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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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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,...

A Fresh Look for the Settings Pages

The Settings pages just got a major refresh! Broken layouts and confusing forms are now replaced with a clean, modern design that’s easy to use. Email...

Instant Image Uploads: Bye-Bye “Processing…” GIF

I killed the wait. Street Source now resizes images on-the-fly and caches the result, so photos show up immediately. I also pre-resize anything over 4...

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...

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