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Ideas, experiments, and progress
from behind the scenes.
After the big expansion in scope, the following week was less about announcing another idea and more about supporting the one already chosen. The recorded work included improvements to record-type…
Read the story : Giving the broader vault room to growThis is the clearest turning point in the recorded history. Around 1–2 August, the application stopped treating every saved item as a software licence. Software License, Secure Note and Login…
Read the story : When License Vault became QueVaultThe 25 July checkpoint returned to importing, this time with more attention to particular source applications. Early mSecure 6 CSV detection began recognising its structure and preserving flexible fields for…
Read the story : Learning from the files people actually exportThis week’s recorded work concentrated on the transition between a locked vault and the main application. The unlock screen became a clean, full-screen experience, rather than leaving the sidebar visible…
Read the story : A locked vault should feel lockedThe 6 July checkpoint made the growing import workflow easier to understand and gave some other tools a clearer home. Backup Now and Restore moved into a dedicated Backup/Restore window,…
Read the story : Separating everyday tools from preferencesA look at the native Swift project, blueprint terminals, droid artwork, and the practical work behind them.
Read the story : Paradroid: a new look inside the shipRecent work on remote video streaming and keeping the viewing controls out of the way.
Read the story : Media Browser: large files, small detailsHow a software licence manager has grown into a more flexible personal vault, and where development is heading next.
Read the story : QueVault: beyond software licencesIt has been a while. Quite a while, in fact. The last time I wrote properly about my Paradroid remake, it was running in GameMaker, the doors had finally learned…
Read the story : Returning to the Dreadnought: Rebuilding Paradroid for Apple PlatformsA proper front door for the Swift remake: mission instructions, lifetime statistics, credits, and a high scores board, with a compact menu shaped by a few visual experiments.
Read the story : Paradroid 202x: welcome aboard