Canclude

Changelog

A running log of user-facing changes. Backend tweaks, infrastructure changes, and internal cleanup don't show up here — git history covers those.

2026-04-28

Cansultants reframed

  • The /how-it-works page no longer lists named cansultants. They're now described by their stance (the containment-and-flatness purist, the seal-and-symmetry absolutist, the aesthetic committee) — same brand layer, no fabricated bios.

Brand logomark

  • New canclude logomark — the can-lid pull tab — now appears in the browser tab favicon, next to the wordmark in the header, and as the default preview image when the site is shared on social.

Privacy policy updated

  • Corrected /privacy to name Google's Gemini API as the third party that receives canclusion photos for scoring (the policy still referenced Anthropic from earlier development).

Changelog page

  • Added this page so you can see what's new on canclude.com without reading commit messages.

Footer attribution

  • Added the Alek Darr logo and backlink in the footer.

Meet the cansultants

  • Added a brand layer to /how-it-works introducing the cansultants — the (fictional) panel behind the rubric.
  • Score now lands with a named tier verdict (e.g. Cancluded — 9.1) instead of a bare decimal.
  • Surfaced live social proof so you can see the community's recent canclusions.

New scoring model: Gemini 2.5 Pro

  • Switched the vision model powering every canclusion to Google Gemini 2.5 Pro.
  • Same rubric, same five criteria, same weights — but the model spreads the score range more honestly across calibration anchors.
  • Eval anchors recalibrated against the new baseline so drift checks stay meaningful.

Rubric refinements

  • Containment now dominates the score and clearly penalises splay (label color past the disc, asymmetric bulging, rim tearing).
  • Flatness reframed as compression-within-containment — it grades how flat the crush is, not how the camera was held.
  • Added a can-vs-shadow disambiguation and an explicit description of what an optimum top-down crush looks like, so long shadows on asphalt stop dragging the score down.

Privacy and terms finalised

  • Removed the draft disclaimers from /privacy and /terms — both are now the live policy.
  • Replaced the placeholder Untappd line with the project's own tagline.

2026-04-27

Leaderboard

  • Added /leaderboard — the top public canclusions across the community.

Sign in with your email

  • Added one-tap email OTP sign-in — no password, just a code.
  • Added /me so you can revisit every canclusion tied to your account.
  • Header now shows your sign-in state on every page.
  • OTP codes are accepted at any length your email provider sends (6–10 digits).

Shareable canclusions

  • Every canclusion gets a permanent /c/[id] URL with a custom social card — drop the link anywhere and the score, tier, and verdict unfurl with it.

Canclude is online

  • First scaffold of the site: submit a photo of a crushed can, get an AI-scored breakdown across containment, seal, symmetry, flatness, and aesthetic.
  • Added /how-it-works explaining the five criteria, weights, and verdict tiers.
  • Added /privacy and /terms.