For v1.0.2, I fixed a bug in Simple Mode where hovering over the window would cause a weird ghost image and flickering. Oddly enough, it didn’t happen on most desktops — only on some laptops.

Since I don’t have a laptop myself, I just pushed it and waited to see what users would say.

This time I want to share something called automated deployment — automatically committing new versions to the store.

Besides auto-uploading the packaged files, it also updates the release notes in both Chinese and English at the same time.

All of this can be automated together through the Microsoft Store Submission API (well, I had Claude do it), all in one go.

The first step is to have Claude generate a Python script that defines the whole flow. Mine looks something like this:

1. Authenticate with Azure AD
2. Delete any existing pending submission
3. Create a new submission (cloned from current published)
4. Update whatsNew (zh-TW + en-US) from release note files
5. Register new MSIX package
6. Upload package zip to Azure Blob Storage
7. Stop — does NOT commit. Review and submit manually in Partner Center.

At the end, I require that I’m the one who hits submit — keeping a human as the final gatekeeper.

I also built a separate automation for generating release notes. Haha, I’m the definition of lazy — I didn’t even want to write release notes myself.

The method is simple: use git history tags, like this:

2026/06/05 (tag v1.0.2)

...something changes

2026/06/03 (tag v1.0.1)

Just add a prompt like this to the release flow:

Check the commit diff between the previous version and the current master, analyze the commit messages, and draft a release note as a bullet list — then discuss the content with me.

And it spits out a nicely formatted release note, like this:

Version: v1.0.2

New Features
- Added primary text color and background color settings in the Visual tab
- Show full title tooltip on hover for remote calendar events

Improvements
- Renamed "Background Opacity" to "Overall Opacity" in settings for clearer semantics
- Revised color palettes for better visibility and range
- Added outlines to all color swatches; restored original dark background palette option

Bug Fixes
- Fixed Simple Mode window jitter when moving across monitors
- Fixed Simple Mode window disappearing on secondary monitors
- Fixed window overflowing screen bounds on low-resolution displays
- Fixed whole-day event click not switching to the next event

Pretty neat, right? More on automating blog publishing next time.

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