Dashboard

NEU Rec Analytics

Changelog

Everything that has changed on the dashboard, newest first.

Latest

A proper explainer, and this page

  • New

    This changelog, with the dashboard's full history in one place.

  • Improved

    The “How does this work?” dialog now covers where the counts come from, what the percentages mean, and how the forecast is drawn, with a visual instead of a wall of text.

  • Removed

    The “What's new?” popup, replaced by this page.

Faster dashboard

  • Improved

    Sections only re-render when their data changes, and semesters that haven't started yet are skipped entirely.

  • Fixed

    A database client bug that kept the app from starting in local development.

Fresher data, honest labels

  • New

    The page keeps itself current. Data refreshes every 90 seconds while open, and immediately when you return to the tab.

  • Improved

    Charts now distinguish “the count hasn't changed” from “the data is stale”, and give the pipeline up to two hours of silence before flagging anything.

  • Improved

    Data loads are cached and retried, so one flaky connection can't take the page down.

Pins and Northeastern colors

  • New

    Pin the zones you visit most to keep them in a dedicated section at the top. Pins stay in your browser.

  • New

    A Northeastern-inspired theme in light and dark, plus a proper favicon and footer.

Smarter heatmap dates

  • Improved

    Each weekday row in the heatmap now uses its most recent completed date, so missing hours no longer quietly fall back to older weeks.

The big rewrite

  • New

    “Right now” verdicts calling each zone busy or quiet at a glance.

  • New

    A rest-of-day forecast drawn onto today's charts as a dashed line.

  • New

    Semester comparison: average occupancy by hour, one line per semester with data.

  • Improved

    Rebuilt on an aggregated data layer that understands Eastern time and the academic calendar: breaks, holidays, and weekend closures.

Branding and analytics

  • Improved

    Heatmap polish, an app icon, and proper social-sharing cards.

  • New

    Anonymous usage analytics to learn which features get used.

Heatmap tooltips

  • New

    Hover any heatmap cell to see the exact reading behind it.

  • Improved

    Times are shown in 12-hour format with AM/PM.

Capacity on the page

  • New

    Each zone shows its posted capacity next to the live count.

  • Improved

    Cleaner Y-axis ticks on the facility charts.

First release

  • New

    Live occupancy for Marino and SquashBusters: interactive charts, a day-by-hour heatmap, and dark mode.