Stellody v4.1.3 featuring a major refactor licensing fixes and improved UI across all supported platforms.
🔄 Codebase Refactoring & Cleanliness
| Change | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Enforced ≤ 400 lines per Python file | Improved maintainability and modularity |
| Removed stray and unnecessary files | Cleaner repository footprint |
| Updated architecture docs | Documentation now matches post refactor structure |
| Reorganised UI code | Focus and tab logic easier to trace without spelunking through chaos |
This was a large sweeping cleanup. Months of architectural debt were finally reconciled.
-I complied with SOLID and OO design patterns linted my soul with Black and followed TDD to the gates of hell only to find my app broken and my hope fading.
🎛 UI and Interaction Improvements
| Feature | Result |
|---|---|
| Tab ordering and focus behaviour redesigned | Reliable keyboard navigation across dialogs and menus |
| Tabbing respects light and dark toggle order | Horizontal traversal fixed |
| Theme switching no longer breaks tab memory | Focus restored correctly after theme changes |
| Show console output toggle added | Quieter startup unless explicitly enabled |
| Stop active progress toggle added | No need to shut down the app to stop a run |
| Improved font scaling | Better text legibility on the Options dialog |
-Qt made the button blink as if to say I thought about helping you and then walked away.
-The tab order vanishes when I change my theme like Qt’s internal state is being purged by a witch.
📦 Installer & Platform Build Updates
| Platform | Change |
|---|---|
| Windows | Installer GUI updated with correct naming and version tagging |
| macOS | DMG installer rebuilt with a new launcher script and Nuitka output |
| Linux | Flatpak manifest corrected to include license files now accessible |
All builds were tested validated and deployed cleanly.
-Qt finally stopped gaslighting me and started listening. It only took a dozen hacks five hours and me yelling at my monitor like a feral raccoon.
📜 Licensing and Compliance
| Update | Description |
|---|---|
| LGPL license files | Included and accessible in Flatpak builds |
| Removed committed binaries | Repository bloat cleaned up from the older build approach |
| Versioning standardised | Tags and installer names now follow a predictable pattern |
-I included the license file and Flatpak accepted it. It then buried the file in a place my app would never see again.
🧪 Testing QA and Regression Coverage
| Area | Status |
|---|---|
| Unit tests | Coverage at around 60 percent PySide6 limitations noted |
| Manual UI testing | Completed across all platforms |
| Debug logging | Silenced post launch after verification |
-I silenced the debug logs I had created not because I did not love them but because the chaos had passed for now.
🧱 Git Commit Summary Since v4.0.0
| Area | Summary |
|---|---|
| Console output toggle | UI option added to enable or disable console output during app usage |
| Stop run toggle | UI option added to stop an active run with confirmation dialog |
| Visual polish | Spinner rendering and font size adjustments for readability |
| Tabbing and focus | Tabbing order refined across the UI especially dialog buttons |
| Codebase refactor | Major restructuring for maintainability redundant files removed |
| Architecture docs | Updated to reflect current structure and design philosophy |
| Build cleanup | Unnecessary binaries removed from the repository |
| Licensing compliance | License files included and accessible in Flatpak deployments |
| Versioning consistency | Installer outputs and tags standardised |
Summary
- Major refactor complete
- UI stable and focus aware
- Builds deploy cleanly on Windows macOS and Linux
- Licensing packaged and compliant
- Live at stellody.com
Stellody v4.1.3 is the most stable and maintainable release to date.
Everything hurts a little less now.
-Onwards but this time with working tab order.