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From: Steve Dudenhoeffer
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:45:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Journal UI: write and read season notes where you're
already looking (#53)
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happens. Notes get written standing in the garden holding a phone, usually
one-handed — if it takes more than a couple of taps from looking at a bed to
typing a sentence, the log stays empty.
So the journal is a tab in the rail #49 settled, and selecting a bed puts a
"📝 Add note" button in the inspector that scopes the journal to that bed and
switches to it. The composer is already open in there rather than behind an
"add" button, which makes it two taps from a selected bed to typing.
The observed date defaults to today in the VIEWER's timezone, not UTC — "today"
means the day you are standing in the garden — and stays editable, because you
write up Saturday's observations on Sunday.
Discoverability is the other half. A log you have to remember exists is a log
nobody reads, so the inspector button carries the note count for that bed and
the Journal tab carries the garden's total: a garden with a season's notes in it
no longer looks identical to an empty one. Those counts come from their own
endpoint, deliberately — the indicator has to work while the journal panel is
closed, which is exactly when the entry list hasn't loaded.
Permissions match the service: anyone who can edit the garden can write, the
author can edit their own text, and the author or the garden owner can delete.
A viewer sees the entries and the count but no composer.
The empty state says what the journal is for rather than just "no entries",
since it starts empty for a whole season's worth of gardens and the reason to
start is the thing worth saying.
Closes #53
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context)
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01H3zbym8Doka2d7D48maSgZ
---
DESIGN.md | 2 +-
internal/api/api.go | 1 +
internal/api/journal.go | 21 +++
internal/api/journal_test.go | 43 +++++
internal/service/journal.go | 9 +
internal/store/journal.go | 32 ++++
web/src/editor/Inspector.tsx | 18 ++
web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx | 290 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
web/src/editor/store.ts | 10 +
web/src/lib/journal.ts | 138 ++++++++++++++
web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx | 40 ++++
11 files changed, 603 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx
create mode 100644 web/src/lib/journal.ts
diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
index c3654f6..3f50849 100644
--- a/DESIGN.md
+++ b/DESIGN.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ React 19 + TypeScript + Vite + Tailwind 4 (`@tailwindcss/vite`), `@tanstack/reac
- **Routes:** `/login`, `/register`, `/gardens` (list), `/gardens/:id` (editor, `?focus=objectId`), `/plants` (catalog). Auth guard on the router root via `/auth/me`.
- **State:** TanStack Query for all server state (editor keyed on `gardens/:id/full`; optimistic mutations with version-conflict rollback). One small Zustand store for ephemeral editor state only: viewport, selection, focused object, active tool, in-flight drag.
- **Editor components (`web/src/editor/`):** `GardenCanvas` (svg root + viewport g), `useViewport` (use-gesture pan/zoom/pinch), `ObjectShape`, `PlopMarker` (semantic-zoom branching), `Palette` (drag-to-place object kinds), `EditorRail` (the one side panel), `Inspector`, `HistoryPanel`, `PlantPicker`.
-- **One rail, tabs inside it.** The inspector, history, and later the journal and chat panel all want the same strip of screen; rather than each bolting on its own chrome they are tabs in `EditorRail` — so the canvas is one width instead of a different width per panel, and adding a panel is adding a tab. Selecting an object switches to the Inspector tab automatically, so the rail is never something you operate before you can edit; on a phone the same tabs render in the bottom sheet the inspector already used. Pure geometry helpers (local↔world transforms, unit formatting) in `web/src/lib/geometry.ts`, unit-tested.
+- **One rail, tabs inside it.** The inspector, history, journal, and later the chat panel all want the same strip of screen; rather than each bolting on its own chrome they are tabs in `EditorRail` — so the canvas is one width instead of a different width per panel, and adding a panel is adding a tab. Selecting an object switches to the Inspector tab automatically, so the rail is never something you operate before you can edit; on a phone the same tabs render in the bottom sheet the inspector already used. Pure geometry helpers (local↔world transforms, unit formatting) in `web/src/lib/geometry.ts`, unit-tested.
## Roadmap
diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
index e4b8a2c..a7e0339 100644
--- a/internal/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/api/api.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, svc *service.Service) *gin.Engine {
// plop, so it inherits the ordinary garden-role check.
gardens.GET("/:id/journal", h.listJournal)
gardens.POST("/:id/journal", h.createJournalEntry)
+ gardens.GET("/:id/journal/counts", h.getJournalCounts)
// Sharing (owner-managed; a recipient may remove their own share).
gardens.GET("/:id/shares", h.listShares)
diff --git a/internal/api/journal.go b/internal/api/journal.go
index 60dbb85..4e03c87 100644
--- a/internal/api/journal.go
+++ b/internal/api/journal.go
@@ -71,6 +71,27 @@ func (h *handlers) listJournal(c *gin.Context) {
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, journalResponse{Entries: entries, HasMore: hasMore})
}
+// getJournalCounts powers the "there are notes about this bed" indicator, which
+// has to work while the journal panel is closed — exactly when nothing else has
+// loaded the entries. Key "0" is the garden itself.
+func (h *handlers) getJournalCounts(c *gin.Context) {
+ gardenID, ok := parseIDParam(c, "id")
+ if !ok {
+ return
+ }
+ counts, err := h.svc.JournalCounts(c.Request.Context(), mustActor(c).ID, gardenID)
+ if err != nil {
+ writeServiceError(c, err)
+ return
+ }
+ // JSON object keys are strings; the client parses them back to ids.
+ out := make(map[string]int, len(counts))
+ for id, n := range counts {
+ out[strconv.FormatInt(id, 10)] = n
+ }
+ c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"counts": out})
+}
+
func (h *handlers) createJournalEntry(c *gin.Context) {
gardenID, ok := parseIDParam(c, "id")
if !ok {
diff --git a/internal/api/journal_test.go b/internal/api/journal_test.go
index 837b6f6..a49b824 100644
--- a/internal/api/journal_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/journal_test.go
@@ -155,3 +155,46 @@ func TestJournalRequiresAccessAPI(t *testing.T) {
t.Errorf("stranger delete: status %d, want 404", w.Code)
}
}
+
+// TestJournalCountsAPI — the indicator that makes the log discoverable has to
+// work while the journal panel is closed, so it's its own endpoint.
+func TestJournalCountsAPI(t *testing.T) {
+ r := authEngine(t, localCfg())
+ cookie := registerAndCookie(t, r, "counts@example.com")
+ gid := createGardenAPI(t, r, cookie, "G")
+
+ w := doJSON(t, r, http.MethodPost, objectsPath(gid), map[string]any{
+ "kind": "bed", "name": "North Bed", "xCm": 100, "yCm": 100, "widthCm": 100, "heightCm": 100,
+ }, cookie)
+ objectID := int64(decodeMap(t, w.Body.Bytes())["id"].(float64))
+
+ counts := func() map[string]any {
+ t.Helper()
+ w := doJSON(t, r, http.MethodGet, journalPath(gid)+"/counts", nil, cookie)
+ if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
+ t.Fatalf("counts: status %d, body %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+ }
+ c, _ := decodeMap(t, w.Body.Bytes())["counts"].(map[string]any)
+ return c
+ }
+ if len(counts()) != 0 {
+ t.Errorf("a garden with no entries should report no counts")
+ }
+
+ doJSON(t, r, http.MethodPost, journalPath(gid), map[string]any{"body": "garden note"}, cookie)
+ doJSON(t, r, http.MethodPost, journalPath(gid), map[string]any{"objectId": objectID, "body": "bed note"}, cookie)
+ doJSON(t, r, http.MethodPost, journalPath(gid), map[string]any{"objectId": objectID, "body": "another"}, cookie)
+
+ c := counts()
+ // Key "0" is the garden itself; anything else is an object id.
+ if c["0"] != float64(1) {
+ t.Errorf("garden-level count = %v, want 1", c["0"])
+ }
+ if c[strconv.FormatInt(objectID, 10)] != float64(2) {
+ t.Errorf("bed count = %v, want 2", c[strconv.FormatInt(objectID, 10)])
+ }
+
+ if w := doJSON(t, r, http.MethodGet, journalPath(gid)+"/counts", nil, nil); w.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+ t.Errorf("anonymous counts: status %d, want 401", w.Code)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/internal/service/journal.go b/internal/service/journal.go
index 99085b3..d0bc7d6 100644
--- a/internal/service/journal.go
+++ b/internal/service/journal.go
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ func (s *Service) ListJournal(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64, q Jo
return entries, false, nil
}
+// JournalCounts returns how many entries a garden holds per object (key 0 for
+// entries about the garden itself), for an actor who can at least view it.
+func (s *Service) JournalCounts(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64) (map[int64]int, error) {
+ if _, err := s.requireGardenRole(ctx, actorID, gardenID, roleViewer); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return s.store.JournalCounts(ctx, gardenID)
+}
+
// CreateJournalEntry writes an entry against a garden the actor can edit.
//
// An entry may target the garden, one of its beds, or one plop in it — and the
diff --git a/internal/store/journal.go b/internal/store/journal.go
index 2ac598d..3792697 100644
--- a/internal/store/journal.go
+++ b/internal/store/journal.go
@@ -123,6 +123,38 @@ func (d *DB) ListJournalEntries(ctx context.Context, gardenID int64, f JournalFi
return entries, nil
}
+// JournalCounts returns how many entries a garden holds, keyed by the object
+// they are about — key 0 for entries about the garden itself.
+//
+// A count per object rather than a flag, and one query rather than one per bed:
+// the indicator has to be available when the journal panel is closed, which is
+// exactly when nothing else has loaded the entries.
+func (d *DB) JournalCounts(ctx context.Context, gardenID int64) (map[int64]int, error) {
+ rows, err := d.sql.QueryContext(ctx,
+ `SELECT COALESCE(object_id, 0), COUNT(*)
+ FROM journal_entries WHERE garden_id = ?
+ GROUP BY COALESCE(object_id, 0)`,
+ gardenID)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: journal counts: %w", err)
+ }
+ defer rows.Close()
+
+ counts := map[int64]int{}
+ for rows.Next() {
+ var objectID int64
+ var n int
+ if err := rows.Scan(&objectID, &n); err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: scan journal count: %w", err)
+ }
+ counts[objectID] = n
+ }
+ if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: iterate journal counts: %w", err)
+ }
+ return counts, nil
+}
+
// UpdateJournalEntry applies a version-guarded update of the mutable columns.
// Same contract as every other mutable resource. The target (garden/object/
// planting) and the author are immutable: an entry is a record of an observation,
diff --git a/web/src/editor/Inspector.tsx b/web/src/editor/Inspector.tsx
index cd2a65c..ffe67a1 100644
--- a/web/src/editor/Inspector.tsx
+++ b/web/src/editor/Inspector.tsx
@@ -31,12 +31,20 @@ export function Inspector({
gardenId,
unit,
onFocus,
+ onAddNote,
+ noteCount = 0,
readOnly = false,
}: {
object: EditorObject
gardenId: number
unit: UnitPref
onFocus?: () => void
+ /** Opens the journal scoped to this object. Two taps from a selected bed to
+ * typing is the bar; anything more and the log stays empty. */
+ onAddNote?: () => void
+ /** How many journal entries are about this object, so the log is discoverable
+ * from the thing it's about rather than being a panel you have to remember. */
+ noteCount?: number
readOnly?: boolean
}) {
const update = useUpdateObject(gardenId)
@@ -134,6 +142,16 @@ export function Inspector({
)}
+ {onAddNote && (
+
+ )}
+
{/* A disabled fieldset makes every control below read-only for viewers in
one shot (no per-input disabled). */}
),
},
+ {
+ id: 'journal',
+ label: 'Journal',
+ // The total on the tab is the discoverability half: a garden with a
+ // season's notes in it shouldn't look identical to an empty one.
+ badge: [...(journalCounts.data?.values() ?? [])].reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0),
+ render: () => (
+
+ ),
+ },
{
id: 'history',
label: 'History',
@@ -362,6 +392,16 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
+