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6.1.5 on 30 Mar 2023: fixes an issue that allowed unparsed markdown to appear in document titles
6.1.4 on 27 Mar 2023: restores Tiles component; improves Code view by replacing Front-End Alphabet with featured Tiles; drops ability to indicate publish date as a range on Post
6.1.3 on 20 Mar 2023: improves typography in Firefox by configuring font-optical-sizing and font-variation-settings; improves appearance of Contact menu in Firefox; improves appearance of Things view while content and UI are busy; fixes display of Ratings in Firefox; fixes display of SVGs with gradient backgrounds in Firefox; fixes issue where block titles may render two full stops on small displays in Firefox; fixes issue that caused Appearance and Accent controls not to indicate state in Firefox
6.1.2 on 14 Mar 2023: improves consistency of beacons on Releases and Resume; fixes issue where end of Releases pipeline would not fade out correctly
6.1.1 on 20 Jan 2023: adds scroll-snapping to Billboard; fixes a regression that caused some Post titles not to render
6.1 on 5 Jan 2023: adds Code view; adds syntax highlighting to code blocks; adds ability to indicate publish date as a range on Post; adds ability to animate icons; improves display of Billboard when containing multiple images; improves baseline alignment of code samples; fixes alignment of theme control icons; fixes an issue where Chrome would scroll to the first focused element on load; fixes inconsistent text-decoration-thickness within Menu items in Safari
6.0.7 on 23 Dec 2022: adds Permissions-Policy header; improves font definition via system-ui keyword; drops robots.txt file in favour of meta tag
6.0.6 on 21 Nov 2022: adds ability to reset filtered Things view if selected from Menu
6.0.5 on 7 Nov 2022: adds history support to Selector component; adds busy state indication to Selector component; fixes issue where Releases badge could flicker with each page load
6.0.4 on 28 Oct 2022: adds a badge to Releases menu if there has been a release within 3 days; fixes issue where release dates could appear to change after JavaScript execution; drops relative datestamps
6.0.3 on 27 Oct 2022: adds Rating, Testimonial, and Icons components; improves semantics of post information by wrapping in hgroup; improves UX of Appearance and Accent toggles; drops support for images in Features component
6.0.2 on 21 Oct 2022: improves appearance of rounded corners by masking smoothly; fixes filter: drop-shadow() clipping issue in Safari
6.0.1 on 20 Oct 2022: adds ability to mark a Post as updated; improves busy state of Release Pulse; improves rich preview fallback image; improves active state of theme controls
6.0 on 19 Oct 2022: adds Colophon and Things views; adds new primary accent and ability to set accent preference via localStorage; adds Selector component; adds ability for Timeline events to be linked; adds support for multiple images within Billboard component; adds ability for Features component to take multiple icons; improves pop-out menu animation; improves appearance of Timeline events on small displays; improves appearance of project grid on mid-sized displays; improves legibility of project links; improves appearance of Billboard captions; improves busy state indication on pop-outs
5.6.6 on 27 Jul 2022: improves consistency of colours site-wide; improves rendering of Donuts by masking—rather than overlaying—cut-out ring; improves legibility of article links; fixes a regression where Timeline event borders would overflow beyond bounds
5.6.5 on 25 Jul 2022: adds map to Contact menu; improves hobby project padding consistency on small displays; fixes regression that caused favicon to return a 404
5.6.4 on 18 Jul 2022: adds support for serving optimised assets based on device capability via srcset; improves rendering of images site-wide; fixes a regression causing polyline caps on Release Pulse to be clipped; drops hobby completion target
5.6.3 on 11 Jul 2022: improves appearance of images on small displays by allowing them to extend edge-to-edge; improves simplicity of responsiveness by reducing number of breakpoints
5.6.2 on 4 Jul 2022: improves discoverability of Resume view; fixes a regression on image lazy-loading
5.6.1 on 30 Jun 2022: improves appearance of titles in Features component on small displays; improves products padding consistency on small displays
5.6 on 28 Jun 2022: adds Billboard component to Design posts; adds Platforms component to Design posts; adds image support to Features component; improves placeholder blur-up technique when lazy-loading images; improves email icon; improves and simplifies Timeline layout code by changing from Flexbox to Grid; improves legibility of linked Products; improves alignment of Menu dividers; fixes appearance of text on iOS when in landscape orientation; drops the ability to redact products
5.5.4 on 11 May 2022: fixes issue where some Menu items were unavailable due to misaligned breakpoint queries
5.5.3 on 9 May 2022: adds new colour palette including swatches specifically for Dark Mode; adds a fourth colour stop to Release Pulse gradient
5.5.2 on 6 May 2022: fixes an anti-aliasing issue on Releases menu
5.5.1 on 28 Apr 2022: adds direct link to Releases view; improves spacing between Header and body on small displays; improves alignment of Releases menu with Releases view; fixes issue causing Releases menu to span full-width on some displays
5.5 on 25 Apr 2022: adds new favicon, touch icons, mask icon, and Open Graph rich preview; adds new navigation Menu; adds new Releases view; improves animation by using 3D transforms to force hardware acceleration; improves alignment of pop-outs relative to document; fixes issue causing polyline caps on Release Pulse to be clipped; fixes issue where some UI icons could be cropped or offset in Safari if the viewport width had an odd pixel value; fixes alignment of Timeline cells
5.4.3 on 21 Mar 2022: improves alignment of project grid items on Design and Hobby
5.4.2 on 16 Mar 2022: fixes an issue that broke Hobby stat calculation if the view was rerendered
5.4.1 on 7 Feb 2022: fixes regression on Increased Contrast accessibility preference conditioning; fixes regression on Reduced Motion accessibility preference conditioning
5.4 on 25 Jan 2022: adds bespoke image handling for improved UX, security, and performance; improves CLS score by allowing aspect-ratio to reserve space for replaced elements; restores cache control headers; restores X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy security headers; drops Gatsby image handling

Things

Updated Oct 2022

I frequently get asked what my favourite books, podcasts, apps, and other things are, yet can seldom recall them when put on the spot. What follows is a purely subjective and fluid document on how I would answer if asked today.