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ZEN Project Updates and To-Do List

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👤 ZEN project developers, tech enthusiasts, individuals interested in software development and project management
This document records the updates of the ZEN project on January 8, 2026, including fixes for internal link issues, and details three feature improvements (navigation functionality, language selector styling, custom HTML templates) and two issues (AI parallel rate limiting, .zen file hiding). The author shares development insights in a diary format, emphasizing the balance between practicality and aesthetics, aiming to optimize user experience and project maintenance.
  • ✨ Fixed ZEN internal link redirection issues
  • ✨ Plans to improve navigation functionality, including time sorting and tag filtering
  • ✨ Considering optimizing language selector styling, such as changing to a dropdown menu
  • ✨ Pending implementation of custom HTML template functionality
  • ✨ Discovered AI parallel call rate limiting issues, requiring rate limiting or retry mechanisms
📅 2026-01-08 · 244 words · ~2 min read
  • ZEN
  • project updates
  • feature improvements
  • issue resolution
  • development diary
  • AI rate limiting
  • navigation optimization
  • custom templates

Today is January 8, 2026.

Fixed the issue with internal links in ZEN. Now clicking on a link correctly jumps to the corresponding section.

Starting each article by stating today's date is quite interesting; it gives a feeling of writing a diary.

Let's record ZEN's to-do list:

Feat 1: Improve navigation functionality.

  1. Sort the article list by time (latest articles displayed first).
  2. Add tag filtering to the list (selecting a specific tag shows only related articles, then sorted in descending order by time).

Feat 2: Language selector styling

The current design is a simple flat layout, which doesn't look particularly good. It might need to be changed to a dropdown menu or something else—haven't decided yet.

Maybe I need a navigation bar?

Feat 3: Custom HTML templates

The functionality for custom HTML templates is not fully implemented yet and needs to be added later.

Others might want the ability to customize CSS stylesheets, which can be achieved through HTML templates.

Issue 1: AI parallel rate limiting issue

Discovered that when ZEN processes 350+ documents simultaneously, parallel calls to the AI might fail due to service rate limiting.

Need to add client-side rate limiting or a retry mechanism.

Issue 2: Further hiding of .zen files

Sometimes, exposing the files in the .zen/src directory doesn't feel right; need to find a way to hide them further. However, sometimes manual adjustments to the generated translations are necessary, so they can't be completely hidden. Need to find a balance.

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