# 2020–2021: paradigm-threat-old — Project Beginnings and Maintenance

*November 30, 2021 — Paradigm Threat*

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Retrospective: the Paradigm Threat project began with paradigm-threat-old, a Create React App initialized on **October 12, 2020**. This consolidated entry covers activity through November 2021.

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## October 2020 — Project Beginnings

| Week | Highlights |
|------|------------|
| **Oct 12–15** | Initialize CRA; asset browser; link refactor; web page updates; config fix; icon update; asset fixes; image clicks; theme fixes |
| **Oct 18–22** | Files refactor; asset fixes; hit counter; header refactor; readme updates; video assets fix; sublink and subheader fixes |
| **Oct 25–29** | Logo background; refactor asset browser and asset list; image CSS |

Core patterns established: asset browser, link refactoring, image handling, hit counter, theme/styling.

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## November 2020 — CSS, RSS, GoAccess

- **CSS** — Fixes; asset refactor; spread images refactor; image CSS cleanup; PNG fix
- **RSS feed** — Added
- **GoAccess** — Script for analytics/access logs
- **Assets** — GIF fix; asset list fixes

RSS and GoAccess laid groundwork for distribution and server-side analytics.

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## January 2021 — CSS and Dev Mode

- **CSS update** — Layout and styling refinements
- **Dev mode** — Development configuration
- **Block quote CSS** — Formatting for block quotes (Jan 30)

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## March 2021 — Logo, Mobile, YouTube

- **New logo** — Logo update and CSS fixes
- **Mobile fixes** — Responsive improvements
- **Video assets** — Video asset fix; asset browser fix
- **YouTube support** — Embed support for YouTube
- **Markdown overflow** — Overflow handling for markdown content
- **Readme update** — Documentation

YouTube support extended asset types beyond static images.

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## April 2021 — SVG Support

- **SVG support** — Added support for SVG assets

SVG enabled scalable vector graphics alongside raster images.

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## November 2021 — Maintenance

- **Script fix** — Build or deployment script correction

paradigm-threat-old would be succeeded by paradigm-threat-old2 (April 2022), a full rebuild with Create React App and GraphQL.

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