Changelog
Welcome to the Postreads.co changelog! Here you'll find a detailed history of all the improvements, new features, and fixes we've made to make your reading experience better.
We're currently in early access, actively developing new features and improvements. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping the future of Postreads.co.
Introducing intelligent company extraction and search powered by AI. Discover articles mentioning specific companies, track industry trends, and find content connections you never knew existed.
- Smart Company Detection: AI automatically identifies companies mentioned in articles with confidence scoring and relationship mapping
- Advanced Search Interface: Find articles by company mentions with instant filtering, quick-pick suggestions, and combined text + company search
- Visual Company Tags: See which companies are mentioned in each article with elegant 🏢 tags that appear during search mode
- Database-Driven Intelligence: Robust company linking system with mention tracking, confidence scores, and extraction timestamps for reliable content analysis
Fixed critical UI rendering issues where user menu dropdowns were appearing behind the Vue.js Reader interface, and improved the reader experience by removing distracting elements.
Enhanced the Reader experience with smarter mark-as-read functionality, improved visual feedback, and innovative reading enhancement features.
- Bionic Reading: New optional reading mode that bolds the first letters of each word to help guide your eye and improve reading speed and comprehension (toggle with button or press 'T')
- Time-based marking: Mark articles as read by age - older than 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks
- Improved hover effects: Better visual feedback with blue outline effects that work consistently in light and dark modes
- Smoother interactions: Fixed visual flickering when marking articles as read with optimized update handling
- SEO improvements: Blocked Google from indexing millions of tag combination URLs to improve crawl efficiency
Added smart article footer buttons and redesigned the keyboard shortcuts modal for a more complete reading experience.
- Read Full Article button: Smart content-aware buttons appear at the end of articles - "Read Full Article on [domain]" for regular content, "Watch on YouTube" for videos
- Enhanced keyboard shortcuts modal: Modern 3D keyboard key styling with improved layout and visual hierarchy
- Improved navigation: Fixed YouTube video navigation and auto-marking articles as read with keyboard shortcuts
Conducted a major refactor of the application's layout architecture, fixing various scrolling, footer, and theme-related bugs for a more stable and consistent user experience.
Articles now automatically track views and calculate popularity scores to surface trending content.
- Auto-read behavior: Articles automatically marked as read after 2+ seconds of viewing
- View tracking: Track unique and total views for every article
- Popularity scoring: Algorithm considers engagement, velocity, bookmarks, feed authority, and recency
- Trending indicators: icons highlight popular articles in feed listings
- Seamless experience: Unread counters update instantly while preserving manual read/unread control
Introducing a powerful new client-side search in the Reader, along with significant usability and navigation improvements. Finding and interacting with your articles is now faster and more intuitive.
- Article Search: Quickly find articles by title or description directly within the Reader's new "Search" view.
- Improved Navigation: Added "Search" and "Automate" (mock) links to the sidebar. Renamed "Starred" to "Bookmarks" for clarity.
- Enhanced Display Modes: Implemented a new display mode selector (Unread/All) and added keyboard shortcuts (Shift+1, Shift+2) for quick switching.
- Bug Fixes: Resolved issues with article selection in the search view and ensured correct feed name display.
Significantly improved the responsiveness and reliability of the Reader interface with optimized unread count synchronization and reduced console overhead.
- Faster article interactions: Removed performance-heavy logging for snappier read/unread toggles
- Reliable unread counts: Enhanced synchronization ensures accurate totals across all feeds
- Improved error handling: Better resilience when network issues occur
- Optimized memory usage: Reduced browser overhead for smoother scrolling and navigation
Completely redesigned the Reader component for mobile devices, transforming it from a desktop-only experience into a responsive, touch-friendly interface.
- Collapsible sidebar: Smooth slide-out navigation on mobile
- Hamburger menu: Easy sidebar access on small screens
- Touch-friendly buttons: Larger tap targets for mobile interaction
- Backdrop overlay: Close sidebar with intuitive tap-outside gesture
- Responsive article list: Optimized column visibility for mobile
- Mobile actions menu: "Mark All Read" and "Refresh" functions
You can now see how many unread articles you have across all your subscribed feeds, displayed prominently in the sidebar and browser tab title when logged in.
- Always visible: Unread count appears immediately after login on every page
- Real-time updates: Count automatically syncs when you read or mark articles
A huge milestone for Postreads! You can now collect and share your favorite blogs, newsletters, podcasts, or YouTube feeds with the world. The new Channel Discovery page lets you browse collections from other users, find people with similar interests, and get inspired by their channels.
- Browse public channels: See what others are reading and sharing
- Smart sorting: Find channels by name, newest, or most active
- Create your own channel: Curate your interests and share them with the world
Feed listing pages now load up to 40% faster with smoother scrolling and improved responsiveness, especially on larger category pages.
Improved feed URLs to use readable slugs and optimized feed listing pages to use significantly less memory, fixing performance issues when sorting feeds.
- Organize your feeds with new dividers to create clear sections and keep related content together
- Marking articles as read/unread now feels more responsive with immediate visual feedback
- Unread counts update instantly when you mark articles as read or unread
- Better error handling ensures your read status changes are always saved correctly
We've also made several performance improvements to make the reading experience smoother.
I've updated how we share content to Bluesky to make sure you get a wider range of sources:
- You'll see posts from more different publishers rather than the same few popular ones
- Your social feed will have a better mix of content I think you'll find interesting
- You still get quality content, just from a broader set of feeds I want to showcase
I noticed some popular sites were showing up too often in our shared posts, so I fixed it to balance things out and help you find content from more of the great sources on Postreads.
- Discover popular Postreads content directly on Bluesky with automatic sharing of trending articles
- Extensible syndication system for easy integration of new platforms - I plan more platforms to be added in the future
We've added a clear and transparent privacy policy to help you understand how we handle your data and protect your rights.
Enjoy a more visually appealing experience with improved feed icons and a refreshed UI design.
Take control of your feed with a new toggle switch that helps you prevent feed domination by prolific publishers.
We've made several behind-the-scenes improvements to enhance your overall experience and make Postreads.co faster and more reliable.
Enjoy a more personalized experience with improved feed icons that better represent your favorite feeds.
Enjoy a more seamless experience with improved user feed handling and faster feed detection.
Discover new content with our redesigned Discovery section and improved category system.
Enjoy a more visually appealing experience with enhanced feed item display and a dynamic version display in the site footer.
We've fixed an issue that was causing pagination problems, making it easier for you to navigate through your feeds.
We've made several behind-the-scenes improvements to enhance our development process and prepare for AI feature integration.
We've made several UI and UX improvements to make Postreads.co more intuitive and enjoyable to use.
We've made several improvements to the Reader, including enhanced read/unread article tracking and improved feed icons display.
We've added comprehensive keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate Postreads.co more efficiently.
We've enhanced Bluesky feed support and improved handling of average posts.
We've added Mistral AI integration, a powerful new model that will enhance our content analysis capabilities in future updates.
- We've improved database queries for faster page loading.
- We've enhanced OPML import/export with better error handling.
- We've added a new success page after feed submission.
- We've improved newsletter integration with better content display.
- We've enhanced feed management with faster feed detection and approval.
- We've added newsletter support with clean and readable formatting.
- We've improved newsletter display with better typography and spacing.
- We've fixed an issue where Bluesky feeds were being displayed before admin approval.
- We've improved typography throughout the site with a new font and better spacing.
- We've enhanced article styling with better layout and readability.
- We've improved YouTube content display with embedded video players and better video descriptions.
- We've enhanced Reader functionality with support for different content types and improved content parsing.
- We've enhanced YouTube channel support with official API integration and improved channel information.
- We've improved UI with a redesigned welcome section and better dark mode consistency.
- We've added a notification system with easy-to-use interface and unread indicators.
- We've fixed favicon issues with Medium.com and Youtube profiles.
- We've introduced and improved Bluesky feed handling with enhanced feed names and fixed feed URLs.
- We've added first support for Youtube channels with proper syncing and quality of life improvements.
- We've enhanced Reader functionality with read/unread article tracking and improved feed icons display.
- We've introduced the Reader view, a new way to read your feeds directly on the platform.
- We've added category selection to feed submission form and improved feed submission form with better error handling.
- We've added a falafel menu to feed cards with placeholder actions for admin controls and user features.
- We've enhanced the About page with expanded content and improved layout.
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