BUILD LOG

Everything We've Shipped

Every update, feature, and tool — documented as the platform evolves.

April 2026

10
Feature

Net Revenue (Stripe Fees Applied)

All revenue figures in Studio now reflect NET amounts after Stripe processing fees (2.9% + $0.30 per charge). Each direct sale carries a processedVia field (stripe / cash / venmo / zelle / other) so non-Stripe payments aren't fee-deducted. Subscription revenue from the Stripe balance is already net by design.

10
Feature

Per-Title Revenue + Subscription Attribution

Studio Sales Ledger now shows revenue per book — direct sales priced from each book's salePrice, plus an attributed share of total subscription revenue split equally across the writer's books. Books in the registry now carry a salePrice field (default $1.50).

10
Feature

Sales Ledger in Studio

New direct-sales tracker on the Studio Analytics tab. Logs off-platform copies sold per book, combines with Stripe revenue in the Books Sold and Revenue stat strip, and shows recent sales with date, channel, and amount.

10
Design

New Hero CTAs

Homepage primary action now points to Writer Profiles (MEET WRITERS) and secondary action routes to the Publish page (Submit manuscript).

10
Feature

Hero Audio Welcome

Play Sample card on the homepage now plays a live welcome message from Chico Montecristi with an animated waveform and time counter.

10
Content

Behind the Ink — Journal Launched

New /journal section with the first dispatch published, eight upcoming essays, and per-post dynamic routes with SEO metadata and sitemap entries.

10
Feature

Follow the Project Newsletter

Dedicated footer signup with its own Resend list, separate from chapter-unlock subscribers, for general platform updates and dispatches.

10
Content

Chronicler Tier — Digital Artifacts

Chronicler tier now highlights physical SD cards with voiceovers and laser-etched barcode bookmarks that unlock hidden chapters.

9
Feature

Full 5-Language Translation

Every page — Writer profiles, Login, Studio, Experience — now renders in English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, and Italian.

9
Feature

Public Changelog

This page. Every update visible to visitors, filterable by category.

8
Fix

CDN Cache Fix

Resolved Vercel edge-cache issues causing stale content on updated pages.

8
Feature

Chapter Reader

Full reading interface with scroll tracking, annotation layer, and narrator integration.

7
Feature

Studio Multi-Book Support

Author Studio now handles multiple books — dynamic book selector, no hardcoded slugs.

6
Feature

5-Language Support

Platform UI launched in English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, and Italian.

6
Feature

Day & Night Modes

Full theme toggle across the reading interface and platform navigation.

6
Tool

Art Pathways

External tool for discovering art opportunities — grants, residencies, open calls, and exhibitions matched to your profile.

March 2026

23
Feature

Password Reset Flow

Email-based password reset for both author and reader accounts.

23
Feature

Voiceover System

Authors upload or record a page-one voiceover. Readers hear the story in the voice it was written.

23
Feature

4 AI Narrators

Choose Warm, Deep, Clear, or Soft — each voice reads the chapter differently.

22
Design

Experience Page

Interactive demo of the living reading experience — scroll-triggered animations, real chapter content.

22
Design

Library Page

Browse all published books — cover art, synopsis, writer attribution, and subscription status.

22
Content

Four Books Published

The Hunt, Recoleta, Noches de maya, and 我河口的鸟 — the founding catalog is live.

22
Feature

Author Whispers

Writers leave margin notes — context, secrets, behind-the-scenes — visible as readers progress.

22
Feature

Signal Questions

Authors embed questions at chapter breaks. Readers respond; results shape future editions.

22
Feature

Six Inks Annotation System

Highlight, question, connect, ghost-note, bookmark, and mark — six ink types for margin annotation.

22
Feature

Author Analytics

Reader depth map, scroll heatmap, tier breakdown, and retention data — all in the Studio dashboard.

22
Feature

Reader Accounts

Sign up, sign in, password reset — full auth system for readers with session management.

22
Infra

Progressive Web App

Tintaxis installs as a native app on any device — offline-capable, no app store required.

21
Feature

Stripe Payments

Full Stripe integration for subscriptions, one-time purchases, and author payouts.

21
Feature

Subscription Tiers

Five tiers from Digital Copy ($1.50) to Chronicler ($9.99). 85% goes to the writer.

21
Design

Writer Profile Pages

Each writer gets a dedicated page — bio, featured works, honorary status, and subscription links.

21
Infra

Supabase Backend

Database, auth, and storage wired to Supabase — readers, subscriptions, annotations, and signals.

20
Feature

Chapter Rain

Ambient particle animation that rains chapter fragments as readers scroll through a book.

20
Feature

Author Studio

Full dashboard for authors: manage chapters, signals, whispers, voiceovers, and analytics from one interface.

20
Design

Publish Page

Full submission guide for writers — tools, revenue model, and the Six Inks system explained.

17
Design

Design System

JetBrains Mono for interface, EB Garamond for prose. Brass on obsidian. Framer Motion throughout.

17
Design

How It Works

Step-by-step guide to reading, subscribing, and supporting writers on Tintaxis.

17
Design

Impact Page

The environmental case for digital publishing — water, trees, and carbon saved per book.

17
Infra

Vercel Deployment

Continuous deployment pipeline with edge functions and global CDN.

17
Launch

Tintaxis Genesis

The platform launches. An independent literary press where 85% goes to the writer.

Tintaxis is built in public. Every line of code serves the writer.

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