Elevate with Nordling

Changelog

Why bother with a changelog? I found several good reasons that align with my values, and here are a few of them:

  1. It gives my audience an insider’s look into how the platform or brand is evolving.
  2. A public changelog aligns with values of transparency and sharing. Inviting people to see behind the curtain builds trust.
  3. By keeping my changelog on my own domain, I ensure that I own my data.

I thought about using Semantic Versioning but since I'm the sole maintainer I'd like to keep it as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Inspired by Robb Knight.

2025-06-01

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  • Refactored changes from upstream
    • Bumped 11ty navigation to v1
    • Changed bundling to use <style> and <script> syntax in layouts
    • Moved css to separate folder and files for better reload
    • Simplified layouts
    • Improved accessibility to skip link and visually hidden
  • Updated reasons for keeping a changelog

2025-05-30

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  • Added project changelog to /changelog
  • Added a human readable sitemap to /sitemap
  • Upgraded Eleventy to v3.1
  • Bumped Node to LTS version 24 (which will be supported until April 2028)

2025-05-22

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  • Added plugins
    • embed YouTube from "eleventy-plugin-youtube-embed"
    • embed Instagram from "eleventy-plugin-embed-instagram"
    • embed Spotify from "eleventy-plugin-embed-spotify"
    • accessible emoji from "eleventy-plugin-emoji"
    • reader bar from "eleventy-plugin-reader-bar"
    • time to read from "eleventy-plugin-time-to-read"
  • Added styling for embedded elements
  • Bumped Node to LTS version 22

2025-04-13

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  • Upgraded Eleventy from v2 to v3.0

2025-02-23

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  • Added link titles for better accessibility
  • Added layout for showing related posts
  • Added label "Nordling.xyz" to posts of this generation
  • Added label "Longevity" to reflect my theme for 2025
  • Changed page "24 for 24"
    • Into a blog post
    • URL to /blog/happier-trifecta-2024 and 301 redirect
  • Updated navigation menu
    • To show the latest Happier Trifecta
    • Reordered items and updated names

2025-01-11

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  • Bumped Node to LTS version 18

2024-08-04

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  • Started over. This time with Eleventy’s Base Blog starter project using Eleventy 2.0
  • Added first post about What I'm Working On
  • Updated text on About

Previous Versions

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2024-02-26

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  • Imported old posts from Jekyll and Blogger

2024-02-18

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  • Added support for images in template
  • Configured domain name in Netlify for deploys to nordling.xyz

2024-02-17

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  • First release on my new domain nordling.xyz with Lume

2021-01-01

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  • Published the post 2020 Year End Review
  • Added more goals to Dreams page
  • Updated information in About page
  • Updated .gitignore to hide Jekyll junk
  • Updated build files
  • Renamed and translated old posts to English

2020-06-15

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  • Added link to the Bluebird Café on Dreams page
  • Removed outdated content in the Vansbro Open Water "race report"
  • Moved content from race report for Vasaloppet 2018 to Decade Review part II
  • Added Vasapodden to podcasts from the decade 2010s

2020-02-09

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  • Added José González to people I want to meet
  • Added more content to idea about Religion

2019-12-31

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  • Started working on my 3-part Decade Review
  • Added a bunch of new images
  • Translated post Downhill Willy
  • Renamed Goals to Dreams
  • Updated Dreams page
  • Updated text and avatar photo on About Page

2018-10-25

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  • Added my posts from old blog Happy kodar
  • Cleaned up some front matter on migrated posts

2018-10-23

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  • Added Goals page
  • Fixed broken category Health & Fitness and related posts

2018-10-17

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  • Moved Dream BIG from WordPress to Jekyll

2016-10-27

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2012-03-07

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