I took a second pass at the indiebookclub UI I was working on. I kept getting stuck because I wanted to let people update the title/author/ISBN in case they were incorrect in Open Library, but I also thought that made the form feel too busy.
Eventually I realized that most of the time people will not need/want to update that information, so I can keep them read-only. This keeps the form minimal for the most common scenario. I can still include an edit link that will open the full form for people that want that level of control.
Since we already have the title from the search results, Read Status is the only other required field. I decided a minimal form would show that and the Tags field. The other fields can be tucked away under Advanced Options. I also tried shortening the Read Status field. I think that helps the visual flow. All of the dropdowns on this form have relatively short text anyway.
Screenshot 1: The default form is much more minimal
Next I updated the Published field. Previously, the field was always displayed and had an instruction to leave it blank if you wanted to publish the post right away. A better UX is if the default says “Now” and the datetime field only appears if you choose to change it.
Screenshot 2: Advanced Options expanded with the default Publish set to “Now”
Screenshot 3: Advanced Options expanded and the “Select Date and Time” option selected
The next thing I am working on is lining up the left side of the title/author/ISBN text with the form inputs below them.
I am quite pleased with how this is turning out. Let me know what you think!
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CoreELEC has really improved quite a bit in the last year or so. The latest nightlies even have full support for esoteric Dolby Vision features and the VS10 capabilities for tone mapping SDR and HDR to Dolby Vision. Kodi even feels snappy!
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Standing up a Tube Archivist instance in the lab, largely because the YouTube client apps are all trash. Will be great for subscriptions, but not so great for discovery, so I will still use the blessed clients for that.
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Today is the day, MCP is launching the next version of the spec! The 2026-07-28 version brings a bunch of exciting changes like statelessness, but I'm focused on the boring auth side of things that nobody wants to deal with!
• Issuer validation (RFC 9207) • Refresh token and offline_access recommendations • Scope clarifications • Syncing with RFC 8414 .well-known URI
In the mean time, there's been a ton of excitement around MCP's Enterprise-Managed Auth extension, with a beta program running in Claude and Okta and new MCP servers shipping support by the day!
Join me at the MCP spec release party in London tonight to learn about what's new in enterprise MCP security!
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