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1.1.2 — 2025-09-12

TypeScript Migration & Refactoring

  • Migrated all major React components from .jsx to .tsx for improved type safety and maintainability
  • Updated component props with TypeScript interfaces
  • Refactored project structure for better clarity and consistency
  • Improved linting and formatting across the codebase
  • Fixed minor bugs and improved code readability

General Improvements

  • Enhanced development workflow and documentation
  • Updated changelog to reflect migration progress
  • Updated header to make portfolio and GitHub links more prominent on the main page and/or navigation.

1.1.1 — 2025-09-11

Content Update

  • Updated an UpdateCard to reflect the public release announcement.

1.1.0 — 2025-09-11

Major development infrastructure overhaul with TypeScript migration and comprehensive documentation.

TypeScript Migration & Configuration

  • Convert app/layout.jsx to layout.tsx with proper Next.js Metadata typing
  • TypeScript conversion of ProjectCardSmall and ProjectDomainTabs components with full type definitions
  • Update tsconfig.json moduleResolution to ‘bundler’ for Next.js/Nextra compatibility and resolve import issues
  • Add comprehensive TypeScript type definitions for project directory structure
  • Convert project-directory.js to project-directory.ts with strict typing

Component Architecture Improvements

  • Rename DomainCard → InfoCard for better semantic clarity
  • Rename ProjectListCard → StatusLink for consistent naming conventions
  • Enhanced ProjectCardSmall with TypeScript interfaces and improved responsive layout
  • Update ProjectDomainTabs with TypeScript support and better type safety
  • Improved component imports and module resolution across the codebase
  • Update global CSS with sidebar width optimizations and smoother transition speeds

Production Infrastructure

  • Add Analytics component with Umami integration (production-ready with environment detection)
  • Add .env.example with production environment variable documentation
  • Include MIT LICENSE with content restriction notice
  • Add README.md with project overview

Development Tooling & Validation

  • Create verify-projects.js script for comprehensive project data validation
  • Create verify-meta.js script to ensure all MDX files are listed in navigation (_meta.js files)
  • Enhanced build scripts and project validation workflow with prebuild integration
  • Add comprehensive pre-commit hooks for _meta.js file validation
  • Improved development documentation structure with complete script documentation
  • Add zero_draft.md placeholders for project organization
  • Refactor meta utilities from withTodos to enrichMetaWithDrafts across all _meta.js files

Content & Documentation System

  • Create comprehensive project documentation system under content/project/the-lab-notebook/
  • Add component documentation with usage examples and guides
  • Create development and getting-started guides
  • Add script documentation for verify-links, create-placeholders, and verify-projects
  • Organize utilities documentation including meta-utils and project-directory

Image & Asset Management

  • Add optimized HomeLink retrofit project images with 16:9 aspect ratios
  • Include WebP compressed versions and full-size PNG/JPG fallbacks
  • Organize image assets with consistent naming schema
  • Update image references throughout HomeLink project documentation

Project Content Updates

  • Enhanced HomeLink retrofit documentation with updated imagery
  • Improved project metadata and organization
  • Better project showcase with refined metadata handling
  • Update project navigation titles (e.g., “ChatGPT Electron App” instead of generic “Introduction”)

1.0.3 — 2025-09-10

Update Open Graph image meta tag.

  • Add og:image meta tag to theme.config.jsx pointing to meta.png
  • Include blank.png and meta.png image assets in public/images/

1.0.2 — 2025-09-10

Refactor content metadata formatting and add frontmatter to home page.

  • Compress index metadata object in _meta.js to single line for consistency
  • Add YAML frontmatter with title to content/index.mdx for proper page metadata
  • Improves content structure and ensures consistent page title handling

1.0.1 — 2025-09-10

Cleanup.

  • Navigation updates — Changelog and shortcuts now visible in main navigation.
  • Content cleanup — Streamlined formatting and cleaned minor typos.

1.0.0 — 2025-09-10

Initial public release.

Stack

  • Next.js 15.5.2 (React 19), Nextra 4.4.0, Tailwind 4.1.13.

UX

  • Responsive layout, dark/light (prefers-color-scheme).
  • Project filters: Software / Automotive / Embedded / Electronics.

Content

  • Unified project structure + metadata.
  • MDX with code highlighting, image galleries (lazy-load/lightbox), responsive grids.
  • Featured projects on home; status tags (Active/Completed/Planning).

Tooling / QA

  • ESLint + Prettier; Husky + lint-staged.
  • Link verifier: scans MDX/JSX/template literals; validates routes, anchors, and assets; CI fails on hard breaks.
  • Static builds, Pagefind search, asset/image optimization, error boundaries.

Projects

  • E83 CAS3 Retrofit & Comfort Access — OEM-clean retrofit (case study).
  • BMW HomeLink Mirror Retrofit — complete.
  • N52 Valve Failure Analysis — complete.
  • ha-smarthub (SmartHub → HA) — released.
  • gpt-electron (ChatGPT for Intel Macs) — released.
  • Junkyard Intelligence Platform — in progress.

Media

  • WebP + originals, multiple aspect ratios, lightbox.

Roadmap

  • Project RSS, public API, advanced multi-filter search.

Stats

  • 6 projects (4 completed, 1 active, 1 planning); 4 domains; 3 featured.
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