Changelog

🎉 Major Feature: Statistics Dashboard

We've completely redesigned the Changelog page with a powerful real-time statistics dashboard!

What's New:

• 📊 Interactive Statistics Panel: View platform growth metrics at a glance
• 📈 Trend Visualization: See daily tool publishing trends with a clean CSS-based chart
• 🏆 Top Categories: Discover which AI tool categories are growing fastest
• 📅 Time Range Filters: Switch between Week/Month/Quarter/Year/All-time views
• 📈 Growth Rate Tracking: Compare current period with previous period automatically

Key Statistics You Can Now Track

1. Platform Overview

   • Total tools in the directory
   • New tools added in selected time range
   • Total categories and tags

2. Publishing Trends

   • Daily tool addition patterns (last 14 days)
   • Visual bar chart showing activity spikes
   • Helps identify busy periods

3. Category Distribution

   • Top 10 most popular AI tool categories
   • Visual progress bars showing relative popularity
   • Real-time data from our database

4. Growth Metrics

   • Period-over-period comparison
   • Percentage growth calculation
   • Trending up/down indicators

Technical Improvements

• Server-Side Data Aggregation: All statistics computed efficiently using Drizzle ORM
• Parallel Query Optimization: Multiple database queries run simultaneously for faster loading
• Responsive Layout: Statistics panel sticky-positioned on desktop, stacks on mobile
• Loading States: Smooth skeleton screens while data loads
• Full Internationalization: All stats available in English and Chinese

UI/UX Enhancements

• Dual-Column Layout: Changelog entries (2/3 width) + Stats panel (1/3 width)
• Card-Based Design: Clean, modern cards for better readability
• Time Range Selector: Quick toggle buttons for different time periods
• Visual Feedback: Loading spinners and animated number updates

Documentation Updates

• ✅ Fixed broken Google Analytics opt-out tool link in Cookie Policy
• ✅ Updated with modern privacy control instructions
• ✅ Added CHANGELOG_FEATURE.md with complete implementation guide

Coming Soon

We're already planning the next improvements:

• 📊 Export statistics to CSV/PDF
• 📅 Custom date range picker
• 🥧 More visualization types (pie charts, heat maps)
• 📊 User submissions vs. crawler data breakdown
• 💬 User feedback integration