this will update to recent entries on the home page

Author: IntScription

index.md

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ title: Hello Devs 📓
 
 ## 📅 Recent Devlog Entries
 <!-- DEVLOG-RECENT-START -->
-- [2025-08-20 — Devlog #9]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-08-20/)
-- [2025-08-19 — Devlog #8]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-08-19/)
-- [2025-07-27 — Devlog #7]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-07-27/)
-- [2025-07-24 — Devlog #6]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-07-24/)
-- [2025-07-20 — Devlog #5]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-07-23/)
+- [2025-12-12 — Devlog #55]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-12-12/)
+- [2025-12-07 — Devlog #54]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-12-07/)
+- [2025-12-03 — Devlog #53]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-12-03/)
+- [2025-12-02 — Devlog #52]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-12-02/)
+- [2025-11-28 — Devlog #51]({{site.baseurl}}/logs/2025-11-28/)
 <!-- DEVLOG-RECENT-END -->
 
 [→ See Full Archive]({{site.baseurl}}/archive/)

scripts/update_recent.py

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+INDEX_PATH = Path("index.md")
+ARCHIVE_PATH = Path("archive.md")
+
+
+def extract_recent_from_archive(limit=5):
+    """Grab the most recent devlog lines from archive.md (assumes newest first)."""
+    if not ARCHIVE_PATH.exists():
+        return []
+    lines = ARCHIVE_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+    entries = [ln for ln in lines if ln.strip().startswith("- [")]
+    return entries[:limit]
+
+
+def replace_recent_block(index_text, new_lines):
+    start = "<!-- DEVLOG-RECENT-START -->"
+    end = "<!-- DEVLOG-RECENT-END -->"
+    if start not in index_text or end not in index_text:
+        # If markers are missing, leave unchanged
+        return index_text
+    pattern = re.compile(
+        rf"{re.escape(start)}.*?{re.escape(end)}",
+        flags=re.DOTALL,
+    )
+    block = "\n".join([start] + new_lines + [end])
+    return pattern.sub(block, index_text)
+
+
+def main():
+    recent = extract_recent_from_archive()
+    if not recent:
+        return
+    index_text = INDEX_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    updated = replace_recent_block(index_text, recent)
+    if updated != index_text:
+        INDEX_PATH.write_text(updated, encoding="utf-8")
+        print("Updated Recent Devlog Entries in index.md")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+