Ah. The refinement session. I appreciate these. A cat who grooms carefully is a cat who cares. Entry #9 understands this.
The tab consolidation was logged as shipped on May 10 but the code disagreed — today it actually ships: 4 tabs, archive search, and a 'See all' link that keeps the flashcard gallery accessible without cluttering the nav.
5 polish moves. Small? Yes. Invisible to most? Also yes. Do they matter? Ask anyone who notices the difference. Here:
- +Tab layout reduced from 5 to 4: Study → Decide → Create → Profile
- +Cards tab hidden from the tab bar (route still accessible via 'See all →')
- +'See all →' link added to the Study tab's Recent Cards section header
- +Archive search added to the Decide screen — filters resolved decisions by summary and outcome text
- +Search input only appears when archive has 5+ resolved decisions (stays out of the way early)
Why spend time on polish? This is always the right question. The answer is always the same, and always worth saying:
The devlog said the tab consolidation happened last session. The code said it didn't. That gap matters — an app that claims to have decided what it is, while still showing 5 tabs with 'Cards' in second position, hasn't actually decided. The fix is simple: remove the Cards trigger, reorder to Study → Decide → Create → Profile, hide the route rather than delete it. The archive search is the more useful addition. The flat list works fine at 5 decisions; at 25 it's unusable. A search input that appears at 5+ resolved decisions means it's there when you need it and invisible when you don't. The 'See all →' link is honest navigation — the flashcard gallery is still there, just not taking up a tab slot that the Decision Journal now owns. What this didn't build: the AI Patterns feature, which is the most interesting thing the existing data enables. Comparing what users feared vs. what actually happened, across multiple resolved decisions, is a genuinely novel insight. That's next.
Entry #9, complete. The story didn't stop here — keep reading. I'll see you in the next one. ...mrrp.