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title: February Update 2 - v1.5.1
date: 2026-02-20
updates:
- Minor update
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This update brings behind the scenes improvements and fixes.
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- **Content:**
- Removed references to my old landing page website
- Cleaned up [Website info](/website-info)
- Fixed links in older changelogs
- **UI & UX:**
- Now using a larger line height for text content
- Hugo version number in footer now links to its GitHub release page
- Remove colour and background fade transitions from links
- Added post title alt text to page cover images
- Now using brighter accent colour for `code`
- **Behind the scenes:**
- `404.html` is now using the `baseof.html` template
- Cleaned up empty lines in various templates
- Site is now built with Hugo v0.156.0 (this will now be included in any future changelogs)
- Removed redundant `pageRef` lines from menus in config
- Reverted back to using a `span` for current page in pagination
- **CSS:**
- Reorganised text content styles
- Vastly improved styles for lists in text content
- Now using REM for `body` font size instead of PX
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If you encounter any UI/UX issues, errors in content, or accessibility issues, see [Website info: Feedback](/website-info/#feedback).

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title: February Update - v1.5.0
date: 2026-02-09
updates:
- Major update
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This update introduces a brand-new branding, a new modal on the home page for announcements and updates, improvements to UI & UX & more.
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## Changes
- **Highlights:**
1. **This website now has an official logo! I've also updated the favicon and embed image to match.**
2. **Added new dialog for site updates and announcements. You can temporarily dismiss this for your current session, or disable it until the next update. Check out [Your privacy](/website-info/#your-privacy) to see how this works.**
3. **The Categories page now shows the number of categories & category pages now display the total number of pages within that category**
4. **X/Twitter has been removed from the share section**
- **Content:**
- Edited text and added feedback section to [Website info](/website-info)
- Added link to website feedback section, removed old feedback section, rewrote social media section and cleaned up content in [About](/about)
- Added a new "Smart accessories" section & added regular main devices list back to [What I use](/what-i-use)
- Replaced Zed with VSCodium, updated Zen Browser screenshot in [What software do I use?](/posts/software-i-use)
- Fixed missing colon in [Happy New Year! - v2.00](/changelog/2026/janurary-1st)
- **UI & UX:**
- Made colour scheme slightly brighter
- Returned to the previous split layout + added Hugo version to the footer
- No longer using ordinal numbers for dates
- Removed shadows from notes and overviews
- Removed border from page hero cover image
- Now using new logo for site name/title in header
- **Behind the scenes:**
- Converted Hugo.toml to hugo.yaml
- Removed devices.yaml data file
- Removed redundant code for header classes in menu.js
- Renamed `main.css` to `styles.css`
- Removed redundant css.html and head.html partials
- Added dark reader lock to head
- Added dialog partial
- Overview and note shortcodes now use new shared block classes
- Improved pagination page control markup
- Simplified share section markup, changed share section title
- Moved [What I use](/what-i-use) to the main navigation menu
- Now using `ContentWithoutSummary` for page content
- Removed single layout for old list in [What I use](/what-i-use)
- Added a separate set of Favicons for when the site is being developed locally (actually added in [December Update 2 - v1.50](/changelog/2025/december-27th/))
- Now using `.Data.Singular` for term taxonomy
- Fixed missing spaces in home layout template
- Card title links are now just anchor tags
- Converted all shortcodes to use `{{</* */>}}` instead of `{{%/* */%}}`
- Removed page card partial and page card from archetype templates
- **CSS:**
- Far too many changes to write. In summary, I changed variable names and colours, fixed some uneccessarily complicated selectors, greatly simplified certain sections, added the new `.block` styles and removed old ones, alongside many other changes.

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title: Happy New Year! - v1.4.1
date: 2026-01-01
updates:
- Minor update
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Happy New Year! Let's hope this year is better for us all.
This update marks the start of v2.xx version numbering.
## Changes
- **Content:**
- Removed "prev iPhone 13" text from my Phone in [What I use](/what-i-use)
## What's next?
See [December Update - v1.40](/changelog/2025/december-15th/#whats-next) for more information on what's coming this year.

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title: March Update - v1.6.0
date: 2026-03-05
updates:
- Major update
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v2.1.2 introduces analytics from GoatCounter, plenty of small improvements and behind the scenes changes.
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## Highlights
1. **Added GoatCounter analytics. [Learn more or opt-out here](/website-info/#analytics).**
2. **Now using the IBM Plex Sans Variable font for headings.** Only two font files are needed instead of 8, which should result in faster load times.
3. **Renamed "About me" to [About](/about) & rewrote some parts.**
4. **Renamed "My Tech" to [What I use](/what-i-use) & added software section.**
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## Changes
- **Content:**
- *(Late addition)* Updated links and page titles in several changelogs to their current equivalent
- [What software do I use?](/posts/software-i-use) now has a new cover image
- Added [What's on my desk (2024)](/posts/whats-on-my-desk-2024) back just for fun
- Rewrote parts of [Website info](/website-info), added information about analytics & opt-out option
- [Changelogs](/changelog) now use their own [Updates](/updates) taxonomy rather than [Categories](/categories)
- Corrected a typo in [Laugh out loud - Website update](/changelog/2025/july-25th/)
- Added previously missing taxonomy to [Website Update](/changelog/2025/may-1st)
- Changed "October Update - 2025" name back to [Website update - October 2025](/changelog/2025/october-24th)
- Reworded last entry in [October Update 2 - v1.10](/changelog/2025/october-30th)
- **UI & UX:**
- *(Late addition)* Fixed mobile menu being centre aligned
- No longer using CSS nesting for better compatibility with older browsers
- Now adhering to an 8pt grid system for most UI padding and spacing
- Larger corner radius for all elements
- Increased text content link font weight
- Changed "Read the full post" to "Read the full changelog" in home page dialog
- The home page dialog now uses the same `block` styles as notes and review overviews
- Adjusted top padding on the hero to be more proportional
- Added copyright year & link to analytics site in footer
- Share section is now same width as page content
- Removed old styles from dialog partial, tweaked IDs & JS
- Footer text now uses the `.prose` class for text content
- Added copyright symbol and year to footer
- **Behind the scenes:**
- Switched to using a semantic version numbering system (major, minor, patch)
- Created a password-protected [staging version](https://staging.whiny.lol) of this website (uses dev branch)
- Single layout now lists any taxonomies on a page rather than being limited to just [Categories](/categories)
- Remove minify and garbage collection flags from Dockerfile build command
- Updated README
- Added extra configs for staging and development environments
- Added environment checks to head to include or exclude parts based on environment
- **CSS:**
- Now using logical values for `text-align` (e.g., "start" & "end")
- Home page dialog now uses the `.block` class
- Changed font names for better readability
- Added `font-variation-settings` "wdth" value to headings and mobile navigation menu links
- Separated padding and spacing variables
- Darker border colour for `pre` elements
- Added bottom border to mobile navigation menu
- Removed `.width-constrained` class
- `.row` items are now aligned vertically (excluding `.row.vertical`)
- Added dialog styles to `.block` styles
- Adjusted dialog animation speed
- Added `.block` styles for opt-out section
- Removed underline offset from text content links
- Removed dotted underlines from external links
- Figcaptions now use regular text colour
- Added margin to home page latest content if it's not `:last-child`
- Added `align-self` to footer menu & `center` value for it in media query

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title: March Update 2 - v1.6.1
date: 2026-03-09
updates:
- Minor update
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Welcome to whiny.lol. This website was previously my personal one under my full name.
I'm still working on proper branding and social media profiles.
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## Changes
- **Highlights:**
1. **I have made the decision to start going under a new identity online, *whiny*. This is to separate my personal life from what I do online.**
2. **I've made the repository for this website public, you can [find it here](https://git.whiny.lol/brian/lol).**
3. **Versions now follow a semantic "major, minor, patch" system. Older changelogs have been updated retroactively to match.**
- **Content:**
- Removed projects page
- Updated analytics site link in [Website info](/website-info)
- Updated feedback email address in [Website info](/website-info)
- **UI/UX:**
- Updated analytics site link in footer menu
- Replaced old personal logo with a new "whiny" logo
- Added link to Git repository in footer
- **Behind the scenes:**
- Updated analytics script URL in head template
- Removed every trace of my full name from this website