
Week ending 25 October 2026 · Development diary The last diary introduced reusable templates. This week brought the next practical question: what happens when a…
Read note ↗: QueVault: changing a record without starting again

October development has focused on making QueVault more useful for the records people actually keep, while making everyday navigation feel more settled. This is a…
Read note ↗: QueVault: reusable templates and a clearer everyday workflow

This is the clearest turning point in the recorded history. Around 1–2 August, the application stopped treating every saved item as a software licence. Software…
Read note ↗: When License Vault became QueVault

After the big expansion in scope, the following week was less about announcing another idea and more about supporting the one already chosen. The recorded…
Read note ↗: Giving the broader vault room to grow

The 14 August checkpoint completed the QueVault identity migration. Renaming an application reaches beyond its title bar: its project identity, document handling and cloud identity…
Read note ↗: Making the new identity more than a name

The late-August checkpoint gathered a substantial expansion of import support. QueVault could recognise more password-manager and browser exports, including native 1Password .1pux data and formats…
Read note ↗: Bringing an existing digital life into the vault

The 3 September checkpoint shifted attention towards daily use. The sidebar gained a clearer Vaults group, with the current vault highlighted and other vaults available…
Read note ↗: Making everyday vault work more forgiving

How a software licence manager has grown into a more flexible personal vault, and where development is heading next.
Read note ↗: QueVault: beyond software licences

In mid-June, the project was still License Vault. The immediate job was a fresh SwiftUI foundation, replacing the older mixture of Swift, SwiftUI and Objective-C.…
Read note ↗: Starting again, with a vault at the centre

The next stretch of work was about making the foundations comfortable to use. A growing application can quickly turn Settings into a long list of…
Read note ↗: Making the licence manager feel like a proper Mac app