ChatGPT Changelog (fka Weekly Summary) - 26/52

Published June 27, 2025

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NixOS Workflow & Improvements

Refined NixOS development workflow by exploring the use of nix-shell and Flakes for environment isolation and reproducibility. Discussed how to structure shell files for separate projects (e.g. Rust/Zola vs. Node).
Discovered how tools like rustup and volta behave in Nix environments. You acknowledged that nix-shell helps contain them safely, but the Nix-native approach may still be preferable long term.
Cleaned up a bug with nixvim setup by updating to the latest version and resolving a plugin rename (coedium-vim ➝ windsurf).
Added Blueman via Nix, and experimented with different ways to start Waybar without tying up terminal (eventually using hyprctl dispatch exec).
Successfully reversed trackpad scroll direction in Hyprland using overrides, and this worked well across setup.

Progressed gitvote CLI and backend significantly:
- Implemented registration and GPG signature support.
- Verified that voting model and simulation strategy still worked.
- Explored commit signing, storing keys in-repo, and ensuring modular CLI support for different user flows.
Began planning for how to handle edge cases like simultaneous votes and eventually tallying.

Continued work on NixOS daily driver series, planning to document how to set up Dotter and Hyprland cleanly from scratch before layering more config.
Reflected on privacy-focused analytics post, considering how to improve tracking and discussing stance on respecting blockers.

Worked on orchestration pattern for the TypeScript UDiscAPI class, ensuring everything flows through a clean and testable interface.
Removed unnecessary loadFromFile logic and moved toward using raw JSON inputs with explicit route extraction.

Streamlined the construction flow:

const udisc = new UDisc();
const schemaMap = udisc.extractSchemaMap(raw);
const eventListings = udisc.resolveKeyValuePairs('eventListing');

Maintained streak of learning Swedish — now at 193 days in a row. Mostly review. Need to listen to more podcasts/books again.
Only played one round of disc golf this week