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Changelog

Hand-curated list of user-visible changes. Mechanical commits (docs tweaks, dependency bumps, internal refactors) aren't listed here.

  1. CSV exports + /stats/ coverage page

    • New /api/cities.csv (4.5 KB) and /api/routes.csv (1.2 MB) for analytics use
    • /stats/ shows live-computed coverage metrics (70 cities, 30 countries, 4,830 routes, per-mode availability counts)
    • TypeScript type declarations published at /api/types.ts for consumers

  2. Client-side /search/ + SearchAction JSON-LD

    • New /search/ page with URL-shareable fuzzy filter across 70 cities
    • Detects two city names in the query and offers a direct route link
    • WebSite SearchAction JSON-LD on home — Google can show sitelinks search box
    • Hreflang x-default declared site-wide

  3. Live on first VPS — defense layers verified

    • VPS provisioned, manually hardened (cloud-init was not applied at boot)
    • Defense drill: 7 outbound abuse vectors blocked, scanning tools held by apt
    • fail2ban active, UFW deny-out, root SSH disabled — all 13 layers green
    • /health.txt endpoint refreshed each deploy, /security/today.txt updated daily

  4. Articles section grown to 8 essays

    • Night trains in Europe — where they actually go
    • Why budget flights cost more than they used to
    • Eurail pass: who it is actually worth it for
    • Crossing the Channel: Eurostar vs flight vs ferry
    • Why the station matters more than the city

  5. Cities expanded 50 → 70 + per-country rankings + operator pages

    • +20 cities across FR / DE / IT / ES / GB / AT / BE / NL, plus 3 new countries (SK, SI, LU)
    • 4,830 city-pair routes (was 2,450 — 97% increase)
    • Per-country /country/{slug}/rankings/ for all 30 countries
    • Operator landing pages for Eurostar, FlixBus, Ryanair, ICE, TGV, AVE, Frecciarossa, Railjet, etc.

  6. CO₂ footprint per mode + print stylesheet

    • lib/co2.ts: EEA-cited per-km grams (train 14, bus 28, flight 156, car 170)
    • RouteCard now shows ~X kg CO₂ per passenger
    • Train-vs-flight savings comparison in deep-dive paragraphs
    • Print stylesheet hides chrome, optimises B&W layout

  7. Currency switcher (10 currencies)

    • EUR / USD / GBP / CHF / SEK / NOK / DKK / PLN / CZK / HUF
    • Server-rendered EUR + inline boot script converts via localStorage
    • No hydration mismatch, no extra React framework cost

  8. Country circuits + best-season widget

    • Per-country auto-generated multi-city tour circuits via nearest-neighbour TSP
    • Best-season-to-visit data for all 30 countries (peak / shoulder / avoid bands)

  9. Project restart — static export architecture

    • Three sites rebuilt with Next.js 15 output: export — no Node on the server
    • cloud-init.yml hardens new VPS before SSH ever opens (preventing the 3 prior bans)
    • Nginx-only serving, deploy.sh = rsync + reload
    • 50 cities, 2,450 routes, 27 countries — all 3 sites built clean