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Why Street Source Is Saying Goodbye to Personal Photo Albums
Street Source has always been about talking cars—not becoming another generic social platform. To keep discussions focused and meaningful, personal ph...
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A Year of Cleanup: How Street Source Rebuilt Its Foundation for the Future
I just completed its biggest cleanup year ever for Street Source — 174 commits, 82K lines removed, dozens of unused features deleted, new tests added,...
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Streamlining Street Source: Rethinking Likes, Thanks, and How We Engage
Street Source continues its modernization by removing an unfinished Likes feature and rethinking how members show appreciation. The old Likes and Than...
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Streamlining Street Source: Saying Goodbye to the Old Groups Feature
Street Source is retiring its unfinished Groups feature as part of ongoing cleanup and modernization. Originally built to mirror vBulletin trends, it ...
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Farewell to the Calculators: Cleaning Up the Clutter
The old Calculators feature once helped builders crunch numbers for their custom projects — air pressure, gear ratios, tire sizes, and more. But as th...
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A Fresh Look for the Settings Pages
The Settings pages just got a major refresh! Broken layouts and confusing forms are now replaced with a clean, modern design that’s easy to use. Email...
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Saying Goodbye to My Homemade Bug Tracker
After 10 years, I finally removed my homemade bug tracker from Street Source. It served me well, but tools like Jira do it better. Time to move forwar...
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Saying Goodbye to the Old Newsletter
Before email marketing tools were everywhere, I built a custom newsletter system for Street Source — and over the years, I sent fewer than 15 of them....
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Goodbye Gray, Hello Color: A Fresh Avatar Component for Street Source
If you’ve ever joined a forum and been greeted by a sea of identical gray heads, you know the vibe: bland and a little dated. As part of my ongoing re...
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Instant Image Uploads: Bye-Bye “Processing…” GIF
I killed the wait. Street Source now resizes images on-the-fly and caches the result, so photos show up immediately. I also pre-resize anything over 4...
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Why Street Source Is Saying Goodbye to Personal Photo Albums
Street Source has always been about talking cars—not becoming another generic social platform. To keep discussions focused and meaningful, personal ph...
Read More
Goodbye Gray, Hello Color: A Fresh Avatar Component for Street Source
If you’ve ever joined a forum and been greeted by a sea of identical gray heads, you know the vibe: bland and a little dated. As part of my ongoing re...
Read More
Streamlining Street Source: Saying Goodbye to the Old Groups Feature
Street Source is retiring its unfinished Groups feature as part of ongoing cleanup and modernization. Originally built to mirror vBulletin trends, it ...
Read More
A Fresh Look for the Settings Pages
The Settings pages just got a major refresh! Broken layouts and confusing forms are now replaced with a clean, modern design that’s easy to use. Email...
Read More