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Journaling is a personal process and the atmosphere we are writing in plays an important role. With our new feature, the Dark Mode, your writing experience in monkkee will become even smoother. The Dark Mode is more than just a style change - it creates a more comfortable and focused writing environment, especially in low-light conditions. Find out how the Dark Mode works and how you can use it in monkkee. What is Dark Mode? The monkkee...

The database infrastructure has been improved. Previously, the database ran in single-AZ mode (= availability zone). As a result of the changeover, the database was converted into a multi-AZ mode. The changeover means that the database is converted from a configuration in which it is only operated in a single availability zone to a configuration in which it is operated simultaneously in several availability zones within a region. What does this...

monkkee is no longer free. In order to ensure a safe operation and have greater scope for further developments, we are shifting to a paid model. As of 1 July 2024, monkkee will cost 18 euros per year. For a long time, monkkee was free and only financed through donations. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all the supporters who have donated in the past. Without you, we wouldn’t have been able to run monkkee. And yet, the donations are not...

The following updates improve the page loading speed and enhance the user experience when searching for text, tags or dates. Pagination Journal entries can now be viewed through multiple pages. This allows users to make big leaps into their journaling past with just a few clicks. By returning only a portion rather than the whole set of entries, loading times are reduced, leading to faster results. Search results navigation When searching for...

The donations we are receiving are not sufficient to develop and run monkkee sustainably. IT operating costs, development staff, support and maintenance are expenses which are necessary to ensure that monkkee runs smoothly. These costs are currently not covered by the donations we receive. So, here's an appeal to all of you: Support us! Make a donation once per year that corresponds to your use of monkkee. You write regularly? Then please...

It’s been ten years since we announced the launch of monkkee in this blog post. ​The article picture shows ​a​ cake​, and we really had it that day. The monkkee logo​,​ applied with powdered sugar and a stencil made from cardboard. Ten years later, it’s time for another cake and three anecdotes about monkkee. A sudden rain shower and 100 dollars I had the idea for monkkee in 2011. It all started out as a personal software project...

Ongoing support made easy monkkee fans are now offered an easier way to make regular donations. Thanks to PayPal Subscriptions, you can now set up a recurring donation and automatically donate a specific amount to monkkee on a yearly or monthly basis. One-time donations are of course still possible. Whether single donation or donation subscription: monkkee is funded exclusively through donations. We rely on regular donations to keep this...

We have overhauled our start page. The modern and professional design emphasises what monkkee stands for: high quality standards and a focus on what really matters. URLs Through the relaunch, the URLs have changed: Old New Homepage www.monkkee.com monkkee.com (without www) Application my.monkkee.com monkkee.com/app/ The old URLs are still valid and redirect to the new addresses. Design Design changes include: Bigger font Button design More...

In conventional web applications, changing your password is a simple action: Enter old password Enter new password Repeat new password Save Done! The first steps are similar in monkkee. But then, an additional process follows in monkkee, which is linked to our security concept. In this step, all encrypted data must be decrypted with the old password and encrypted with the new password. Encrypted data are: text contents in journal...

The server and database costs have risen massively and we need your support! The reasons for this are as follows. Better server performance At the beginning of the year, we significantly improved the performance of the servers. As a result, the cost of the servers has doubled. With enough donations in the next few weeks, a performance increase for the databases is also conceivable. Such performance increases will ensure that monkkee responds...