2020–2021: paradigm-threat-old — Project Beginnings and Maintenance
November 30, 2021 — Paradigm Threat
Retrospective: the Paradigm Threat project began with paradigm-threat-old, a Create React App initialized on October 12, 2020. This consolidated entry covers activity through November 2021.
October 2020 — Project Beginnings
| Week | Highlights |
| Oct 12–15 | Initialize CRA; asset browser; link refactor; web page updates; config fix; icon update; asset fixes; image clicks; theme fixes |
| Oct 18–22 | Files refactor; asset fixes; hit counter; header refactor; readme updates; video assets fix; sublink and subheader fixes |
| Oct 25–29 | Logo background; refactor asset browser and asset list; image CSS |
Core patterns established: asset browser, link refactoring, image handling, hit counter, theme/styling.
November 2020 — CSS, RSS, GoAccess
- CSS — Fixes; asset refactor; spread images refactor; image CSS cleanup; PNG fix
- RSS feed — Added
- GoAccess — Script for analytics/access logs
- Assets — GIF fix; asset list fixes
RSS and GoAccess laid groundwork for distribution and server-side analytics.
January 2021 — CSS and Dev Mode
- CSS update — Layout and styling refinements
- Dev mode — Development configuration
- Block quote CSS — Formatting for block quotes (Jan 30)
March 2021 — Logo, Mobile, YouTube
- New logo — Logo update and CSS fixes
- Mobile fixes — Responsive improvements
- Video assets — Video asset fix; asset browser fix
- YouTube support — Embed support for YouTube
- Markdown overflow — Overflow handling for markdown content
- Readme update — Documentation
YouTube support extended asset types beyond static images.
April 2021 — SVG Support
- SVG support — Added support for SVG assets
SVG enabled scalable vector graphics alongside raster images.
November 2021 — Maintenance
- Script fix — Build or deployment script correction
paradigm-threat-old would be succeeded by paradigm-threat-old2 (April 2022), a full rebuild with Create React App and GraphQL.
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