Adapting and Evolving: Year Two of Aggregata

As the second year of Aggregata draws to a close, we take the opportunity to review the changes and provide some insight into future developments.

Henrik BartschJairus Joer

Henrik Bartsch, Jairus Joer

The texts in this article were partly composed with the help of artificial intelligence and corrected and revised by us. The following services were used for the generation:

How we use machine learning to create our articles

2024 was a big year for machine learning, with advancements in large language models like Gemma and Gemma 2, and improvements in image understanding using neural networks.

As Aggregata enters its second year, we’re reflecting on the incredible progress we’ve made. Let’s dive into the key changes we’ve implemented.


Improvements to our website

We’ve implemented several quality-of-life improvements, including:

  • Recommended articles: Every post now has relevant articles to help users explore further.
  • Table of contents: This makes it easier to navigate and understand the content.
  • Filter: Users can now easily select specific areas of interest.

These features enhance user experience and improve the platform’s overall functionality.


Improvements to our content

We’re updating our content to keep up with the tech curve or stay ahead! Here’s what’s new:

This means you’ll have even more valuable resources to learn about the latest technologies.


Our year in numbers

25 Articles

… were published this year. Pretty much one article every two weeks.

8,450 Readers

… are now reached every month. A monthly increase of ~500.

Upcoming Improvements

Building on the current success of Aggregata, we can now focus on more complex topics. As a first step, we’re taking a look at how we can better use pre-trained transformers to generate the environment around our articles, such as finding sources for information, generating article cover images, or other fields.

Learn How we use machine learning to create our articles

We’re also looking to upgrade our content management system (CMS) to meet the increasing demands of both ourselves and our readers. Our new site therefore will run on Ghost.

Discover Why we are moving Aggregata from Astro to Ghost

As for our next article, we plan to build on our recent article on component libraries with Building a Component Library for Designers and Developers. Look out for it in the next two weeks.