Updates

News, updates, and dev logs.

Dev Log becomes a category inside Updates. This gives the site one clean place for release notes, product decisions, roadmap thinking, and founder updates.

ProductMay 2026

Protocol homepage direction: Train hard. Think less.

A cleaner public site direction focused on the athlete's job: do the work while Protocol handles the structure, tracking, and progression.

Coach WaitlistMay 2026

Coach layer moves to waitlist validation

Before building a large coach console, Protocol will gauge demand through a focused waitlist and direct coach conversations.

Dev LogMay 2026

Dev log becomes a category inside Updates

Build notes, release details, and founder updates now live under one Updates surface instead of a separate dev-only page.

Dev Log2026-05-08

Builder Surface Contract + Coach Readiness

Completed the builder extraction through Phase 4: Protocol now has a reusable routine-builder surface contract, stronger routine ownership rules, and the groundwork for future coach workflows without forking the builder.

Dev Log2026-05-05

Light-Only Polish + Coaching Bridge Foundations

Simplified Protocol Training to one polished light-mode experience and laid the consent-first foundation for future coach-athlete workflows.

Dev Log2026-03-02

Onboarding Entry Gate + Deploy Readiness + Regression Tests

Added an onboarding entry gate based on auth/local state, improved deploy readiness scripts and seeded tests, and expanded regression coverage for account prompt triggers.

Dev Log2026-03-01

Marketing Persistence + Bot Defense + CSP

Persisted marketing form submissions in Supabase, upgraded bot protection from Turnstile to Vercel BotID, and added CSP directives to improve security posture.

Dev Log2026-02-27

Auth + Sync Foundations (Post-Value) + Account Prompts

Introduced authentication routes and deterministic sync endpoints, plus post-value account prompt surfaces and state management to encourage signup only after users see value.

Dev Log2026-02-25

In-App Support Requests + Security Hardening

Added in-app support request intake with Supabase persistence, then hardened public endpoints with rate limiting, attestation, and sanitization.

Dev Log2026-02-20

Workout Header Unification

Introduced a shared WorkoutHeader to standardize play and quick workout header layout, adding clearer context (date/timer) and improving responsiveness.

Dev Log2026-02-18

Exercise Editing Overhaul: Alternatives, Ladders, and Stronger Validation

Upgraded the exercise editing experience with modular tabs (including Load Logic), first-class alternatives + ladder management, drag-and-drop improvements, and stronger schema validation/normalization across routines and quick workouts.

Dev Log2026-02-13

Onboarding Restore + Routine Metadata + Next.js 16 Compatibility

Upgraded onboarding with returning-user restore flows, migrated routines from freeform tags to controlled metadata, improved preset browsing and base-weight setup, refined Profile/Training edit modes, and tightened Next.js 16 routing compatibility.

Dev Log2026-02-06

Engine Semantics: Optional/Swaps + Anchors + Catalog-Ready Routines

Expanded Protocol’s execution and schema model: optional and swappable exercises, skipped set semantics, anchor-aware load resolution, Monday-based weekday indexing, and catalog/template-ready routines—plus major preset expansion.

Dev Log2026-02-03

Builder Mobile Modularization + Modal UX Improvements

Modularized builder and profile surfaces for maintainability, introduced new mobile builder components, and upgraded exercise edit modals and weight reference selection for clearer user workflows.

Dev Log2026-01-30

Session Reliability + Execution Timing + Testing Foundations

Improved workout execution reliability with session expiry, per-exercise timing, and duration overrides—plus added Playwright smoke tests and a deterministic seed strategy for repeatable QA.

Dev Log2026-01-28

Insights Hub + Duration Seconds Migration + Builder Day Transfers

Shipped a real Insights hub with useful cards, migrated duration fields from minutes to seconds with backward compatibility, and added day-to-day exercise transfer in the builder.

Dev Log2026-01-27

Guardrails + UI Standardization + Dev Analytics Tooling

Added guardrail scripts to protect marketing/training boundaries, standardized UI imports, and expanded dev-only analytics + accessibility tooling.

Dev Log2026-01-27

Analytics Debugging, Accessibility, and Internal Tooling

Added a dev-only analytics debug panel, dashboards-as-code sync for PostHog, and continued tightening accessibility, configuration, and internal tooling across the app.

Dev Log2026-01-23

Profile Domains Foundations + Insights Hub (Migration-Safe)

Shipped the first slice of the Profile Hub + Body domain refactor with migration-safe models, and transformed Analytics into an Insights hub (Progress/Body/Tools) with robust derived-metrics plumbing.

Dev Log2026-01-21

Routine Builder Draft Autosave + Restore

Implemented real draft write-path for the routine builder with debounced autosave, restore/discard prompts on open, safe versioning, and analytics events to prevent lost work.

Dev Log2026-01-21

Centralized Analytics Module + Event Tracking Overhaul

Centralized PostHog tracking into a single analytics module, replaced scattered capture calls, and expanded coverage across onboarding, workouts, and routine management with safe fallbacks.

Dev Log2026-01-19

Engine Expansion: ModalityType + Intervals + MindBody

Finalized a unified exercise engine direction: ModalityType replaces LoadKind, cardio + HIIT converge into one path, intervals/pace become first-class performance schemas, and MindBody (yoga/mobility) lands without exploding exercise types.

Dev Log2026-01-19

Obsidian CSS Refactor + Timer Feedback Tuning

Refactored Digital Obsidian styling to rely more on Tailwind utilities and standardized color usage across components, while tuning timer animations for clearer feedback.

Dev Log2026-01-18

Exercise Picker Upgrade + ProtocolModal Rollout

Unified modal behavior with ProtocolModal, improved exercise selection with search + filters, added draft-friendly numeric inputs, and polished Obsidian styling across key dialogs.

Dev Log2026-01-15

PWA Support + Major User-Facing Improvements

Added full PWA installability (manifest, service worker, install prompts + iOS fallbacks) and bundled major UX/theme improvements into a new milestone release.

Dev Log2026-01-15

Next.js 15+ Compatibility + Builder Stability

Updated for Next.js 15+ route param requirements, fixed builder re-render issues, and refactored Obsidian CSS into Tailwind layers with RGB tokens.

Dev Log2026-01-14

Exercise Edit Modal Theme Toggle + Layout Upgrade

Improved the Exercise Edit Modal with a theme toggle, stronger mobile/desktop layout, and Digital Obsidian styling; bumped to v0.6.1.

Dev Log2026-01-14

Digital Obsidian Theme + Onboarding Finalization

Shipped the Digital Obsidian aesthetic across marketing + training, finalized onboarding/identity, and tightened shared UI structure.

Dev Log2026-01-13

Toolchain + Repo Hygiene Cleanup

Cleaned build/deploy issues and repo noise to keep shipping fast and predictable.

Dev Log2026-01-13

Onboarding + Identity + Quick Workouts

First real release milestone: onboarding flow, lightweight identity, and quick workouts to reduce first-run friction.

Dev Log2026-01-12

Engine Overhaul + Load Kind + Schema Cleanup

Overhauled engine behavior, added load-kind metadata, and cleaned schema drift risks.

Dev Log2026-01-09

Variable Weekly + Exercise Library Foundations

Added variable weekly schedules and a canonical exercise library to support serious programming.

Dev Log2026-01-09

Dashboard Widgets + Analytics Page

Dashboard became a configurable command center with widgets and an analytics surface.

Dev Log2026-01-08

Marketing Site + Analytics + Deploy Survival

Launched the marketing surface, wired analytics, and stabilized deploy workflows to protect velocity.

Dev Log2026-01-07

Builder Refactor + Schema Discipline

Refactored the routine builder for maintainability and introduced documentation discipline to prevent schema drift.

Dev Log2026-01-07

Export/Restore + Session Persistence

Improved trust in local-first by adding export/restore and strengthening session persistence.

Dev Log2026-01-07

Tools Hub + Post-Workout Receipt

Shipped training tools and added a post-workout ‘receipt’ for a stronger completion loop.

Dev Log2026-01-07

Equipment Config + Plate Loader

Added equipment configuration and plate loading so target weights respect reality.

Dev Log2026-01-07

Progression Strikes + Bands + Texas Method

Progression gained failure thresholds, bands got a proper model, and Texas Method shipped as a preset.

Dev Log2026-01-06

Weight References v1

Added weight references between exercises with validation to prevent circular dependencies.

Dev Log2026-01-06

Weight References v1

Added weight references between exercises with validation to prevent circular dependencies.

Dev Log2026-01-06

Weight References v1

Added weight references between exercises with validation to prevent circular dependencies.