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title = 'Project Updates September 2026'
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date = 2026-09-12T16:50:54+02:00
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lastmod = 2026-09-12T16:50:54+02:00
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tags = [ 'Development' ]
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categories = [ 'News' ]
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series = [ 'project-updates' ]
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featuredImage = "/posts/2024/04/upcoming-projects/new-projects.jpg"
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Again, my last blog post has been a while ago. I also, again, forgot to publish some other posts for quite a while.
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So, what has happened since last time?
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# EYE-TAP
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[EYE-TAP](https://github.com/eye-tap) has seen a lot of work and we got close to publishing a paper on it, but more work is needed to finish that up.
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It is fully working, but the onboarding needs more work.
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# BeatSketch
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[BeatSketch](https://github.com/BeatSketch) is a Beat Saber map maker in which you do the movements that should be in the map.
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While it is completed, it still has a lot of potential for improvement, but has now become low priority
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# MusicPlayer
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[MusicPlayer](https://github.com/janishutz/MusicPlayer) has suffered from performance and reliability issues and a barely, if at all,
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maintainable code base. This is currently being via a complete rewrite, which will also add a much-needed feature in that you can save your custom playlists and load them again.
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This is not just a reliability upgrade, it is a FULL rewrite, almost zero lines of code have been carried forward.
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The whole design language has also seen an update, but has not been finalized yet, so I won't be sharing any screenshots.
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# New Desktop
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My desktop has also seen a big revision, I am back to using Waybar, but the overall theme is now generated using `matugen` and includes configs for kitty, alacritty and more.
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The theme can be set either via command, or via `yazi` opener integration.
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My Hyprland configs are now also Lua-based and I am using `swaync` for the notifications, still `wlogout` for logout manager and `rofi` as the launcher.
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# More secure development environment
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Since in recent times, there have been many supply-chain attacks via `npm`, `pypi` and more, I have decided to use `docker` containers for running `npm` and more.
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# Website migration
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Furthermore, my whole website has moved hosting providers!
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I am now managing things myself on a VPS due to increasingly large amount of downtime I have experienced with my previous hosting provider.
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This has also enabled me to use software written in languages besides `node`, `php` and `python`, which is improving performance in many cases.
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I am further considering writing a second backend for MusicPlayer in Rust to see what the performance and RAM usage difference is.
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I am also self-hosting a mail server as a result and we'll see how that goes, as that has been by far the hardest component to set up.
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# Store update
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With the move to the VPS, I have also decided to stop doing my own authentication software and my account system has been deprecated
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and replaced with an existing OpenID-Connect Solution, which allows me to ship FOSS software that I can offer hosting for that allow for the self-hosted variants
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to also feature login and some of the verification, without needing separate login implementations.
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The store thus also needs to move its authentication source.
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# Time tracking via Wakapi
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Back in the beginning of June, I have started tracking my coding time using `wakapi`, which is a self-hosted `wakatime`-compatible time-tracking solution.
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That has been very interesting to see and you can see some of my stats below.
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This of course is not that much due to ETH exams taking place in August and thus the need for me to prepare for them.
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# ETH Guide
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This year I will be attending the ETH Erstie-Day and since I was not satisfied with the available materials for first year students,
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I wrote my own guide, which can be found [here](https://eth.janishutz.com)
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