Crucial Tracks: Changelog & Roadmap

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Changelog

April 2025

1.0 (April 15)

  • Initial 1.0 release
  • User profiles and authentication
  • Entry creation and management
  • Apple Music search

1.1

  • A view of all public posts - Public Tracks - find new music and people to follow!
  • Added a profile setting to default new entries to Public
  • Added an onboarding message for new users
  • Added a rotating daily prompt feature to help you write each day
  • Added a 'Use Daily Prompt' button to the new entry page
  • Bug fixes and mobile layout improvements

1.2

  • Better content support in RSS feed (markdown converted to HTML)
  • Individual URLs for public entries (a popular request!)
  • Added 40+ prompts
  • Support content

1.3

  • Add your songs to an Apple Music playlist (instructions here)
  • Added user preference for date format (MDY or DMY)
  • Added user preference for RSS title prefix - you can change the 'Crucial Track for' text to whatever you want. (Rest of title will be the date, in the format you selected for the site.)
  • Add user preference to share Apple Music playlist URL - adds the playlist link to your public profile page, to the bottom of each RSS feed item, and on the Public Tracks page.
  • Added better prompt management - site now tracks when prompts were shown so all prompts are used before one is re-used.

1.4

  • Sharing to Bluesky and Mastodon - configure to automatically share new entries to these sites.
  • Add (optional) additional, custom text when you share to Mastodon and Bluesky.
  • Added support for passing an Apple Music song via URL to start an entry with that song on Crucial Tracks. More info here.
  • Improved the selected song UI.
  • Added RSS feed to Public Tracks page

Roadmap

Planned for the future

  • More daily Crucial Tracks prompts
  • Export your data
  • Potential Ideas:
    • Reply by Email?
    • Profile embed for your blog?