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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 7. 1.

v0.12.2 — AI Tools Full i18n + DevBench UI Polish (July 1, 2026)

🌐 AI Tools — Complete Multilingual Coverage
The tool detail pages are now fully localized. The System Requirements and
Installation sections — previously Korean-only — are now translated across all
three languages (KO / EN / JA), including hardware specs and install commands.
Installation code blocks stay untouched (only labels and descriptions translate),
so copy-paste commands remain exact.

🔧 Translation Pipeline — Future-Proofed
Reworked how tool pages pull translations: new translatable fields now reflect
automatically without a code release. Fewer missed strings, faster coverage as
tools are added.

📚 DevBench — Cleaner Navigation
Streamlined the DevBench sidebar — sub-items are tucked away for a simpler menu.
On mobile, lesson titles no longer get squished: long titles now stack cleanly
and stay readable on narrow screens.

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 6. 22.

v0.12.1 — Tools Hub Major Update — 29 New Tools Added

Content:

🔧 Tools Hub Major Update (June 22, 2026)

[Unit Converters — Split + Expanded]

The all-in-one unit converter has been split into individual tools, with 3 new ones added.

• Length Converter
• Weight Converter
• Temperature Converter
• Data Converter
• Speed Converter
• Area Converter
• 🆕 Volume Converter — mL, L, cup, fl oz, gal, tbsp, tsp
• 🆕 Time Converter — ms, sec, min, hr, day, week, month, year
• 🆕 Pressure Converter — Pa, kPa, bar, atm, psi, mmHg, Torr

[QR Code Generators — Split + Expanded]
The all-in-one QR generator has been split into individual tools, with 3 new ones added.
• URL QR Code Generator
• Text QR Code Generator
• WiFi QR Code Generator
• Phone QR Code Generator
• Email QR Code Generator
• 🆕 vCard QR Code Generator — Share contact info via QR
• 🆕 SMS QR Code Generator — Pre-fill phone number message
• 🆕 Calendar Event QR Code Generator — Share event invitations via QR

[New — Color Tools (6)]
A suite of color tools for designers and developers.
• 🎨 Color Picker — HSL-based picker + EyeDropper API + Tints & Shades
• 🔄 Color Converter — Auto-detect HEX/RGB/HSL → 5 format output
• 🎲 Color Palette Generator — 5-color palette + 6 harmony modes
• ♿ Contrast Checker — WCAG 2.1 contrast ratio with AA/AAA grading
• 🌈 Gradient Generator — Linear/Radial gradients + CSS code export
• 🖼️ Image Color Extractor — Extract dominant colors from any image

[New — Developer Tools (6)]
Handy utilities for everyday dev work.
• 📝 JSON Formatter — Beautify & Minify with validation
• 🔐 Base64 Encoder/Decoder — Text & file encoding with Data URI
• 🔑 JWT Decoder — Decode header, payload & signature with timestamp parsing
• 🔗 URL Encoder/Decoder — encodeURIComponent & encodeURI support
• 🔍 Regex Tester — Live highlighting, capture groups & replace
• ✨ Code Beautifier & Minifier — JSON, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML

All tools run 100% in your browser. Your data never leaves your device.

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 6. 15.

v0.12.0 — AI Tools Catalog Live

What's new:

🤖 AI Tools — Verified, Auto-Updated

The AI Tools section is now live with its first verified batch.

Daily auto-discovery — new AI tools relevant to bio researchers and adjacent fields are surfaced every day
Independent fact-check — each entry is verified against the official site, GitHub, and docs (URL, license, install command,
pricing)
No guesswork — anything that can't be confirmed is flagged, not invented
Manual review before publish — every catalog item sits as a draft until I review it for accuracy and fit

First batch live now. New entries land daily after review.

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 6. 12.

v0.11.1 AI Content Pipeline — Automated Enrichment & Backfill

What's new:

Two-Stage Enrichment Pipeline — Decoupled content generation into async stages: Stage 1 local inference handles structured draft generation; Stage 2 cloud enrichment via PTY-wrapped agent performs deep academic and industry context augmentation with live web grounding, resolving prior depth deficiencies in summary (+242%) and why_matters (+417%)
Quota-Aware Distributed Scheduler — Implemented randomized interval dispatch (1 request + 60–300s stochastic sleep) to prevent burst detection and respect per-session API quota thresholds; includes three-tier guard system: empty-response penalty backoff (15m), consecutive-failure circuit breaker (3× → 1h forced idle), and scheduled window avoidance during concurrent launchd conflicts
launchd Headless Automation — Registered com.user.bp-agy-enrich LaunchAgent with expect-based pseudo-terminal wrapper, resolving macOS audit session isolation that blocked non-GUI keychain access from SSH or cron contexts; enrichment now triggers autonomously at scheduled intervals without user interaction
Persistent caffeinate Daemon — Registered com.user.caffeinate LaunchAgent (-dims flags) to prevent system/idle/disk sleep on 24/7 pipeline host, ensuring unattended multi-day batch jobs complete without interruption
Bio-Industry Full Backfill — Initiated paginated re-enrichment of 1,096 legacy records (summary < 1,000 chars) via distributed scheduler; self-consistent exclusion filter ensures already-enriched records are automatically skipped on each fetch cycle without race conditions
Translation Queue Throughput — Increased translate_posts.py and translate_industry.py per-cron batch limit from 50 → 500 records; pipeline cron sequence restructured to guarantee enrichment completes prior to translation dispatch, eliminating stale-source translation of pre-enrichment drafts

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 6. 12.

v0.11.0 AI Pipeline Overhaul

What's new:

LLM Inference Optimization — Resolved token saturation in thinking-mode models; migrated inference endpoint from OpenAI-compatible shim to native completion API with explicit reasoning-token separation, eliminating truncated outputs and JSON parse failures across Bio-News generation pipeline
Context Window Expansion — Increased context budget and output token cap; extended input corpus per document, recovering mid-range output distribution previously collapsed by KV-cache overflow during extended reasoning phases
Two-Stage AI Pipeline — Decoupled local inference and cloud enrichment into separate async stages; Stage 1 handles structured Korean draft generation, Stage 2 performs deep academic enrichment with live knowledge grounding
PTY-based Agent Automation — Implemented expect pseudo-terminal wrapper to automate interactive AI agents in headless launchd cron environments; resolves macOS Keychain audit-session isolation that blocked non-interactive SSH invocation
Prompt Architecture Refactor — Restructured generation prompts with mandatory per-paragraph mechanism citations (molecular pathway, enzyme, cell-type level), sentence-level length enforcement, and emotion tag disambiguation logic reducing misclassification rate
Content Quality Metrics — Average summary length increased 370%; why_matters coverage increased 228% post-enrichment; short-output rate projected below 10%

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 4. 28.

v0.10.6 Lab Maintenance

What's new:

Homepage now loads instantly — no more loading spinners on Bio-News
and BioIndustry sections (SSR + Initial Data Hydration)
Realtime feed still works as before, now with instant first render
Admin: publish an article and the homepage updates immediately
(On-Demand Cache Revalidation)
Fixed: Unsplash image domain added to allowed hosts

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 4. 28.

Version 0.10.5

What's new:

BioIndustry now shows the latest articles first — freshest content up front
Admin dashboard: DRAFT articles now visible and manageable (RLS fix)
Admin dashboard: BioIndustry edit panel redesigned to match Bio-News style
— full summary visible at a glance, edit panel on the left
Bulk publish button for completed DRAFT articles
Homepage loading improved — faster skeleton UI on Bio-News and BioIndustry sections
Minor UI consistency fixes across admin components

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 4. 27.

Version 0.10.4 — BioIndustry Fixes & Homepage Loading Improvements

Fixed BioIndustry latest articles not displaying correctly (sort order fix)
Improved BioIndustry Admin pagination (jump to last page now available)
Optimized homepage loading speed (query optimization)
Improved homepage loading UI (skeleton animation)

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 4. 20.

Version 0.10.3 — Multilingual Support & SEO

🌐 Multilingual (i18n)
BioIndustry is now fully localized.
All filter labels — regions and event tags —
are automatically displayed in your language.

Supported languages: 한국어 · English · 日本語

🔍 SEO Improvements
BioIndustry pages are now discoverable
on Google and Naver search.
Individual article pages are indexed
for better search visibility.

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[Kindergarten 🧸]• 2026. 4. 20.

Version 0.10.1 — Home Page UI Refinements Released: April 2026

Version 0.10.1 — Home Page UI Refinements
Released: April 2026
🏠 Home Page Redesign
Replaced legacy sections (Hall of Fame, Hot Topic, Failure Museum) with more relevant and useful content hubs.
What changed:

BioIndustry Feed added below Bio News slider — shows latest 5 industry headlines at a time, auto-slides every 20 seconds with 2-day recency filter (fallback to 7 days)
Bio-Toolkit quick access panel — browse most-used research tools at a glance
Tools Hub quick access panel — daily utility tools for researchers
All auto-sliding components unified to 20-second interval for comfortable reading
Dark/light mode compatibility improved across all home sections
Minor layout fixes: left-right symmetry and vertical spacing optimized

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Content:

🔧 Tools Hub Major Update (June 22, 2026)

[Unit Converters — Split + Expanded]

The all-in-one unit converter has been split into individual tools, with 3 new ones added.

All tools run 100% in your browser. Your data never leaves your device.