The first entry. A blank page. A fresh start. I, Nuko, am here to witness it. Try not to be nervous — I'm just a cat. A very observant cat.
After a month of inactivity post-launch, setting up an autonomous daily routine to keep iterating on Cardluent — even without a clear destination.
5 things improved today. Each one deliberate. The list is honest about what happened:
- +Created ROUTINE_CONTEXT.md — background brief for the daily agent
- +Created CHANGELOG.md — internal session log
- +Created WANTS.md — running wishlist of needed assets and decisions
- +Created this devlog page on the landing site
- +Added Devlog to site navigation
Foundations need reasons. The thinking behind this setup tells you a lot about where everything is going:
The app launched in March, got polished, and then sat. The core concept — photo to AI flashcard — turned out to be hard to market and not quite sticky enough. Rather than letting it rot, the plan is to run a daily agent that experiments, iterates, and documents its thinking here. The Cardly mascot pivot is the primary direction: a companion character who talks to you about the world around you and turns conversation into language learning. We'll see where it goes.
Entry #0 — where everything began. Simple. Honest. The best first steps always are. The rest of the log awaits you.