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Blog Structure - Changelog & Roadmap

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Execution Plan​

Organize and structure the changelog and roadmap sections of the blog, including:

  • Changelog tab/page with GitHub-style heatmap visualization
  • Structure for changelog entries with frontmatter
  • Automated changelog data generation from markdown files
  • Roadmap integration (migrated to changelog entries)

Execution Results / Attempts​

✅ Changelog System Completed (2025-01-20)​

Work Period: January 20, 2025

Key Accomplishments:

  • Created changelog directory structure (changelog/)
  • Implemented changelog entry format with frontmatter
  • Built automated changelog data generation script (scripts/generate-changelog-data.js)
  • Created Changelog React component with heatmap visualization
  • Implemented GitHub-style month/quarter/year heatmap display
  • Added changelog page route (/changelog)
  • Migrated roadmap items to changelog entries
  • Established naming conventions for changelog entries
  • Integrated changelog generation into build process (npm lifecycle hooks)

Components Created:

  • Changelog Component System - See Component Creation Entry for detailed component architecture
    • Main Changelog component (src/components/Changelog/Changelog.tsx)
    • Modular sub-components (DateOverlay, HeatmapRow, LegendSidebar, Legend, Filters, QuarterSection)
    • Heatmap visualization with month/quarter/year grouping
    • Separate rows for content vs development categories
    • Quarter-based list view with horizontal scrolling
    • Entry filtering and navigation
  • Changelog Utilities (src/components/Changelog/changelogUtils.ts)
    • Data loading and processing
  • Changelog Types (src/components/Changelog/types.ts)
    • TypeScript interfaces for changelog entries

Scripts Created:

  • scripts/generate-changelog-data.js: Automatically scans changelog/ directory, parses frontmatter, and generates JSON data file
    • Runs automatically via npm prestart and prebuild hooks
    • Generates src/components/Changelog/changelog-data.json

Documentation Created:

  • NAMING_CONVENTIONS.md: Comprehensive naming conventions for changelog entries
  • docs/6-techniques/3-blogging-techniques/changelog-system.md: Changelog entry format and guidelines
  • docs/6-techniques/3-blogging-techniques/changelog-sync-with-git-plan.md: Plan for syncing changelog with git history
  • prompts/heal/heal-blog-changelog.md: Reusable prompt for inferring and enriching changelog entries from git history

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Roadmap Migration:

  • Migrated all roadmap items from ROADMAP.md files to changelog entries with planned status
  • Removed deprecated ROADMAP.md files
  • Roadmap items now tracked as changelog entries

Status: Changelog system has been successfully implemented. The blog now has a comprehensive changelog system with automated data generation, GitHub-style visualization, and structured entry format. Roadmap items have been migrated to changelog entries for unified tracking.