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Don't Make Them Earn It

March 25, 20266 min read

The landing page had a story, but it buried the best part. Moving work to the front, adding recent writing, and giving visitors a reason to reach out.

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Testing What You Haven't Built Yet

March 21, 20265 min read

A broken tag input for new mentors revealed that our migration testing only covered existing users, not the people who would come next

Donation Mentoring

Preparing for the Cloud

March 15, 20266 min read

A beautiful new interface still talking to the old backend. Before Manuscript Alert can live on the cloud, it needs versioned APIs, configurable settings, and a way to show progress in real time.

The New Face

March 14, 20267 min read

Seven posts of invisible work behind the scenes. This is where the migration becomes something researchers can actually see and touch -- a completely redesigned interface built for how they actually work.

Manuscript Alert

Frontend

Design

Automating Trust

March 12, 20266 min read

Tests only protect you when they run. We built an automated pipeline that checks every line of code on every push, so no broken change sneaks through.

Manuscript Alert

CI/CD

DevOps

Building the Safety Net

March 11, 20266 min read

Having an active power user covers a lot of ground, but edge cases and rarely used features need their own guardrails. We built automated tests covering every endpoint, every scoring path, and every workflow before the next wave of changes.

Manuscript Alert

Testing

Quality

Upgrading the Toolkit

March 10, 20265 min read

Before building something new, we needed modern foundations. Three major upgrades, fewer config files, and a toolkit ready for what's ahead.

Manuscript Alert

Frontend

React

Finding the Right Shape

March 9, 20265 min read

The pieces were separated but scattered across different levels. We gave everything one clear home so the project could finally explain itself.

Manuscript Alert

Backend

Architecture

Making Space for What's Next

March 8, 20265 min read

When one file tries to do everything, nothing gets better. We reorganized the backend so each part of the app has room to grow.

Manuscript Alert

Backend

Refactoring

Organizing the Workshop

March 7, 20264 min read

DK had already added a frontend/ folder. The Python code needed a matching home. This commit gives the project clear top-level boundaries.

Manuscript Alert

Backend

Architecture

Drawing the Map Before the Journey

March 5, 20265 min read

Why I wrote an 88-line migration plan before touching a single line of code, and the 7-step roadmap that keeps Manuscript Alert working at every stage

Manuscript Alert

Architecture

Planning

Saying Goodbye to Streamlit

March 3, 20265 min read

How we moved Manuscript Alert from a Streamlit prototype to a modern React + FastAPI stack, and why the decision took longer than the cleanup itself

Manuscript Alert

Migration

The Missing Patents Section

February 21, 20264 min read

The ProfileCard said '5 Patents' but there was nowhere to find them. So I added a patents section to the About page.

Portfolio

Making Mentor Profiles Shareable

February 20, 20264 min read

How a missing share button on Donation Mentoring turned into a permalink feature that mentors actually use

Donation Mentoring

Lost in the Middle

February 13, 20266 min read

v2.8.1

My portfolio had a great first impression and solid work samples. But the middle was empty. Here's how I filled the gap between hello and here's my work.

Portfolio