Sparks Launch & Official Promotion Start Date First, I’m announcing Sparks — a special role for those who want to help Oruwee grow. Inside the Fireside hub, you can visit the Sparks Join section and receive the Spark role. How can you help? It’s up to you —…Read more

After adding the base recommendation system, I decided to focus on quality. Features are important, but I want Oruwee to provide a better experience than a typical local government website Optimization is the first improvement. Oruwee uses a WebAssembly-based framework — it allows a solo developer to build the platform quite fast, but at the cost of website load size and speed. Now this is fixed! The…Read more

New Recommendation System Released The system presents relevant posts on the main page. It can handle 10× more user activity than before (around 500 online users instead of ~50) and delivers significantly better results (in my opinion, about twice as good ). With this, all core systems are now complete. After a few minor improvements, we’ll be ready to bring in our first users. ...Read more

Oruwee was launched one year ago. And there’s one year left before we move from Early Access into the Alpha stage. Early Access is about building the core features and testing them. Alpha will be about finding people who enjoy Oruwee and want to use it. Right now, I’m working on the Feed Recommendation System (until the end of March). After that, I’ll shift focus to maintaining Oruwee hub and especially the Fireside…Read more

Just Released: The Content Sensitivity System Tired of doomscrolling? Not ready for surprise intensity? Now you decide what shows up in your feed. ...Read more

Post View Count Update! Changes: * Added post view count – now everyone can see how many people have viewed a post. * Improved image and file upload system – users can now upload images up to 10 MB (previously 2 MB). This is possible because Oruwee now processes and compresses uploaded images when necessary, allowing for higher size limits. * Automatic thumbnail generation for hub and user avatars – this helps reduce bandwidth usage and improves site performance....Read more

Hello, Fireside is evolving into a more informal counterpart to the main Oruwee hub. While it remains a space for personal thoughts, dev diaries, and casual conversation, it's also becoming a more official and focused entry point for new users. ...Read more

Quality of Life Update before implementing the Recommendation System: — Long posts will now be shortened with a "Read more" button to expand them. — The initial download size of the application has been reduced from 6.7 MB to 4.3 MB, including minimal user content. The loading process has also been optimized, so Oruwee will load approximately 13–25% faster on both first launch and subsequent uses. — Unnecessary rendering steps have been removed, and the code has been optimized. Actions like…Read more

Small Changes (January–March) 1. Manifesto Updated – A set of core principles that Oruwee follows. 2. Early Access Terms Revised – Now consists of one phase instead of two. 3. About Page Improved – Information is now clearer. 4. Enhanced Hub Settings Menu – Improved visuals....Read more

Happy New Year! December Update: First Steps Towards a Notification System. Feature Highlights: * Added visual notifications for new messages in a section within a visited hub. * Added visual notifications for new messages in recently visited hubs and subscribed hubs....Read more

November Update: Enhanced Mobile User Experience, Bug Fixes, and New Features Feature Highlights: * Improved Mobile Appearance: Optimized Oruwee’s interface for mobile browsers. Elements such as text inputs, links, and text have been resized for better visibility. The message editor's icons are now larger and more clickable, along with other appearance enhancements. * Web Application Support: Oruwee can now be installed as a web application. * Auto-Reconnection Support: Seamlessly continue using…Read more

Hello, world! Welcome to my personal blog! I'll use this space to share updates, thoughts and additional information about Oruwee. So, why did I decide to develop Oruwee? The main goal is to create a platform fully dedicated to building online communities. While there are many web services that allow you to create a community, it's often treated as a secondary feature. For instance: ...Read more

Updates during September and October: * Enabled compression - Oruwee loads faster. * Added display of comment counts. * Added display of a discussioned message in the comments section. * Enabled editing and deleting of one's own comments on the main page....Read more

Hello! Oruwee has finally launched after 2.5 years of development. From now on the platform will be in Early Access until September 2026. And I will continue to develop a platform that is ideal for community development. The first stage of Early Access lasts until September 2025. During this period, the platform could be unstable and doesn't have a lot of features. In these 12 months, it is planned to fix bugs, add quality of life features, add notification system, add recommendation system…Read more