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Devlog #2
Velora is now starting to feel more like an actual desktop environment. Today I focused on the functionality and smoothness of the apps.
Current features:
🌤️ Live weather widget with real data
🕒 12/24 hour clock support
🔍 Search system that can open Velora apps and search Google
🎨 Theme switching
🧮 Working calculator
📝 Notes app
There were definitely some bugs along the way (especially breaking things while trying to improve them), but fixing those problems has been the most stimulating part of this project. I’m willing to do what it takes to get this up and functioning.
🍯 Honeydew is officially shipped!
After fixing the final bugs and getting Honeydew running 24/7 on a server, I can finally say the project is complete. This project started as a simple idea for a Slack bot, but it ended up becoming much more than that. I added features like cat facts, cat moods, cat quotes, animal quizzes, slash commands, and more. The process definitely had its challenges. There were plenty of bugs, confusing errors, deployment issues, and moments where I had no idea why something suddenly stopped working 😭 But working through each problem taught me a lot about JavaScript, Node.js, Slack Bolt, GitHub, and deploying projects to a server. I’m really happy with how Honeydew turned out and proud that I was able to take it from an idea to a working project running 24/7.Thanks to everyone who helped and gave feedback throughout the process — and to ChatGPT for helping me understand and debug parts of the code along the way.🍯🐱🚀
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🐱 Honeydew Devlog #2
Honeydew is slowly becoming an actual bot instead of just existing in my code editor 😭I got it to respond to different ways of asking for cat facts, like: “give me a cat fact” “tell me something about cats” “another one” “more” And instead of giving the same answer every time, it grabs new cat facts from an API 🐱✨There were definitely some moments where I thought the code was working… and then Honeydew completely ignored me 💀 But after a lot of testing, debugging, and restarting the bot approximately 500 times, it’s finally starting to feel like a real project. Next up: making Honeydew even smarter and adding more features 👀.
Day 1 of building my own web OS 💻I started making something called VELORA, which is basically my attempt at creating my own browser-based operating system from scratch. Right now it doesn’t have much: a live clock, glassy widgets, and—my favorite part—THE WIDGETS ARE DRAGGABLE 😭It’s still very early and definitely not an actual OS yet, but watching it slowly start to look like a real desktop is honestly so cool. I want to add a Start Menu, actual apps, customizable wallpapers, desktop icons, and probably way too many features because I have no idea how to stop adding ideas 💀Anyway, VELORA is officially in development 🚀✨
🍯 Honeydew Dev log #1
So… I’m making an app called Honeydew! 🚀I’ve officially set up the project, created the files, and somehow managed to get the tokens working after staring at my screen for way too long 😭There were definitely some errors along the way, including one where both of my tokens were saying false, and I genuinely thought I had broken everything 💀 But after some troubleshooting… THEY FINALLY WORKED. Next up: creating the actual index.js file — aka the part where Honeydew starts becoming an actual functioning app instead of just a folder full of files and hope. I have absolutely no idea how this is going to go, but we’re building it anyway…
