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Street Source Just Got Faster: Instant Emails Are Here

Street Source now uses event-driven email, delivering instant notifications for messages, comments, and password resets. This replaces the old 5-minut...

Site Redesign Progress & A New Project Called "Stanky Red"

The latest Street Source redesign phase is complete, marking a major milestone in modernizing the platform. Now, the focus shifts to behind-the-scenes...

New Feature: Follow Other Users on Street Source

Street Source now supports a new User Follow feature, letting members follow others much like Twitter or Instagram. This replaces the old “friends” sy...

I Finally Uploaded My First Video — Here’s What It Took to Replace the Heater Core in My Boosted F-150

After months of planning (and a few false starts), I finally hit publish on the very first Street Source Garage YouTube video. This post dives into wh...

The Rides Section Just Got a Major Overhaul

The Rides section—long a favorite on Street Source—just got a major upgrade as part of the ongoing Responsive Design Project. This update features a f...

Preserving the Past: The Street Source Magazine Archive

The Street Source Digital Magazine Archive is coming back! I’ve been working on a way to share the legacy magazines from the early 2000s without reviv...

Reflecting on the Past and Future: My Conversation on the LayFrame Podcast

Last Thursday, I joined Surface Nick on the LayFrame Podcast, where we reminisced about the old days and debated whether it was harder to start in the...

Event Page Overhaul: A Fresh Look, Big Plans & A Rising Phoenix (Sort Of)

The Street Source events page got a fresh new look! We updated the design, improved navigation, and tackled a massive data cleanup—turns out, 1,800+ e...

Launching the Street Source Garage YouTube Channel

The Street Source Garage YouTube Channel is launching to share hands-on automotive projects, tool reviews, and workshop transformations—all from a rel...

The Struggle and Triumph of Consistency

Ever find yourself staring at a blank screen, knowing you should write but putting it off until 'tomorrow'? That’s been my journey with Street Source ...

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Farewell to the Calculators: Cleaning Up the Clutter

The old Calculators feature once helped builders crunch numbers for their custom projects — air pressure, gear ratios, tire sizes, and more. But as th...

A Year of Cleanup: How Street Source Rebuilt Its Foundation for the Future

I just completed its biggest cleanup year ever for Street Source — 174 commits, 82K lines removed, dozens of unused features deleted, new tests added,...

Streamlining Street Source: Saying Goodbye to the Old Groups Feature

Street Source is retiring its unfinished Groups feature as part of ongoing cleanup and modernization. Originally built to mirror vBulletin trends, it ...

Goodbye Gray, Hello Color: A Fresh Avatar Component for Street Source

If you’ve ever joined a forum and been greeted by a sea of identical gray heads, you know the vibe: bland and a little dated. As part of my ongoing re...

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