TinkerAtlas Just Got Faster, Chattier, and Soon... Watchable
By MakerViking
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Category: Announcements
Push notifications are here, the feed loads way faster, chat got some nice upgrades, and I'm about to start streaming TinkerAtlas development with pixel-art coders.
<h1 class="font bold" What's New on TinkerAtlas Late January Update</h1 <p class="mb 2" Hey makers! It's been a busy couple of weeks around here, and I wanted to share what's been happening behind the scenes (and in front of them).</p <h2 class="font bold" Push Notifications Are Here</h2 <p class="mb 2" You can now get notified when things happen on TinkerAtlas new followers, comments, likes, and more. Head over to your <a target=" blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text blue 600 hover:text blue 800 dark:text blue 400 dark:hover:text blue 200 underline cursor pointer transition colors underline offset 2 decoration 1 decoration current/40 hover:decoration current focus:decoration current" href="https://tinkeratlas.com/settings/notifications" notification settings</a to customize exactly what you want to hear about, including quiet hours so your phone isn't buzzing at 3am because someone on the other side of the world liked your print.</p <h2 class="font bold" Chat Got Better</h2 <p class="mb 2" You can now drop images directly into chat messages no more "check my latest post" when you just want to show someone a quick photo of your print. Links you share are now clickable too, making it easier to share stuff mid conversation.</p <p class="mb 2" <strong TinkerAtlas+ members</strong also get rich link previews that show OpenGraph cards with images and descriptions, plus read receipts so you know when your messages have been seen.</p <h2 class="font bold" Something for Streamers Coming Soon</h2 <p class="mb 2" I've been working on a giveaway tool for maker streamers more details when it's ready, but it's shaping up nicely.</p <h2 class="font bold" Patreon Integration</h2 <p class="mb 2" If you're supporting TinkerAtlas through Patreon, your TinkerAtlas+ status now syncs automatically. No more manual linking needed pledge at the right tier and your perks just show up.</p <h2 class="font bold" Speed Improvements</h2 <p class="mb 2" The feed loads a lot faster now. Like, noticeably faster. That's really all there is to say about that one, but you'll feel the difference.</p <h2 class="font bold" Speaking of Funding...</h2 <p class="mb 2" We're into February's funding cycle now, and <strong Lostboy73</strong kicked things off with a generous donation thank you! If you want to help keep the servers running and development moving forward, every contribution helps us get to our monthly goal.</p <p class="mb 2" On the topic of TinkerAtlas+ lifetime memberships we've actually sold 5 of them (thank you to everyone who grabbed one!), but I haven't seen anyone try monthly or yearly subscriptions yet. Everything looks good in my testing, but if you've attempted to subscribe and ran into issues, please let me know. I want to make sure it actually works out in the wild.</p <h2 class="font bold" I'm Going to Start Streaming</h2 <img src="https://api.tinkeratlas.com/storage/v1/object/public/project images/articles/70aec187 0e8f 4711 b925 a50e749f3deb/1769294125148 eg6ny7.png" alt="" height="auto" <p class="mb 2" I've been working on something called <strong Desklings</strong it's a Game Dev Tycoon style visualizer that turns coding sessions into a charming isometric office simulation. Little pixel art agents work at their desks, wander to the water cooler, and show thought bubbles as they work. It tracks productivity and shows floating score bubbles basically makes watching someone code a lot more entertaining than staring at a terminal.</p <p class="mb 2" I'll be using it when I start streaming my TinkerAtlas development sessions over at <a target=" blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text blue 600 hover:text blue 800 dark:text blue 400 dark:hover:text blue 200 underline cursor pointer transition colors underline offset 2 decoration 1 decoration current/40 hover:decoration current focus:decoration current" href="https://twitch.tv/makerviking" <strong twitch.tv/makerviking</strong </a . Come hang out, watch the little desk workers do their thing, and see how the sausage gets made. Still polishing it up, but it works!</p <h2 class="font bold" One More Thing</h2 <p class="mb 2" Shoutout to <strong JediSpidey</strong who earned the one of a kind Guardian badge a special emerald tier with 500 particle confetti celebration. </p <hr <p class="mb 2" That's the update for now. As always, if you run into bugs or have ideas, I'm around. Thanks for being part of this community.</p <p class="mb 2" <em Thomas / MakerViking</em </p
