OTB Improvements
I spent some time today polishing up One to Better.
Nothing flashy, just small upgrades that make reading, discovering, and navigating the site a little smoother. The kind of changes you don’t always notice right away, but you feel from a UX perspective.
What’s new:
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Better reading flow Reading time indicators, cleaner excerpts on the homepage, clearer “Read more →” links, and related posts at the end of articles.
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Easier discovery A quick search (Cmd/Ctrl+K) and a proper RSS feed at
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Smoother experience Dark mode, a mobile-friendly menu, a transparent logo that works in both themes, and a lightweight loading screen. I built the logo using Lovart.
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Why the loader exists Content was originally pulled from Notion and load times were too slow. The animated loader was there to make that wait feel intentional instead of broken, but I converted the site back to standard static pages for speed and decided to leave the loader.
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Behind the scenes Solid SEO basics: meta tags, social cards, canonical URLs—the boring stuff that helps things last.
This site is still about small steps. These updates are just part of that same idea: improve a little, then move on.