Captured 27 finds from the daily sweep across 15 sources (Daring
Fireball, HN Show HN, Kottke, Wallpaper, Outbound, Uncommon Goods,
Kikkerland, BIFL, Quote Investigator, Marginalian, r/dadjokes,
icanhazdadjoke, r/shortcuts, Recomendo, Messy Nessy) plus one user-
suggested find (valchoose-barf-bags) and 11 additional reader-
suggestion finds (appcleaner, blip, cleanmykeyboard, clocker,
daisydisk, ia-writer, launchos, macfolio, mos, vivid, wallspace).
New reviews: monitorcontrol (graduated from today's reader
suggestion, category interface) and blip (graduated from today's
reader suggestion, category indie). Both registered in hero.ts.
Site tooling: new dev-only POST /api/set-pick middleware that
rewrites HERO_SLUG in src/pages/index.astro for the Make today's
pick action. EditConfirm reworked to support a non-copy "set-pick"
mode; EditAction takes action and slug props; the reviews template
switches the toolbar button over to the new wiring.
Log + candidate-sources updated. Two new candidates: Routinehub.co
and Moss & Fog.
Adds the Vite-middleware backend that the refactored FindCard tag picker
POSTs to (writes editorialTags into find frontmatter). Without it the
in-card tag toggles 404 in dev. Also registers timelined's hero in the
heroes map so it shows up on the home grid.
UI / dev tooling
- /find/ index: sort by file birthtime desc (sub-day chronology even when
many finds share the same frontmatter date); render the captured-at on
its own line under the host (~0.65rem mono muted)
- New dev-only filter at the top of /find/: All / Not in lists, persisted
in localStorage; "not in lists" hides finds referenced by any superpost
- New editorial-tags chip strip on each find card (dev-only): selected
tags visible by default, full picker on hover/focus-within with a "…"
button for arbitrary tag entry; clicks copy /edit-find-tag <slug> <tag>
to the clipboard via the existing EditConfirm singleton
- New optional editorialTags: string[] field on the find collection
- New src/data/editorial-tags.json — master list of available tags (initial
set: ["delete"]); display order follows file order
/grid/ now uses the JS Masonry component instead of CSS column-count, so
the middle column no longer "dips"; tile hover updated to match the home
page's accent-glow / no-translate style
Content
- New review: apex-markdown-processor (graduated from find of same slug;
hero reused from the find folder)
- New review: sindre-sorhus-older-mac-apps (graduated; intentionally
hero-less per the source page's text-only design)
- New review: superkey (added by user; hero wired in src/lib/hero.ts)
- 24 new finds captured by /daily-finds across travel, jokes, quotes,
product picks, and indie tools
- 2 new finds superposts: 2026-05-04-a-small-atlas, 2026-05-04-off-until-needed
Misc
- daily-finds.log.md and candidate-sources.md updated with the day's runs
- build-finds skill prompt iterated by user
A small Astro + MDX blog for delightful, daily-use finds. The architecture
separates capture from publication and supports reuse:
- find/ captured items, hidden from indexes
- finds/ editorial superposts referencing find slugs in a grid
- reviews/ full-length writeups; can graduate from a find via fromFind
- posts/ regular essays
Three project-local skills under .claude/skills/ drive the pipeline:
daily-finds (capture-only sweep across sources.json), build-finds (draft
a thematic superpost), build-review (graduate a find).
sources.json carries 47 curated feeds with per-source fetch strategy
(webfetch / curl / skip) so Cloudflare-blocked sites and Reddit JSON
endpoints are handled deterministically. /sources renders a 3-column
card stream with a "Recent finds" cross-reference per source.
Seeds: 17 reviews and one superpost referencing 5 finds.
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