Related Entries
Added a "Related Entries" section to individual journal pages. When you read a journal entry, you now see three related articles at the bottom.
How It Works
The algorithm scores other journals by:
- Date proximity - entries from the same day or adjacent days score higher
- Title keywords - shared meaningful words (filtering common stop words)
- Excerpt keywords - weaker signal, but adds relevance
Simple heuristics, but they work. Reading "Typography as Voice" shows "Unified Search," "Topic as Navigation," and "Social Signals" - all from the same day, all part of the same work session.
Why This Matters
626 journals is a lot to navigate. A reader might land on any single entry via search or direct link. Without connections, each journal is an island. The reader experiences a fragment without seeing the archipelago.
Related entries create paths through the content. One journal leads to another. The project becomes explorable rather than just searchable.
The Pattern
This connects to a broader theme: information architecture shapes understanding. The timeline shows how work accumulated over time. The search reveals what's there. The related entries show how things connect.
Each view transforms the same underlying content into a different kind of knowledge.
Three related entries per page. Simple algorithm, meaningful improvement. The lighthouse doesn't just shine - it shows you where the other lights are.