complete rebuild using Astro 6 with React islands
• Migrated 14 articles from Statamic SSG
• WebGL hero canvas
• Spotify-inspired dark theme with 8 colour themes
• Ctrl+K search with Fuse.js
• Reading progress bar
• Table of contents
• Copy-to-clipboard code blocks
• RSS feed and sitemap
• Konami code easter egg
• 301 redirects for all old URLs

• "Windows vs Mac for Claude Code: The Benchmark That Changed How I Work"
• "14 More PRs Merged Into Laravel"
• "Laravel PR #59323 Post-Mortem"

• "FragHub.gg" project showcase
• "25 Laravel Bug Fixes, Tested, Verified, Ready to Merge"
• "Update: Unblocked, 25 Laravel Fixes and What's Next"
• "20 PRs Merged Into Laravel in 12 Days"

• "I Built a Free Poker Timer App"
• "Barcoder: A Free Barcode Scanner and Creator"

• "Why KPIs Work Best When People and Customers Come First"
• "Why I Chose to Build My Own Apps Instead of Taking a Traditional Job for Now"

Tutorial on adding a dark mode selector to Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS apps.

• Launched joshsalway.com using Statamic SSG on Netlify
• Published first two articles: "Using Laravel Constants in React with Inertia.js" and "Using Laravel Enums in React with Inertia.js"