diff --git a/components/HitCounter/HitCounter.tsx b/components/HitCounter/HitCounter.tsx
index 8a92cd86..c5a274ea 100644
--- a/components/HitCounter/HitCounter.tsx
+++ b/components/HitCounter/HitCounter.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import useSWR from "swr";
 import Loading from "../Loading";
 import { fetcher } from "../../lib/helpers/fetcher";
-import { siteLocale } from "../../lib/config";
+import { commafy } from "../../lib/helpers/format-number";
 
 export type HitCounterProps = {
   slug: string;
@@ -15,29 +15,22 @@ const HitCounter = ({ slug, className }: HitCounterProps) => {
     revalidateOnFocus: false,
   });
 
-  try {
-    // show spinning loading indicator if data isn't fetched yet
-    if (!data) {
-      return <Loading boxes={3} width={20} />;
-    }
+  // show spinning loading indicator if data isn't fetched yet
+  if (!data) {
+    return <Loading boxes={3} width={20} />;
+  }
 
-    // fail secretly
-    if (error) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    // we have data!
-    return (
-      <span
-        title={`${data.hits.toLocaleString(siteLocale)} ${data.hits === 1 ? "view" : "views"}`}
-        className={className}
-      >
-        {data.hits.toLocaleString(siteLocale)}
-      </span>
-    );
-  } catch (error) {
+  // fail secretly
+  if (error) {
     return null;
   }
+
+  // we have data!
+  return (
+    <span title={`${commafy(data.hits)} ${data.hits === 1 ? "view" : "views"}`} className={className}>
+      {commafy(data.hits)}
+    </span>
+  );
 };
 
 export default HitCounter;
diff --git a/components/Loading/Loading.tsx b/components/Loading/Loading.tsx
index 6dec73cc..2982cf6c 100644
--- a/components/Loading/Loading.tsx
+++ b/components/Loading/Loading.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ const Loading = ({ width, boxes = 3, timing = 0.1, css, ...rest }: LoadingProps)
         key={i}
         css={{
           width: `${width / (boxes + 1)}px`,
+        }}
+        style={{
           animationDelay: `${i * timing}s`,
         }}
       />
diff --git a/components/NoteMeta/NoteMeta.tsx b/components/NoteMeta/NoteMeta.tsx
index 214184de..dee5a968 100644
--- a/components/NoteMeta/NoteMeta.tsx
+++ b/components/NoteMeta/NoteMeta.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ErrorBoundary } from "react-error-boundary";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import Time from "../Time";
 import HitCounter from "../HitCounter";
@@ -108,15 +109,17 @@ const NoteMeta = ({ slug, date, title, htmlTitle, tags = [] }: NoteMetaProps) =>
 
       {/* only count hits on production site */}
       {process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_ENV === "production" && (
-        <MetaItem
-          // fix potential layout shift when number of hits loads
-          css={{ minWidth: "7em", marginRight: 0 }}
-        >
-          <span>
-            <Icon as={ViewsIcon} />
-          </span>
-          <HitCounter slug={`notes/${slug}`} />
-        </MetaItem>
+        <ErrorBoundary fallback={null}>
+          <MetaItem
+            // fix potential layout shift when number of hits loads
+            css={{ minWidth: "7em", marginRight: 0 }}
+          >
+            <span>
+              <Icon as={ViewsIcon} />
+            </span>
+            <HitCounter slug={`notes/${slug}`} />
+          </MetaItem>
+        </ErrorBoundary>
       )}
     </Wrapper>
 
diff --git a/components/RelativeTime/RelativeTime.tsx b/components/RelativeTime/RelativeTime.tsx
index 32209c3c..5b45ea8d 100644
--- a/components/RelativeTime/RelativeTime.tsx
+++ b/components/RelativeTime/RelativeTime.tsx
@@ -3,17 +3,20 @@ import { formatDateTZ, formatDateISO, formatTimeAgo, FlexibleDate } from "../../
 
 export type RelativeTimeProps = {
   date: FlexibleDate;
+  prefix?: string; // optional "Updated", "Published", "Created", etc.
+  staticFormat?: string; // full date (without timestamp)
   className?: string;
 };
 
-const RelativeTime = ({ date, className }: RelativeTimeProps) => {
+const RelativeTime = ({ date, prefix, staticFormat = "PP", className }: RelativeTimeProps) => {
   // play nice with SSR -- only use relative time on the client, since it'll quickly become outdated on the server and
   // cause a react hydration mismatch error.
   const hasMounted = useHasMounted();
 
   return (
     <time dateTime={formatDateISO(date)} title={formatDateTZ(date)} className={className}>
-      Updated {hasMounted ? formatTimeAgo(date) : `on ${formatDateTZ(date, "PP")}`}
+      {prefix && `${prefix} `}
+      {hasMounted ? formatTimeAgo(date) : `on ${formatDateTZ(date, staticFormat)}`}
     </time>
   );
 };
diff --git a/components/RepositoryCard/RepositoryCard.tsx b/components/RepositoryCard/RepositoryCard.tsx
index 8fc2fed3..dcbca333 100644
--- a/components/RepositoryCard/RepositoryCard.tsx
+++ b/components/RepositoryCard/RepositoryCard.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import Link from "../Link";
 import RelativeTime from "../RelativeTime";
 import { StarOcticon, ForkOcticon } from "../Icons";
+import { commafy } from "../../lib/helpers/format-number";
 import { styled } from "../../lib/styles/stitches.config";
-import { siteLocale } from "../../lib/config";
 import type { RepositoryType } from "../../types";
 
 const Wrapper = styled("div", {
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ const RepositoryCard = ({
           <MetaItem>
             <MetaLink
               href={`${url}/stargazers`}
-              title={`${stars.toLocaleString(siteLocale)} ${stars === 1 ? "star" : "stars"}`}
+              title={`${commafy(stars)} ${stars === 1 ? "star" : "stars"}`}
               target="_blank"
               rel="noopener noreferrer"
             >
               <MetaIcon as={StarOcticon} />
-              <span>{stars.toLocaleString(siteLocale)}</span>
+              <span>{commafy(stars)}</span>
             </MetaLink>
           </MetaItem>
         )}
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@ const RepositoryCard = ({
           <MetaItem>
             <MetaLink
               href={`${url}/network/members`}
-              title={`${forks.toLocaleString(siteLocale)} ${forks === 1 ? "fork" : "forks"}`}
+              title={`${commafy(forks)} ${forks === 1 ? "fork" : "forks"}`}
               target="_blank"
               rel="noopener noreferrer"
             >
               <MetaIcon as={ForkOcticon} />
-              <span>{forks.toLocaleString(siteLocale)}</span>
+              <span>{commafy(forks)}</span>
             </MetaLink>
           </MetaItem>
         )}
 
         {/* only use relative "time ago" on client side, since it'll be outdated via SSG and cause hydration errors */}
         <MetaItem>
-          <RelativeTime date={updatedAt} />
+          <RelativeTime date={updatedAt} prefix="Updated" />
         </MetaItem>
       </Meta>
     </Wrapper>
diff --git a/components/ThemeScript/ThemeScript.tsx b/components/ThemeScript/ThemeScript.tsx
index b86de280..0c666a51 100644
--- a/components/ThemeScript/ThemeScript.tsx
+++ b/components/ThemeScript/ThemeScript.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
-import { memo } from "react";
+import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { minify } from "uglify-js";
 import { clientScript } from "./script";
 import { darkModeQuery, themeStorageKey, themeClassNames } from "../../lib/config/themes";
 
 const ThemeScript = () => {
-  // since the function above will end up being injected as a plain dumb string, we need to set the dynamic values here:
-  const functionString = String(clientScript)
-    .replace('"__MEDIA_QUERY__"', `"${darkModeQuery}"`)
-    .replace('"__STORAGE_KEY__"', `"${themeStorageKey}"`)
-    .replace('"__CLASS_NAMES__"', JSON.stringify(themeClassNames))
-    .replace(
-      '"__LIST_OF_CLASSES__"',
-      Object.values(themeClassNames)
-        .map((t: string) => `"${t}"`)
-        .join(",")
-    );
+  const minified = useMemo(() => {
+    // since the client function will end up being injected as a plain dumb string, we need to set dynamic values here:
+    const functionString = String(clientScript)
+      .replace('"__MEDIA_QUERY__"', `"${darkModeQuery}"`)
+      .replace('"__STORAGE_KEY__"', `"${themeStorageKey}"`)
+      .replace('"__CLASS_NAMES__"', JSON.stringify(themeClassNames))
+      .replace(
+        '"__LIST_OF_CLASSES__"',
+        Object.values(themeClassNames)
+          .map((t) => `"${t}"`)
+          .join(",")
+      );
 
-  // minify the final code, a bit hacky but this is ONLY done at build-time, so uglify-js is never bundled or sent to
-  // the browser to execute:
-  const minified = minify(`(${functionString})()`, {
-    toplevel: true,
-    compress: {
-      negate_iife: false,
-    },
-    parse: {
-      bare_returns: true,
-    },
-  }).code;
+    // minify the final code, a bit hacky but this is ONLY done at build-time, so uglify-js is never bundled or sent to
+    // the browser to execute:
+    return minify(`(${functionString})()`, {
+      toplevel: true,
+      compress: {
+        negate_iife: false,
+      },
+      parse: {
+        bare_returns: true,
+      },
+    }).code;
+  }, []);
 
   // the script tag injected manually into `<head>` in _document.tsx.
   // even though it's the proper method, using next/script with `strategy="beforeInteractive"` still causes flash of
@@ -36,10 +38,10 @@ const ThemeScript = () => {
       key="restore-theme"
       dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
         // make it an IIFE:
-        __html: `(function(){${minified}})();`,
+        __html: `(function(){${minified}})()`,
       }}
     />
   );
 };
 
-export default memo(ThemeScript);
+export default ThemeScript;
diff --git a/components/ThemeScript/script.js b/components/ThemeScript/script.js
index c906d471..fd7e10f1 100644
--- a/components/ThemeScript/script.js
+++ b/components/ThemeScript/script.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-var */
+/* eslint-disable no-empty, no-var, prefer-destructuring */
 
 // this function is converted to a string verbatim, substitutions are made to insert dynamic values, minified, and then
-// finally exported as an inline `<script>` tag in ThemeScript.tsx for pages/_document.tsx to use.
+// finally exported as an inline `<script>` tag in ThemeScript.tsx for _document.tsx to use.
 export const clientScript = () => {
   // `try/catch` in case I messed something up here bigly... (will default to light theme)
   try {
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ export const clientScript = () => {
     var pref = localStorage.getItem("__STORAGE_KEY__");
     // map of theme -> classname:
     var classNames = "__CLASS_NAMES__";
-    // the list of <html>'s current class(es), from which `classNames` are removed to start fresh
-    // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
+    // the list of <html>'s current class(es)...
     var classList = document.documentElement.classList;
+    // ...from which `classNames` are removed to start fresh:
     classList.remove("__LIST_OF_CLASSES__");
 
     if (pref === "light" || pref === "dark") {
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ export const clientScript = () => {
       var prefersDark = window.matchMedia(darkQuery);
       classList.add(classNames[prefersDark.media !== darkQuery || prefersDark.matches ? "dark" : "light"]);
     }
-  } catch (error) {} // eslint-disable-line no-empty
+  } catch (error) {}
 };
diff --git a/lib/helpers/format-number.ts b/lib/helpers/format-number.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69858dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/helpers/format-number.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { siteLocale } from "../config";
+
+// adds thousands separator
+// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/NumberFormat/NumberFormat
+export const commafy = Intl.NumberFormat(siteLocale, { useGrouping: true }).format;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef720a23..a1dadb79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "query-string": "^7.1.1",
     "react": "18.0.0",
     "react-dom": "18.0.0",
+    "react-error-boundary": "^3.1.4",
     "react-gist": "^1.2.4",
     "react-innertext": "^1.1.5",
     "react-intersection-observer": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/pages/notes/index.tsx b/pages/notes/index.tsx
index 2f901428..4f7ea2ce 100644
--- a/pages/notes/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/notes/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { NextSeo } from "next-seo";
 import Content from "../../components/Content";
 import NotesList, { NotesListProps } from "../../components/NotesList";
 import { getAllNotes } from "../../lib/helpers/parse-notes";
-import { formatDateTZ } from "../../lib/helpers/format-date";
 import type { GetStaticProps } from "next";
 
 const Notes = ({ notesByYear }: NotesListProps) => (
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ export const getStaticProps: GetStaticProps = async () => {
   const notesByYear: NotesListProps["notesByYear"] = {};
 
   getAllNotes().map((note) => {
-    const year = formatDateTZ(note.date, "yyyy");
+    const year = new Date(note.date).getUTCFullYear();
     (notesByYear[year] || (notesByYear[year] = [])).push(note);
   });
 
diff --git a/pages/y2k.tsx b/pages/y2k.tsx
index 180dbdb8..8a659a78 100644
--- a/pages/y2k.tsx
+++ b/pages/y2k.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { ErrorBoundary } from "react-error-boundary";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 import { NextSeo } from "next-seo";
+import Terminal from "../components/Terminal";
 import { styled } from "../lib/styles/stitches.config";
 
 // obviously, an interactive VNC display will not work even a little bit server-side
@@ -56,7 +58,11 @@ const Y2K = () => {
       />
 
       <Wallpaper style={{ backgroundImage: wallpaperUrl ? `url(${wallpaperUrl})` : "" }}>
-        <VNC server={SOCKET_PROXY} />
+        <ErrorBoundary
+          fallback={<Terminal>Oh dear, it looks like something's gone VERY wrong. Sorry about that!</Terminal>}
+        >
+          <VNC server={SOCKET_PROXY} />
+        </ErrorBoundary>
       </Wallpaper>
     </>
   );
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cb635193..4d8f62fe 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@
     core-js-pure "^3.20.2"
     regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
 
-"@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.10.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.16.3", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4":
+"@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.10.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.12.5", "@babel/runtime@^7.16.3", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4":
   version "7.17.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.17.9.tgz#d19fbf802d01a8cb6cf053a64e472d42c434ba72"
   integrity sha512-lSiBBvodq29uShpWGNbgFdKYNiFDo5/HIYsaCEY9ff4sb10x9jizo2+pRrSyF4jKZCXqgzuqBOQKbUm90gQwJg==
@@ -5105,6 +5105,13 @@ react-dom@18.0.0:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     scheduler "^0.21.0"
 
+react-error-boundary@^3.1.4:
+  version "3.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-error-boundary/-/react-error-boundary-3.1.4.tgz#255db92b23197108757a888b01e5b729919abde0"
+  integrity sha512-uM9uPzZJTF6wRQORmSrvOIgt4lJ9MC1sNgEOj2XGsDTRE4kmpWxg7ENK9EWNKJRMAOY9z0MuF4yIfl6gp4sotA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+
 react-fast-compare@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-fast-compare/-/react-fast-compare-2.0.4.tgz#e84b4d455b0fec113e0402c329352715196f81f9"