Changelog
New tools, improvements, and fixes — most recent first.
UI/UX + SEO
Best-in-class UI/UX overhaul
- Added recently-used tools section in sidebar — automatically tracks your last 8 visited tools
- Added pinned tools section in sidebar for instant re-access to bookmarked tools
- Smooth page-transition fade-in animation on every navigation (150 ms, respects reduced-motion)
- Tool card hover lift effect — cards now subtly rise on hover for tactile feedback
- Header pin button — pin any tool directly from the top bar while using it
- Search UX: result count, category badge per result, ⌘K shortcut hint in placeholder
- FAQ structured data on homepage for improved Google Knowledge Graph visibility
- This changelog page added to footer navigation
988 Tools + 70 Blogs
Batch 40 + 41 — 69 new tools, 27 new blog guides
- 69 new developer tools added across all categories (919 → 988 tools)
- 27 new blog guides added (43 → 70 guides) — deep-dives on cryptography, CSS, JS, SEO, and more
- 94 new per-tool OG images generated for social sharing
- llms.txt updated for AI crawler discoverability
- Post-batch import fixes: 37 files with wrong useUrlState import corrected
Quality + Accessibility
Phase 5 — Accessibility, dark-mode & ESLint fixes
- 12 confirmed a11y findings fixed: missing aria-label on icon-only buttons across 8 tools
- Dark mode color fixes: word-counter, age-calculator, jwt-decoder — all theme-aware tokens
- ESLint dropped from 3 errors to 0 — all clean for production
- Retired 902 files of completed AI audit artifacts — repo 83 712 lines lighter
- Pruned 16 local + 18 remote stale branches
SEO + Performance
GSC indexing fix + sitemap lastmod + toolChain repairs
- Fixed 404 on /json-to-table/ — 301 redirect added, dead link corrected
- Fixed 48 dangling slug references in toolChains.ts (64 occurrences silently broken)
- Sitemap lastmod now uses real git commit dates per file, not build-time timestamp
- Fixed shallow-clone CI issue: Cloudflare Pages git fetch --unshallow on build
- CodeShack.io parity gap-fill: 105 new tools added in two waves
Features
F1–F6 feature waves — AI tools, PWA, image tools, social mockups
- F1: PWA service worker — tools work offline after first visit
- F2: In-browser AI/ML — image background remover, OCR, sentiment analysis, object detector, AI upscaler
- F3: HEIC/AVIF conversion + PNG-to-ICO + image-to-SVG tracing
- F4: Social mockup generators — fake tweet, chat mockup, device frame, code-to-image
- F5: Per-tool FAQ/content accordion on 26 flagship tools
- F6: Resume builder (PDF export) + plagiarism checker
Navigation
⌘K Command Palette + hosting hardening + PWA manifest
- Global ⌘K / Ctrl+K command palette — fuzzy search across all 988 tools + quick actions
- Cloudflare Pages _headers: strict CSP, HSTS, immutable asset caching
- Installable PWA — manifest.webmanifest, app icons (192px, 512px), apple-touch-icon
- llms.txt — registry-driven AI crawler discovery file
- Log analyzer, data visualization generator, SVG-to-JSX — 3 competitor-gap tools
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