Site updates

Changelog

A running record of what's been added, refined, and refreshed here — from the reflections to the design language to the quiet work behind the scenes.

01 · 2 updates

Reflections

April 2026

Renamed teachings → reflections

The blog is now called Reflections — felt more honest to what the writing actually is.

April 2026

First reflection published

Published the first reflection: "The Power of the Pause".

02 · 3 updates

Design & Experience

May 2026

Site footer added

A quiet footer with the site's links and a gentle prompt to subscribe.

April 2026

Removed placeholder pages

Cleared the empty /projects, /experiments, and /logos placeholder pages. Better to ship things than promise them.

April 2026

Site launched

The site went live — minimal warm design, an MDX blog, a newsletter signup, and not much else.

03 · 3 updates

Newsletter

April 2026

Subscriber list seeded from past contacts

Seeded the newsletter list with close contacts and the first organic sign-ups.

April 2026

First newsletter sent

First newsletter went out — a quiet test to make sure the pipeline works end-to-end.

April 2026

Newsletter system live

Subscribe and unsubscribe work end-to-end. Newsletters compose and send from the Artha admin.

04 · 1 update

Reach & Discovery

May 2026

SEO foundations: sitemap, robots, OG metadata

The site is now properly discoverable — clean metadata, a sitemap, and OG previews for shared links.

05 · 3 updates

Behind the Scenes

May 2026

Changelog launched

Started keeping a running record of what changes around here — what gets added, refined, and shipped.

May 2026

Vercel Web Analytics

Installed @vercel/analytics and mounted <Analytics /> in the root layout. Lightweight, privacy-friendly, free for this project's traffic.

April 2026

Cloudflare Turnstile on the subscribe form

Bot protection on POST /api/subscribe via Cloudflare Turnstile. Verification token validated server-side before insert.

For a full date-stamped log of every change — including the smaller technical entries — see the internal changelog.