Dev Log: August 24 Wrap-up

Overview

Today was a pretty low-key day, mostly focused on checking off those small "final polish" items that have been sitting on my to-do list for a while. It wasn't about some massive architectural shift, just making the site feel a bit more like a finished product.

What I Worked On

Fixing the placeholder links

You know that feeling when you're clicking through a site and you hit a link that just scrolls you back to the top because the href is still a #? I've had a few of those lingering in the footer for the decorative project I've been helping with.

I finally sat down and started wiring those up to actual destinations. I began with the Instagram link in the footer component. It’s a trivial change—literally just swapping a placeholder for a URL—but it’s one of those tiny details that makes the project feel real instead of just a dev build.

I kept it simple in the template:

<!-- Swapped the dummy link for the actual social handle -->
<ul class="footer-list">
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.instagram.com/target_account" aria-label="Instagram">
      Instagram ↗
    </a>
  </li>
  <!-- Still need to confirm the other social handles before updating -->
</ul>

It’s a minor thing, but I’m trying to get into the habit of not leaving these "quick fixes" for the last minute. There are still a few other social links like Facebook and YouTube that I need to update, but I’m waiting on the final handles for those.

Wrapping Up

Not a high-intensity day, but productive in its own way. It's nice to see the UI slowly stop being a collection of placeholders. Tomorrow I'll probably dive back into some of the more logic-heavy components, but for now, I'm happy with the small wins.

Catch you later.