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A new feature for my blog, built using my voice

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Briefings

The author shipped a new feature on October 9, 2026, creating a Newsletters index page for their blog using GPT-6 Astra High via Codex voice mode while cooking dinner. The feature aggregates weekly Substack newsletters and monthly private sponsor updates, displaying them on day-based archive pages but excluding tag pages. Key technical work included building a new model and migration to handle imported newsletters, integrating with the site search engine, and configuring Django Admin. The author noted the feature is better suited for multi-tasking than daily use and plans to switch back to typing for detailed work.

Key points

• A new Newsletters index page was shipped on October 9, 2026, aggregating weekly Substack newsletters and monthly private sponsor updates into a single reverse-chronological display.
• The feature integrates with the site search engine and displays on day-based archive pages while explicitly excluding tag pages and the homepage.

Context and limitations

The feature relies on undocumented API access for monthly newsletter imports and requires a new API key for private repository data. The implementation uses a subprocess for one import script, which was later switched to an API-based approach during the review phase.

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