Week 034 — The Anonymous Finder
Found page validation is completed, and the case of the unregistered finder gets a real answer — not a notes field, but a lightweight user record.
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Week 033 — The Reward Math
Points and stars balances get added to the user model, and the math around setting a reward turns out to have more edge cases than expected — including one that's a security concern.
Week 032 — Validation Is Boring Until the Form Breaks
Field validation gets implemented across the sign-in and item flows, a placeholder function blocks a whole validation library, and the reward field moves out of a dialog and onto the page.
Week 031 — Flows, a New Logo, and a Dialog Engine
Auditing every user flow for completion, a new logo, and building a custom dialog library — vibe coded with Grok — because the app badly needs it.
Week 030 — OTP End to End
One-time password authentication reaches completion for both SMS and email. A pattern question, a HTML spec surprise, and a day of kayaking.