Newsletter 25

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+title: Val Town Newsletter 25
+description: TODO
+pubDate: March 19, 2025
+author: Steve Krouse
+---
+
+import { Image } from "astro:assets";
+
+## Val Town Projects Update
+- Forks are now Remixes
+- Projects API - Write + Delete
+- Customizable `val.run` domains for Project HTTP vals (soon)
+
+## Logs
+- Raw logs + traces
+- Account-wide logs (visit val.town/u/yourusername/logs)
+
+## OpenTownie
+
+## Edit Val Town Projects Locally
+- vt
+- MCP server created by Prasham as an example
+
+
+## WIP just a list of updates for now
+- Persistent http pane 
+- Updated profile conslidating projects and vals
+- Support for Bluesky links in profile
+- Backend support for commit messages (front end missing at time of writing)
+- Browse file history at any snapshot in time
+- PRs now support title and markdown descriptions
+- Minor footer redesign with prettier social icons
+- Support formatting HTML, CSS, JSON file types 
+- API Token page now loads significantly faster
+- New Project Templates (ft. https://www.val.town/x/fiberplane/fiberplaneHonoZodStarter)
+- Added /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt to docs page, can copy any page as markdown for LLM
+- Added Projecte templates on 
+
+- Thanks for the [shoutout from Glitch](https://blog.glitch.com/post/why-we-named-this-glitch/)
+
+## Roadmap
+- Faster & scalable runtime
+- Bug fixes to our in-browser TypeScript editor
+- Metrics to track your usage and limits
+- Comments on pull requests
+- Team accounts
+- SOC2 compliance
+- …and much more!
+
+Please [make feature requests and vote](https://github.com/val-town/val-town-product/discussions?discussions) on what you'd like to see next.
+
+## 🌟 Community vals
+
+- TODO review #showcase, database query for most edited vals, twitter, bluesky
+- [Michael](https://www.val.town/u/michaelwschultz) made [frame](https://www.val.town/x/michaelwschultz/frame), to power information screens on e-ink displays.
+- [Prasham](https://www.val.town/u/prashamtrivedi) made an [MCP server for Val Town](https://github.com/PrashamTrivedi/valtown-mcp-server) with our latest [Projects API](https://docs.val.town/openapi#tag/beta/GET/v1/projects)
+- [Nico](https://www.val.town/v/nbbaier) made a [Project File Tree Generator](https://www.val.town/v/nbbaier/projectTree)
+- [Kamal](https://www.val.town/u/kamalnrf) made a val to get Slack alerts when [new OnlyRuckus drops new coffee](https://www.val.town/v/kamalnrf/onlyRuckusDrops)
+- [Sophie](https://www.val.town/u/shouser) made a tool to [import files from GitHub](https://www.val.town/x/shouser/import_from_github)
+- [Adam](https://www.val.town/u/kaz) made a fun [chess productivity timer](https://kaz-comicalgreenanaconda.web.val.run/) inspired by [@waitbutwhy](https://x.com/Liv_Boeree/status/1901711876318204315)
+- [Danny](https://www.val.town/u/danny) made a val that can [take any input and map it](https://www.val.town/v/danny/typeanythingmap)
+- [bnl5110](https://www.val.town/u/bnl5110) remixed [Linus' researchAgent](https://www.val.town/x/thesephist/researchAgent) and created a [daily AI story generator](https://www.val.town/x/bnl5110/researchAgent/code/dailyAIStory)
+- [Nico](https://www.val.town/u/nbbaier) made a [Hacker News notifier](https://www.val.town/x/nbbaier/hn_notifier)
+- [Charmaine](https://www.val.town/u/charmaine) made a [Val to Project converter](https://www.val.town/x/charmaine/val_to_project_converter)
+- [moe](https://www.val.town/u/moe) made a [Farcaster Frame Starter Project](https://www.val.town/x/moe/MiniAppStarter)
+- [Will](https://www.val.town/u/willthereader) made an [HTTP 101 tutorial](https://www.val.town/x/willthereader/HTTP101/) for anyone new to working with HTTP!
+- [Victor](https://www.val.town/u/vawogbemi) made a [Demo for the Sonner Toast component](https://www.val.town/v/vawogbemi/sonnerDemo)
+- [Prasham Trivedi](https://www.val.town/u/prashamtrivedi) made a [random Star Wars quote emailer](https://www.val.town/v/prashamtrivedi/randomStarwarsQuoteEmailer)
+- [Charlie](https://www.val.town/u/dcm31) built a [playground for experimenting with the wired-elements libraryt](https://www.val.town/v/dcm31/wiredReactPlayground)
+- [Wil](https://www.val.town/u/wilhelm) made an [AT Proto OAuth Starter](https://www.val.town/v/wilhelm/ATProtoOAuthStarter)
+- [hrbrmstrr](https://www.val.town/u/hrbrmstr) made [TangledNet](https://www.val.town/v/hrbrmstr/tangledNet), a social graph on top of the AT protocol
+- [Max](https://www.val.town/u/maxm) built a [PNG dithering tool](https://www.val.town/x/maxm/ditherPng) with [monke](https://www.val.town/x/maxm/monke)
+- [yawnxyz](https://www.val.town/u/yawnxyz) made a [Groq Audio Chat Assistant](https://www.val.town/v/yawnxyz/groqAudioChat)
+- https://www.val.town/x/yawnxyz/honoHtmlJSCSSDemo/code
+
+### Want to see more? 
+[Join us on the Val Town Discord](https://discord.val.town/)!