Translations can now have regional variants that build on the main language and only override what is actually different, instead of each needing its own full set of strings.
The bell in the top bar now opens a short list of your notifications. Click one to go there (and mark it read). All notifications is at the top if you want mark-all / delete-all.
On public entries, commenting and sending a private message are easier to tell apart. Comment uses the same icon as on /surf/, and the old "Respond" button is now Private response.
When you're reading a diary, there's a jump to the latest entry under the previous/next buttons, so you don't have to click through the whole list.
If you like having a free place to write, a donation or subscription still helps keep the lights on. Ads don't cover it.
You can now write diary entries when your connection drops. They stay on this device and post when you're back online.
It's optional, and only for this browser. Turn it on under Account if you want to try it.
You should install the PWA for best result from this.
This is a first version, so it might be a bit rough. Send me a message if something doesn't work.
2026-08-23
Migrated the database to full UTF-8 (utf8mb4) support. Diary entries, titles, usernames, diary names, comments and messages now store real Unicode — so special characters, non-Latin scripts and emoji are handled correctly throughout the site.
This is a behind-the-scenes data migration; everything should read and render the same as before, just with proper encoding at the source.
If any old entry displays oddly (missing or garbled characters), send me a message and I'll take a look at it.
2026-08-09
Moved the site to a new, faster server.
Everything should feel snappier. Pages, lookups, backups — all got a boost.
This was mostly a behind-the-scenes upgrade, so you shouldn't notice anything different. (Unless I broke something, which… let me know if I did.)
As always, send me a message if anything seems off or you just want to say hi.
2026-08-04
Migrated the site to Bootstrap 5 (from Bootstrap 4). Modern, faster and more consistent styling across the site.
Added a new light theme with a light/dark/system theme switcher. You can pick your preference from the sun/moon menu in the top bar.
New background artwork for both light and dark themes.
Improved the login, sign-up and account pages, and made the language and share menus cleaner.
Fixed a number of visual glitches (dropdowns, buttons, forms, mobile menus) in both themes.
If you notice anything off or have any questions or comments, please feel free to send me a message or drop an email. I'd love to hear from you!
2025-07-17
Added Grok 4, available for active subscribers
2025-06-30
Fixed the tags. It won't add random words from the entry, and should allow more types of tags, like all numbers etc.
Grok is now updated to Grok 3 for subscribers, and Grok 3 mini for non-subscribers. I'm still monitoring the usage, and changes will probably happen.
2025-04-15
Removed the automatic scanning of diary entries for #tags - it was quite broken anyway.
2025-03-29
I've updated the images to be hosted on a separate server, to make the main server more efficent. In the process, some databases were updated, and some files moved around.
As a result, some older pictures will have been deleted. We'll just have to live with that. This was a change that was long past due, to make sure the system stayed responsive.
As always, let me know if some other issues come up.
2025-03-23
I ninja-added a "Grok AI Comment" button under the viewentry page (where you read your own entries) for a small group of users, and it's working smoothly so far.
I've now expanded access to gather additional feedback. We'll see how long this feature survives.
If you have any questions or thoughts, please feel free to send me a message or drop an email. I'd love to hear from you!
I asked Grok what it thought about this, and it said: "I’m here to sprinkle some AI wisdom on your entries"
2025-03-17
I removed Facebook logins and replaced it with X. Some of the logic has changed, but if you want to link an x/google account to your diary account, you do that from the account-section where it says 'Link with..'
There are surely some bugs with this, so let me know if you spot any.
2025-03-10
The income from ads has been abysmal lately, so instead of increasing the number of ads on the site, I've disabled them completely. I'll probably leave them off until the end of the month.
I did some work on the translation databases and messed up some of the multi-language support. It should be fixed now, but there might be some messed-up characters here and there.
Let me know if you spot anything else not working as expected. Thanks for your patience while I fixed my mistakes :p
2025-02-23
Comments have been improved. A lot of the general code has been updated and improved. A lot of minor speed improvements.
2024-07-01
Fixed a bug where the default private/public would sometimes not set the correct default when writing new entries.
2024-06-29
Improved the drafts system a little bit. It can be wonky sometimes with duplicate entries, and it will be changed so it's more usable.