January 2026

Visual & UX Improvements

13 Jan 2026 - Improved overdue task borders for better visual clarity
13 Jan 2026 - Fixed currency display inconsistencies across the application
12 Jan 2026 - Resolved dark mode rendering issues

November 2025

Performance Optimisations

17 Nov 2025 - Major admin page performance improvements

October 2025

UX Improvements

22 Oct 2025 - Changed “Create Task” to “Add Task” for better clarity
09 Oct 2025 - Updated robots.txt configuration
06 Oct 2025 - Removed unused HeatMap component from tasks page

Performance & Analytics

05 Oct 2025 - Optimised navigation for snappier performance
05 Oct 2025 - Added resource preconnect and preload optimisations
05 Oct 2025 - Removed duplicate income data loading
05 Oct 2025 - Implemented Matomo goal tracking for key actions (Add Client, Add Task)
05 Oct 2025 - Updated tab styling with transparent borders

Theming

05 Oct 2025 - Major theme system implementation with multiple colour schemes
04 Oct 2025 - Updated tooltip text throughout the application

September 2025

Features & Integrations

19 Sep 2025 - Re-added Project page server-side logic
16 Sep 2025 - Performance optimisations across the application
15 Sep 2025 - Added setup guide link for new users
15 Sep 2025 - Enabled Zapier integration
10 Sep 2025 - Updated canonical URLs
03 Sep 2025 - Improved task dialog layout
02 Sep 2025 - Unified logout functionality
02 Sep 2025 - Major settings page redesign
02 Sep 2025 - Integrated Zapier automation platform

August 2025

Admin & Management

30 Aug 2025 - Enhanced admin panel with sorting and additional columns
30 Aug 2025 - Fixed SVG fullscreen flash glitch
29 Aug 2025 - Complete redesign of Projects page layout
28 Aug 2025 - Implemented plan limits system (Free vs Pro tiers)
28 Aug 2025 - Added entity removal functionality
28 Aug 2025 - Improved email subject lines (removed emojis)
27 Aug 2025 - Updated plan limits configuration
27 Aug 2025 - Improved onboarding experience
26 Aug 2025 - Simplified robots.txt
25 Aug 2025 - Enhanced CommandPrompt with better prefill logic
22 Aug 2025 - Continued CommandPrompt improvements
21 Aug 2025 - Refined onboarding flow
17 Aug 2025 - Updated project utilities to show all clients and projects (including empty ones)
17 Aug 2025 - Enhanced prune action
16 Aug 2025 - Improved bot protection
14 Aug 2025 - Onboarding style improvements
13 Aug 2025 - Launched Stripe payments
13 Aug 2025 - Updated pricing structure
13 Aug 2025 - Unified trend calculations
13 Aug 2025 - Fixed Redis caching issue after financial goal changes
13 Aug 2025 - Migrated all date formatters from $state to $derived
12 Aug 2025 - Added Redis caching for performance
12 Aug 2025 - Implemented caching for Tasks endpoint
12 Aug 2025 - Added “In Brief” section to Insights page
12 Aug 2025 - Fixed uninvoiced calculations
12 Aug 2025 - Improved button and menubar hover states
11 Aug 2025 - Major mobile improvements for Invoice section
11 Aug 2025 - Numerous dialog tweaks for mobile responsiveness
11 Aug 2025 - Improved table layouts
09 Aug 2025 - Simplified modals and updated styles
08 Aug 2025 - Updated trendbar and invoice components
07 Aug 2025 - Enhanced interactive feel with better hover states
07 Aug 2025 - Updated icons
07 Aug 2025 - Improved Stripe integration (deletes orphaned users)
06 Aug 2025 - Fixed average income calculation (now based on all weeks, not just weeks with income)
06 Aug 2025 - Updated Insights page layout
05 Aug 2025 - Added date range filtering for tasks
05 Aug 2025 - Updated Weekly Income Chart component
04 Aug 2025 - Fixed chart issues (now correctly uses database rates instead of defaults)
04 Aug 2025 - Implemented NavbarTrendIndicator
03 Aug 2025 - Refined invoicing notification badge logic
03 Aug 2025 - Improved top quick stats layout
01 Aug 2025 - Attempted PWA badge notifications (reverted due to iOS limitations)

July 2025

Features & Fixes

30 Jul 2025 - Fixed task ordering when adding/updating
30 Jul 2025 - Improved on-the-fly client/project creation reliability
29 Jul 2025 - Updated onboarding emails
29 Jul 2025 - More encouraging motivational messages on homepage
26 Jul 2025 - Added public API endpoint for total counts
23 Jul 2025 - Personalised welcome messages
23 Jul 2025 - Added randomised motivational messages
22 Jul 2025 - Added contact form to Contacts page
21 Jul 2025 - Experimented with Redis caching for invoices
18 Jul 2025 - Reorganised public API endpoints
18 Jul 2025 - Updated colour scheme
18 Jul 2025 - Unified form field styling
15 Jul 2025 - Added background images to authentication pages
14 Jul 2025 - Enhanced app-like PWA experience
13 Jul 2025 - Updated dark mode navigation colours
13 Jul 2025 - Cleaned up Settings page (temporarily hid unused features)
11 Jul 2025 - Fixed mobile sort/filter interface
11 Jul 2025 - Improved mobile styles
10 Jul 2025 - Added ability to change preferred name from homepage
10 Jul 2025 - Added build date display, last active, and login timestamps
08 Jul 2025 - Fixed keyboard shortcuts (now check if dialog is open)
07 Jul 2025 - Improved register page redirect logic
02 Jul 2025 - Refined bar chart visualisation
01 Jul 2025 - Added Matomo analytics
01 Jul 2025 - Renamed “Stats” to “Insights” throughout the application
01 Jul 2025 - Added PWA icons and manifest

June 2025

Design Updates

30 Jun 2025 - Implemented new AuthLayout component for public routes
29 Jun 2025 - Redesigned logo (now uses SVG)
29 Jun 2025 - Fixed task date text colour
25 Jun 2025 - Improved user deletion functionality
25 Jun 2025 - Style updates across the application
24 Jun 2025 - Added RSS feed for Zapier integration
24 Jun 2025 - Opened public API access (with token authentication)
24 Jun 2025 - Fixed Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut conflict
24 Jun 2025 - Colour refinements
23 Jun 2025 - Simplified notification system
23 Jun 2025 - Built plan stores and limits system
23 Jun 2025 - Added plan level retrieval in layouts
23 Jun 2025 - Performance improvements (moved transitions to page level)
23 Jun 2025 - Fixed shadcn component bug
23 Jun 2025 - Added keyboard shortcuts (1, 2, 3 for navigation)
22 Jun 2025 - Upgraded to Tailwind CSS v4 and latest shadcn components
21 Jun 2025 - Added keyboard shortcuts for navigation and actions
21 Jun 2025 - Replaced heatmap with bar graph visualisation
20 Jun 2025 - Unified invoice section design
19 Jun 2025 - Layout improvements
18 Jun 2025 - Fixed persistent toast issue in connection monitoring
18 Jun 2025 - Enhanced connection status handling
18 Jun 2025 - Fixed prune dialog issues
18 Jun 2025 - Settings page card layout redesign
18 Jun 2025 - Improved light/dark mode switching
17 Jun 2025 - Added settings_json for granular user preferences
17 Jun 2025 - Integrated Matomo analytics in task actions
11 Jun 2025 - Improved database connection pooling
11 Jun 2025 - Enhanced health check system
11 Jun 2025 - Better connection status with toast notifications
11 Jun 2025 - Updated UI styling for more subtle appearance
11 Jun 2025 - Improved DialogProvider event handling
10 Jun 2025 - Fixed health check system
10 Jun 2025 - Re-added invoiced task indicators
10 Jun 2025 - Prepared ActionBar for Invoice page
10 Jun 2025 - Fixed sorting functionality
10 Jun 2025 - Re-added localStorage for sort and filter preferences
09 Jun 2025 - Fixed sorting and pagination
09 Jun 2025 - Implemented shared ActionBar component
03 Jun 2025 - Enhanced database connection pooling
03 Jun 2025 - Updated app logos and icons
02 Jun 2025 - Improved connection checking
02 Jun 2025 - Added username login option (in addition to email)

May 2025

Platform Improvements

30 May 2025 - Simplified alternative stats pages
30 May 2025 - Refactored admin into components
30 May 2025 - Added health monitoring to admin panel
30 May 2025 - Fixed potential SSR memory leaks across multiple components
30 May 2025 - Simplified navigation
30 May 2025 - Improved setup completion messaging
29 May 2025 - Added onboarding completion notifications
28 May 2025 - Fixed invoice marking bugs
28 May 2025 - Added orphaned data cleanup to admin
28 May 2025 - Enhanced user data deletion (preserves user, removes data)
27 May 2025 - Added proper error page and catch-all route
27 May 2025 - Created admin panel with user management
27 May 2025 - Set up admin-only routes (local access only)
27 May 2025 - Streamlined deployment scripts
27 May 2025 - Renamed from “TallyHo!” to “TallyHo”
27 May 2025 - Added page titles throughout application
26 May 2025 - Reordered task form for better UX
26 May 2025 - Fixed un-invoice functionality
26 May 2025 - Added invoice notification badges
25 May 2025 - Improved CommandPrompt interface
25 May 2025 - Fixed mobile task form layout
25 May 2025 - Updated dark mode colours
24 May 2025 - Enhanced duration input field
23 May 2025 - Created separate TaskForm component
23 May 2025 - Code cleanup and improvements
22 May 2025 - Added TooltipLabel component
21 May 2025 - Improved chart accuracy and styling
20 May 2025 - Updated ProjectBreakdownChart
20 May 2025 - Added chartHelpers utility
19 May 2025 - Enhanced statistics components
14 May 2025 - Improved mobile task view
13 May 2025 - Updated sidebar mobile menus
11 May 2025 - Invoice page improvements
11 May 2025 - Added date formatting preferences
10 May 2025 - Logo redesign experiments
09 May 2025 - Added calculateTaskAmount() utility function
09 May 2025 - Enhanced checkbox toggle functionality
08 May 2025 - Timesheet template improvements
07 May 2025 - Auto-select functionality for single items
07 May 2025 - Fixed description line breaks
07 May 2025 - Enhanced task insert form with smart prefill
06 May 2025 - Restored command prompt (Ctrl + .)
05 May 2025 - Increased description character limit (60 → 120 chars)
05 May 2025 - Added form validation to projects page
05 May 2025 - Created EntityActionsMenu and EntityRateDialog components
04 May 2025 - Heatmap refinements
02 May 2025 - Added event emitters for component synchronisation
02 May 2025 - Implemented working heatmap
01 May 2025 - Compact heatmap experiments

April 2025

Features & Enhancements

30 Apr 2025 - Fixed date update issues (onclick vs on:click)
30 Apr 2025 - Enhanced heatmap styling
30 Apr 2025 - Improved form validation with toast notifications
30 Apr 2025 - Fixed authentication cookie issue
30 Apr 2025 - Added project phase icons
30 Apr 2025 - Fixed SQL query error (project phases now load correctly)
30 Apr 2025 - Reorganised Projects page with timesheet generator component
29 Apr 2025 - Added form validation for new tasks
29 Apr 2025 - Fixed task sort order at database level
29 Apr 2025 - Implemented popover/command interface
29 Apr 2025 - Updated all shadcn UI components
29 Apr 2025 - Added Tailwind Typography plugin
29 Apr 2025 - Created shared InvoiceTaskTable component
28 Apr 2025 - Refined invoice components
28 Apr 2025 - Improved invoice tabs functionality
28 Apr 2025 - Enhanced invoice/un-invoice marking
27 Apr 2025 - Fixed tab switching after un-invoicing
27 Apr 2025 - Unified invoice tab layouts
27 Apr 2025 - Implemented getRates utility
27 Apr 2025 - Invoice page performance improvements
27 Apr 2025 - Refactored to Invoice components
25 Apr 2025 - Fixed invoice tabs
24 Apr 2025 - Implemented multi-currency support with location settings
24 Apr 2025 - Unified settings dialogs
24 Apr 2025 - Fixed rate fallback to user default
23 Apr 2025 - Created invoice utilities for filtering, sorting, and selection
23 Apr 2025 - Added select-none to prevent text selection on double-click
22 Apr 2025 - Improved invoice marking functionality
22 Apr 2025 - Created invoiceService
22 Apr 2025 - Migrated to invoice_id system (replaced invoice_date)
21 Apr 2025 - Added invoiced indicators to tasks

January 2025

Core Development

02 Jan 2025 - Disabled SSR for logged-in pages
02 Jan 2025 - Implemented basic revenue charts
01 Jan 2025 - Started graph implementation

December 2024

Major Updates

31 Dec 2024 - CommandPrompt improvements
30 Dec 2024 - Working on CommandPrompt functionality
29 Dec 2024 - Reworked DateTime picker
20 Dec 2024 - Combined Projects and Invoice pages
19 Dec 2024 - Unified database schema to snake_case
18 Dec 2024 - Implemented password reset functionality
18 Dec 2024 - Navigation and mobile styling improvements
18 Dec 2024 - Sidebar refinements
18 Dec 2024 - Fixed task duplication bug
17 Dec 2024 - Custom navigation implementation
17 Dec 2024 - Reorganised UpdateDialog
17 Dec 2024 - Added dropdown with on-the-fly entity creation (clients/projects/phases)
16 Dec 2024 - User avatar upload functionality
16 Dec 2024 - Enhanced Settings page
16 Dec 2024 - Added Prune function for data cleanup
16 Dec 2024 - Added task counts to entities
16 Dec 2024 - Implemented localStorage preferences
14 Dec 2024 - Added sorting functionality
14 Dec 2024 - Demo content generation for new users
13 Dec 2024 - Added date filters to Projects page
12 Dec 2024 - Major code structure cleanup
11 Dec 2024 - Improved Client/Project/Phase dropdown
11 Dec 2024 - Added URL sanitisation
10 Dec 2024 - Added dropdown action icons
09 Dec 2024 - Implemented filtering system
09 Dec 2024 - Added optimistic UI updates for instant feedback
09 Dec 2024 - Project Update page improvements
08 Dec 2024 - Fixed project phase issues
08 Dec 2024 - Enhanced task insert form
07 Dec 2024 - Started project phases implementation
06 Dec 2024 - Renamed “New” to “Insert” for consistency
05 Dec 2024 - Enhanced form styling
05 Dec 2024 - Integrated shadcn Select components
05 Dec 2024 - Added loading spinners
05 Dec 2024 - Fixed pagination issues
05 Dec 2024 - Implemented database connection pooling
05 Dec 2024 - Added connection monitoring
04 Dec 2024 - Fixed multiple dialog opening bug
04 Dec 2024 - Restored optimistic updates
04 Dec 2024 - Fixed task duplication ID generation
04 Dec 2024 - Refactored task actions
03 Dec 2024 - Added fallback avatar with hasAvatar flag
03 Dec 2024 - Dialog styling improvements
03 Dec 2024 - Fixed New Task Dialog
03 Dec 2024 - Moved actions to page level
02 Dec 2024 - Updated UI components
02 Dec 2024 - Added pagination system
01 Dec 2024 - Migrated to Sonner toast notifications
01 Dec 2024 - Refactored Sidebar into folder structure
01 Dec 2024 - Implemented delete task functionality

November 2024

Initial Development

30 Nov 2024 - Add Task implementation
30 Nov 2024 - Fixed dialog fade-out animation
29 Nov 2024 - Added task sort animation
29 Nov 2024 - Add Task functionality
29 Nov 2024 - Task Update form basics
28 Nov 2024 - Added user_id to database tables
27 Nov 2024 - Implemented registration form with validation
27 Nov 2024 - Added user initials generation
27 Nov 2024 - User authentication system implementation
26 Nov 2024 - Created sidebar with recent tasks
26 Nov 2024 - Added multiple pages
26 Nov 2024 - Fixed props passing
25 Nov 2024 - Integrated shadcn-svelte UI library
25 Nov 2024 - Task retrieval and display
20 Nov 2024 - Initial project commit

Summary

TallyHo has evolved from a simple time tracking concept to a comprehensive freelance time management and invoicing platform. Key milestones include:

568 commits of continuous improvement
Multi-currency support for international freelancers
Stripe integration for subscription management
Performance optimisations achieving 16x speed improvements
Mobile-first responsive design
Dark mode with multiple theme options
Keyboard shortcuts for power users
Redis caching for improved performance
Invoice reminders and notification system
Zapier integration for automation
Project phases for detailed task organisation
Public API for extensibility
PWA support for app-like experience

The application continues to receive regular updates focused on performance, user experience, and feature additions based on user feedback.

Spot something that needs fixing, or have an idea for a feature? Let me know - I respond to every message and love making TallyHo work better for freelancers.

First Published: 20 November 2024 • Updated: 13 January 2026

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