—Hello again proggers—

Still on the website. Turns out the "stop looking like an AI startup" problem doesn't have an easy exit — apparently everything looks like AI now, no matter what you do to it. Also had to ask Claude how to center a div, which is a sentence I did not expect to type in a devlog.

centering a div: still undefeated after all these years

Cat or dog? display: flex

Okay let's get into it~

—Yap—

Not released yet, still deliberately in progress. This round was less "found the aesthetic" and more "fought CSS and lost a few rounds," including dusting off W3Schools of all places, which, respectfully, is ancient at this point.

—The Great Suffering—

1 — Everything Looks Like AI Now, Apparently

Kept trying to move away from the generic AI-startup look from last devlog and kept landing back in territory that reads exactly the same. Not a specific design choice causing it, more like the entire current design vocabulary has converged there and it's genuinely hard to dodge without going out of your way.

2 — Had To Ask Claude How To Center A Div

Yes. That happened. Yes, it's still funny that this is a real, unsolved-feeling problem in CSS after decades. No, that's not a diss on the toolchain, just how it went this round.

the classic never dies, it just gets asked about in new chat windows

3 — Brought Up W3Schools

Went digging for a CSS reference and ended up back at W3Schools, which is dusty as hell at this point but apparently still the fastest place to just check syntax when nothing fancier is loading right.

old reliable, if a little crusty

4 — Still Not Done

Same as last devlog: deliberately not shipping mid-rework. Progress happened, the generic-AI-look problem is proving more stubborn than expected, but it's closer than it was.

—FAQ (no one asked these but they are here)—

Q: What is a "progger"? A: A human programmer. You. The one who needed Claude's help centering a div in 2026.

Q: Why does everything look like AI no matter what's tried? A: Best guess: the current design defaults (fonts, gradients, spacing rhythm) are so widespread now that avoiding them takes deliberate, active pushback on every single choice, not just picking different colors.

Q: Is asking for help centering a div actually embarrassing? A: It's CSS. Nobody's exempt. Moving on.

Q: Is W3Schools still good? A: Good enough for a quick syntax check. Dusty, but it still answers the question.

Q: How much longer until this ships? A: Closer than last devlog, not there yet. Still fighting the same fight.

—This is the end*—

*end for now, div centering permitting

CYA!!!

Migration note: Imported from the original project journal. Publication date is estimated from the supplied sequence and approximately 13 work hours per day. Hours are a retrospective estimate. Original publication timestamps and media files were not included in the archive.