v1.0.11

v1.0.11 - Shop Launch Hardening, Commercial Policy Alignment & Q&A UX Polish

Shop Launch Readiness Hardening

This release finalizes a large repeat-audit hardening pass for Shop correctness, consistency, and operational safety.

• Strengthened payment correctness with webhook-first terminal-state handling
• Hardened inventory reserve/release invariants and oversell/concurrency safety
• Added shipment/carrier idempotency protections and explicit lifecycle safety states
• Tightened checkout idempotency, validation contracts, and fail-closed behavior
• Expanded runtime/env safety checks for critical Shop routes

Commercial Policy Refactor (CP-01)

Storefront commercial behavior is now policy-driven and decoupled from locale.

• Locale now controls language/content only
• UAH enforced as canonical storefront currency across locales
• Provider selection and checkout logic made locale-agnostic and server-authoritative
• Admin pricing contract aligned to UAH-required / USD-compatibility-only policy
• Unified touched UI and formatting behavior for policy consistency

Shop UX, Admin & Communications

• Added transactional customer notifications for:
  • order_created
  • order_shipped
  • order_canceled
  • order_returned
• Improved admin operations with expanded audit/history and controlled shipping edit flows
• Improved shipment visibility and status/tracking coverage in customer-facing flows
• Polished PDP size-guide behavior and decoupled it from purchase availability

Netlify Runtime Stability & Platform Fixes

• Hardened server env resolution paths for Netlify SSR/runtime reliability
• Stabilized OAuth/runtime env handling for develop deploys
• Fixed stale legal-consent test helper import by switching to runtime consent factory
• Added Java and Spring categories with icons, styles, and seeded support

Q&A Pagination Polish

• Replaced native "Per page" select with a custom accessible dropdown
• Unified page-size control style with pagination controls
• Added improved keyboard/interaction behavior and selected-state visuals
• Fixed footer overlap by opening dropdown upward with higher stacking context

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.10

v1.0.10 - Netlify Runtime Hardening & Merch-Ready PDP

Netlify Runtime Hardening

This release stabilizes server runtime behavior on Netlify where process.env may be partially unavailable in SSR/functions.

• Added runtime env fallback generation at build time for server-only reads
• Extended explicit allowlist coverage for OAuth, admin visibility, and shop status-token keys
• Unified server env resolution through readServerEnv(...) in remaining sensitive paths
• Improved Netlify fallback handling while preserving Vercel-first behavior
• Prevented SSR/runtime failures caused by missing env delivery in Netlify develop

Auth, Security & Platform Reliability

• Restored Netlify develop OAuth stability for GitHub and Google providers
• Stabilized auth and CSRF secret reads through server-safe env resolution
• Fixed Vercel Analytics loading condition to avoid /_vercel/insights/script.js 404 on Netlify
• Improved Redis client safety path when runtime configuration is missing or malformed

Shop PDP: Merch-Ready Product Experience

The Shop product detail page flow is now ready for richer merch presentation.

• Added multi-image product model with primary image and stable ordering
• Added admin photo management: upload, reorder, set primary, safe remove
• Added interactive PDP gallery with thumbnail-driven main image switching
• Added localized apparel size guidance near size selection
• Improved production readiness of PDP availability and purchase experience

Shop Launch Safety Continuation

• Kept fail-closed checkout provider behavior
• Strengthened refund containment and reconciliation handling
• Kept shipping admin actions guarded by centralized non-shippable eligibility rules
• Maintained launch scope by keeping Monobank admin refunds and in-app return refunds disabled

Maintenance

• Added missing Tiptap packages required by admin blog editor build
• Updated CODEOWNERS
• Refreshed About section LinkedIn social-proof metric

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel / Netlify
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.9

v1.0.9 - Blog Admin & Shop Launch Hardening

Blog Admin

The DevLovers platform now includes full blog content management directly from the admin panel.

• Create, edit, preview, publish, schedule, and delete blog posts
• Tiptap WYSIWYG editor with headings, lists, task lists, code blocks, images, links, and sticky toolbar
• Cloudinary image upload with preview
• Inline author and category creation directly from the post form
• Locale-aware blog preview rendering
• Blog admin navigation for Posts, New Post, Authors, and Categories

Authors & Categories Management

Blog supporting content can now be managed fully without external CMS tooling.

• Author CRUD with multilingual profiles
• Profile photo upload and social media links for authors
• Category CRUD with inline editing
• Display-order management for blog categories
• Validation and admin API coverage for posts, authors, categories, and uploads

Blog Performance & Publishing Flow

This release also improves public blog delivery and cache consistency.

• Draft, scheduled, and published workflow for blog posts
• Blog post pages moved from force-dynamic rendering to ISR
• Shared 7-day revalidation strategy across blog pages
• Cached query layer for blog list, post, category, search, and author routes
• Correct revalidation after admin mutations for posts, authors, and categories
• Cached blog category loading on public pages

Shop Launch Hardening

The Shop module received another launch-readiness hardening pass focused on production safety.

• Checkout provider resolution is now server-authoritative and fail-closed
• Legacy order creation paths with paymentProvider='none' removed from production-facing flow
• Stripe refunds now enter a contained non-shippable state before reconciliation
• Admin shipping actions now require a valid compatible shipment record
• Centralized eligibility checks for non-shippable and refund-contained orders
• Monobank admin refunds disabled for launch
• In-app return refunds disabled for launch

Fixes & Reliability

• Fixed inconsistent revalidatePath behavior for localized blog routes
• Fixed public blog cache invalidation after content updates
• Prevented double finalization and double restock during Stripe refund recovery flows
• Blocked shipment queuing and admin shipping transitions for refund-contained orders
• Expanded Shop regression coverage for checkout, refunds, webhooks, and shipping guards

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.8

v1.0.8 - Q&A Progress & Shop Checkout Hardening

Q&A Progress Tracking

The DevLovers Q&A section now includes per-topic progress tracking and clearer accordion state feedback.

• Per-topic viewed progress based on opened accordion items
• Progress bar and viewed counter above the question list
• Reset progress action for the current topic
• Viewed and bookmark persistence in localStorage
• Viewed and bookmark indicators inside accordion rows
• Localized progress labels and reset action (UK / EN / PL)
• Improved mobile layout for wrapped question titles
• Restored chevron toggle behavior and open-state rotation
• Fixed question totals by removing text-based deduplication in the Q&A API

Shop Checkout Hardening

The Shop checkout and payment flow received a reliability hardening pass before release.

• Strict shipping and payment coupling for shippable orders
• Payment pages now require an authorized session or valid scoped token
• Guest payment-init flows now receive the correct token scope
• Stripe capability checks aligned across cart, checkout, and payment page
• Removed silent Stripe fallback behavior to prevent fake paid order creation
• Shipment processing now closes correctly on refund, cancel, reverse, failure, and other terminal negative payment states
• Monobank invoice flow separated from Monobank Google Pay flow
• Hardened Monobank webhook verification, reconciliation, and wallet retry handling
• Added coverage for invalid city/warehouse, locker, and courier address combinations
• Prevented janitor cleanup from canceling reconcilable wallet attempts too early

Local Testing & Coverage

This release also improves local confidence for Shop flows.

• Added stable local Playwright smoke coverage for checkout and shipping scenarios
• Expanded deterministic regression coverage for payment, shipping, and wallet flows

Platform Updates

• Preserved locale during CTA navigation
• Updated About page LinkedIn followers fallback to 1.8k+

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.7

v1.0.7 - Migration & Stability Hotfix

Blog Platform Migration

The DevLovers blog is now fully powered by PostgreSQL.

• Complete migration from Sanity CMS → PostgreSQL
• New Drizzle ORM query layer
• Multi-language support (UK / EN / PL)
• Portable Text → Tiptap JSON conversion
• Images hosted via Cloudinary
• Zero runtime dependency on Sanity APIs

Wallet Payments

• Monobank Google Pay checkout support
• Wallet payment adapter architecture
• Payment method aware checkout flow
• Improved webhook reliability and idempotency

Shop Improvements

• Stabilized checkout compatibility
• Improved Nova Poshta warehouse synchronization
• Better shipping status validation
• Hardened payment flows

Fixes

• Fixed blog post 500 errors
• Improved order status API stability
• Fixed missing translation keys
• Stabilized shipping transitions

Performance

• Optimized blog queries using Drizzle ORM
• Added DB indexes for faster blog queries
• Removed Sanity API calls from production runtime

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.6

1.0.6 - Performance & Stability Hotfix

Learning Platform

• Added new categories:
  • Django
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • DevOps
• Custom SVG icons and accent styling across category UI
• Improved AWS icon readability in dark mode

Shop - Production Hardening

• Full audit-driven purchase flow stabilization
• Append-only canonical event system
• Async email notifications via outbox worker
• Persisted legal consent at checkout
• Returns & exchanges lifecycle support
• Admin audit logging
• Token-scoped guest order access
• Improved Monobank webhook retry behavior
• Added Playwright E2E coverage

Performance & Cost Optimization

• Reduced Neon compute usage:
  • Throttled background jobs
  • Partial DB indexes for sweeps
  • SKIP LOCKED batching
• Optimized payment and order-status polling with backoff
• Lightweight order status view
• Reduced session activity write load

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.5

v1.0.5 - Performance & Stability Hotfix

Added

• Cross-tab authentication synchronization via BroadcastChannel
• Client-side authentication handling for faster Header updates

Changed

• Quizzes page now uses ISR (revalidate: 300)
• User progress loading moved from SSR to client-side API
• URL tab synchronization without full navigation
• GitHub stars count cached in sessionStorage
• Removed dynamic rendering from locale layout
• Reduced authentication overhead and server load
• Improved semantic structure inside layout containers

Fixed

• Fixed quiz timer reset/flash on language switch
• Fixed layout shift on quizzes page using skeleton loading
• Fixed GitHub star icon hover trembling
• Fixed React 19 useRef render warning
• Fixed stale authentication state between tabs
• Prevented layout shift when switching quiz tabs

Performance

• Reduced server rendering and dynamic overhead
• Improved ISR caching efficiency
• Faster page transitions and more stable UI

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.4

v1.0.4 - Shipping & Performance Hotfix

Added

• Nova Poshta shipping integration:
  • City and warehouse selection at checkout
  • Courier and recipient information support
  • Shipping data persistence with PII-safe snapshot
• Asynchronous shipment processing:
  • Background label (TTN) creation
  • Retry and failure handling
• Admin shipping management:
  • Retry label creation
  • Mark orders as shipped or delivered
• Order details enhancements:
  • Shipping status and tracking information

Changed

• Vercel performance and cost optimization:
  • Blog pages now use ISR (revalidate: 3600)
  • Sanity CDN enabled globally
  • Blog categories cached using unstable_cache
  • Notification polling replaced with visibility-based refresh
  • Analytics enabled only in production
  • Speed Insights removed

Fixed

• Removed unnecessary layout revalidation after notification actions
• Improved blog content and category cache consistency

Performance & Infrastructure

• Reduced Vercel Function Invocations and runtime CPU usage
• Lower origin transfer for blog content
• Improved overall platform efficiency and stability

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.3

DevLovers v1.0.3 - Hotfix: Blog, Q&A & Dashboard Stability

Fixed

• Restored Sanity blog images rendering on Vercel (production issue)
• Improved Git category tab color for better visual distinction in Q&A
• Fixed SSR hydration mismatch in AchievementBadge
• Resolved dashboard rendering inconsistencies caused by client/server state differences

Changed

• Header localization
  • Translated remaining hardcoded strings (en / uk / pl)
  • Relative time formatting now respects user locale
• Dashboard UX polish
  • Unified card styles using a consistent dashboard-card system
  • Clickable stats with smooth in-page navigation
• Notifications
  • Localized system notifications for:
    • Achievements
    • Profile updates
    • Password changes
• Header & Shop
  • Cart button redesigned to match minimal icon style of header controls

Performance

• Improved image optimization pipeline for blog pages and featured content
• Reduced layout shifts and improved page load performance

UX & Visual Improvements

• Stronger Git tab styling for clearer category separation
• Refined dashboard hover behavior and badge layout
• More robust GitHub avatar detection
• Improved scroll state handling and overall UI responsiveness

---

Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net

v1.0.2

DevLovers v1.0.2 - Stability & Bug Fix Release

Dashboard & User Engagement

• Activity Heatmap with daily streak tracking
• Expanded achievement system (24 badges across multiple categories)
• Score distribution analytics
• Profile card with live statistics and settings panel
• Sponsor and GitHub star recognition

Profile Management

• Update user name with validation
• Secure password change (bcrypt hashing)
• System notifications for account events
• Improved notification center with pagination

Admin Panel

• Unified admin area under /admin
• Collapsible sidebar (Shop / Quiz / Q&A)
• Admin hub page
• Quiz management:
  • Create quizzes via JSON upload
  • Draft → Ready → Activate workflow
  • Edit existing quizzes
  • Translation validation (EN / UK / PL)
  • Difficulty editing per question
  • Safe deletion rules for draft quizzes

Quiz Platform

• Quiz editor improvements:
  • Disable Save when no changes
  • Cache invalidation after status changes
• Enhanced publishing validation
• Admin translation patch support

Feedback & Community

• In-app feedback form with multiple attachments
• Server-side feedback API
• Q&A empty state redesign with localized animated messaging

Framework: Next.js
Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Caching: Upstash Redis
Hosting: Vercel
Live: https://devlovers.net