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the new "channels" system is complete. 🔥 the CSS is not; after wondering why several attempted fixes did nothing I found a syntax error in the CSS file. now they have all been applied and it looks bad 💡 the emphasis fix took 5 minutes

the new glasses ... i have decided on one pair. the second pair is 30% off, i am debating which (if any) I will get.

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a project reaches a point where the "possible work" increases faster than the "valuable" work.

i could add more test files. but why? 🔥 tests are good! 💡 tests create friction against certain types of change. when those changes are bad, this is a good thing. but, if you know there will be changes, the tests simply mean you have to change more things.

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the "quotes" system is too fragile. none of the metadata is getting populated by LLM. the metadata is also very rarely displayed.

is this worth my time?

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💬 all computer systems expand until they are able to send email.

i still call them emails. Do I want "email to post"? Do I want "send emails to readers"? 🔥 it still seems like the wrong choice to try to convert this to a "newsletter" format

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i could support "ISBN" tags. but that might need (or at least want) the "new parser" I talked about a few weeks ago, as an example of something the machine should be able to do, but can't.

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those are questions for next week. and the answers will be (at least partly) based on "what other things do I have going on".