site changes
release notes, feature updates, and design iteration log.
Added
- Published a new article: 'Discovering Osho' reflecting on consciousness, Kalkiesque energy, objective art, and spiritual practices in Bikaner.
Added
- Published a new article: 'A Responsible "Hippie"' redefining unconventional living, Goan memories, and the balance between counter-culture and financial grounding.
Added
- Published a new article: 'A F*cked Family & Society' discussing control systems, colonization effects, and the path to financial freedom.
Changed
- Removed technical articles ('Historical Profiles' and 'Streaming Byte Cap') from the essays section by properly classifying them under tech tags.
Added
- Dedicated 'music' section showing upcoming plans and a stay tuned message.
- Collapsible and expandable side-nav navigation bar that is always visible on all pages and viewports.
- Touch slide gesture support to switch sections in the SideNav by sliding a finger across icons on mobile.
- Hover-based debounced section switching on desktop for immediate page shifting.
Changed
- Enlarged the 'neural manacle' logo header text in the top navigation bar for bolder aesthetics.
- Repositioned the social media links directly under the logo title on mobile viewport sizes to save space.
- Increased the vertical height of the SideNav bar and expanded spacing between section icons for a more premium look.
- Shifted main mobile layout padding to accommodate the collapsed SideNav strip on the left.
- Optimized bookshelf load times by pointing book cover URLs directly to Open Library CDN, bypassing the server-side API proxy.
Added
- Collapsible photography section titled 'North Goa, India' displaying a personal note, a featured photo, and a grid of 53 other optimized photos.
- Collapsible photography section titled 'Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India' displaying a grid of 21 optimized photos.
- Collapsible photography section titled 'Dharamkot & Mcleodganj, Himachal Pradesh, India' displaying a grid of 38 optimized photos.
- Published two new poems: 'These Are The Times' and 'Churned Are The Masses'.
- Collapsible photography section titled 'Kochi, Kerala, India' displaying a grid of 19 optimized photos.
- Published two new articles: 'All The Judgement is Inside You Baby.' and 'I live in India but I'm English.'.
- Added a new 'poetry' tab to showcase articles tagged with 'poetry'.
Changed
- Renamed the 'philosophy' tab, state, and related tags to 'writing'.
- Removed the 'manhood' tab, articles filter, and footnote from the homepage.
- Updated homepage subtitle to 'walking back the hippie trail' with a flowing pastel rainbow text animation.
Changed
- Switched primary social communication channel from X (Twitter) to Bluesky (@neuralmanacle.bsky.social).
Added
- In-site command search palette (accessible via Cmd+K or navigation trigger).
- Granular taxonomy tag cloud on the homepage to filter posts dynamically.
- Dedicated '/changes' changelog feed to track portfolio feature releases.
Changed
- Unified CSS layout and fonts to use Geist and Geist Mono across all components.
Added
- Interactive dot grid background shader using WebGL.
Fixed
- Article layout responsiveness on narrow mobile viewpoints.
Added
- Plausible Analytics script integration for privacy-first metrics.
- RSS feed generator at /feed.xml for syndicating posts.