CATCHUPPPP DEVLOG — i forgot to post so now u get EVERYTHING 🙊🗣️🗣️

ok so real talk i kinda… forgot to drop a proper stardance log for a while. hours kept stacking, i kept shipping, then the banner said “u hav 10h without a log” and im like oh. whole catchup dump. big one. sorry if i yap

[ THE REASON FOR THIS WAS WAKATIME BTW it doesnt even properly update 🥀 sowwy i also lost like 1 more hr of time tho welp ]

last time i teased something ghosty then went quiet. that ghosty thing shipped. clarity got ripped open and rebuilt. da engine board actually filters now. results dont look half done anymore. so thats where most of the hours went into.

live: https://monkeyspeak-delta.vercel.app
repo: https://github.com/nothariharan/monkeyspeak

QUICK RECAP

already shipped before this gap: spoken monkeytype core · deepgram on brave/edge · supabase speed board · /leaderboard hub + stats/profile · results rebuild. that thread is on the project page. this post is mainly everything after dat.

THE ‘GHOSTYYYY’ ( finally )

last log said “something ghosty is next” then i disappeared lmao. ghost trace is live.

u race a visual ghost that replays your own speed pb. not some random #1. just u vs past u. needs atleast one speed pb with a real timeline first.

built: ghost mode next to speed/clarity · desk ui so it doesnt feel like another product · dual lanes that feel like a chase · local ghost race record · lean assets

( check the branches and prs for exact stuff )

go race yourself. weirdly motivational and slightly insulting when past-u is faster 👀👀

CLARITY GOT A WHOLE PERSONALITY NOW

used to be the quiet sibling of speed. same desk family, placeholder vibes. scrapbook treatment later — now its actually fun to sit on.

idle: 3-col scrapbook (engine board · center · side stack) · inspector monkey · legal pad prompt · privacy note that ur mic stays with the tool

prompts that CYCLE: shuffle was cursed — sentences always “before you leave…”, twisters one fixed line. now ~30 curated pads across sentences/technical/tongue-twisters, scenes (office/clinic/travel/etc), signal chips, no instant repeat, custom still works. whole point is “can the tool hear the hard bits”

engine board: config bar board prompt filters the left board. badge shows active filter.

results: not just % + grade anymore — engine chip, correct/wrong/missed/extra, punctuation %, delta vs prior best, normal display font

HOUSEKEEPING ( fr)

pruned ~31mb orphan assets · slimmed sprite utils · typecheck · SESSION_SECRET same on vercel AND render or unset on both (one side = grants break quietly) · readme/comments less corporate. deployed. hard-refresh if cached.

before → after

last time clarity = paste + grade + sticky prompt + soft lock. now scrapbook + shuffle pads + board filters + current/top/tool + cancel + results that explain stuff.

last time ghost = a wink. now u race past-u on the desk. so thats there.

STILL COOKING 🍽️

harder clarity tiers · board rate limit if it gets silly · more ghost polish · daily clarity seed · kill leftover placeholder energy

ok that was a lot of catchup for a monkey that just wants u to read words out loud. if ghost or clarity feels off lmk — especially brave ppl, i see u 🐒🐒🍌