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Changelog

A running record of improvements to the site, projects, and the details around them.

244 contributions in the last 12 months

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Aug 14, 2026v.2026.08.14

GitHub activity, at a glance

The changelog now displays your GitHub contribution activity with a visual heatmap showing the last 12 months of contributions, including activity stats and detailed tooltips.

Aug 12, 2026v.2026.08.12

Programs & Fellowships

Added a dedicated history of founder programs and fellowships, including OnDeck, Antler, Buildspace, Pioneer, and YC Startup School. Each entry includes its role, context, and visual preview.

Aug 6, 2026v.2026.08.06

Work history, reorganized

Rebuilt the portfolio history around Career, Ventures, and Work With Me. Added clearer roles, descriptions, outcomes, links, and responsive previews across projects and prior companies.

Jul 29, 2026v.2026.07.29

Site status, live

Added a responsive transmission banner for sharing what is currently being built. It includes a direct feedback link, theme-aware colors, mobile-safe copy, keyboard focus treatment, and reduced-motion support.

Jun 3, 2026v.2026.06.04

Korpus project page

Published a complete Korpus project story with product context, results, user feedback, scam data, product media, and an interactive portfolio preview.

May 23, 2026v.2026.05.23

Interactive portrait

Added an interactive particle portrait to the homepage. Its colors adapt to the active theme, with mobile overflow protection and a quieter experience when reduced motion is preferred.

May 22, 2026v.2026.05.22

Listen mode

Added browser-powered narration for the homepage, including play and pause controls, estimated listening time, active-section highlighting, and the ability to start from a selected passage.

May 20, 2026v.2026.05.21

A more responsive kudos button

Added a lightweight way for visitors to leave kudos, with clearer interaction feedback, synchronized counts, and theme-aware hover and completion states.

May 20, 2026v.2026.05.20

Project previews

Made the project history more visual with interactive rows and media previews for portfolio work. Desktop visitors can inspect images, video, and animated product captures without leaving the page.

May 19, 2026v.2026.05.20

Live site metadata

Added live GitHub commit counts, contextual tooltips for portfolio statistics, and an automatically generated build version in the footer.

May 18, 2026v.2026.05.19

A small wave hello

Made the hand beside Philip's name respond to hover, focus, click, and tap. Also improved light-mode link contrast and preserved reduced-motion behavior.

May 17, 2026v.2026.05.17

A fuller personal story

Expanded the homepage biography with more context on Philip's design history, current projects, founder communities, education, and prior work. Added working links throughout the story.

May 13, 2026v.2026.05.14

A more alive introduction

Added a short loading sequence and streaming text treatment to the homepage introduction and live context. The experience respects reduced-motion preferences.

Apr 26, 2026v.2026.04.26

Live context at a glance

Added the Now bar with local time, location, and weather. Theme behavior was also updated to follow local time while keeping manual light and dark controls available.

Apr 26, 2026v.2026.04.26

More context without leaving the page

Added lightweight hover previews to current projects and links, giving visitors extra context without expanding the main homepage copy.

Apr 24, 2026v.2026.04.24

Portfolio, distilled

Moved the homepage to a focused single-column structure and rewrote the introduction around Philip's work as a designer, builder, founder, and advisor. Content also moved into a Git-tracked Markdown source.

Apr 15, 2026v.2026.04.15

A new portfolio home

Replaced the starter page with Philip's portfolio homepage, project history, responsive layout, theme controls, and the initial light and dark visual system.