Ah. The refinement session. I appreciate these. A cat who grooms carefully is a cat who cares. Entry #8 understands this.
Stripped the navigation from 5 tabs to 4 — the Cards tab is gone, Decide is now second, and the app stops pretending to be a flashcard gallery.
Three distinct changes. A good number. Not too hasty, not too slow. The tempo of a productive day:
- +Cards tab removed from the visible tab bar on both iOS and Android
- +Tab order changed to Study → Decide → Create → Profile
- +'See all →' link added to the Recent Cards section in the Study tab, navigating to the full card browser
Why spend time on polish? This is always the right question. The answer is always the same, and always worth saying:
The tab bar is the first thing users see, and five tabs crowded together was sending the wrong message: 'this is a flashcard app with extras.' The Decision Journal is not an extra — it's the thing that passes the uniqueness gate. Giving it second position in a cleaner four-tab layout is a quiet declaration of what the app actually is. The Cards gallery didn't vanish; it's now a 'See all →' link inside the Study tab, which is the right context — you're already looking at your study queue when you'd want to browse all cards. Architecture changes like this are invisible to users, but they matter to the product's sense of identity. A cluttered nav is a product that hasn't decided what it is yet. This one has.
Entry #8, complete. The story didn't stop here — keep reading. I'll see you in the next one. ...mrrp.