diff --git a/init/src/init_test.ts b/init/src/init_test.ts
index c0a2a898b3a..8b475cf5e3f 100644
--- a/init/src/init_test.ts
+++ b/init/src/init_test.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,14 @@ async function patchProject(dir: string): Promise<void> {
   // json.patch = [path.fromFileURL(new URL("../..", import.meta.url))];
   json.patch = [new URL("../..", import.meta.url).href];
 
-  // assert with this stricter rule, before adding it to initialized projects
+  // Ensure the tasks field for check/fmt/lint can correctly find ts/tsx files
   json.lint.rules.include = ["verbatim-module-syntax"];
+  json.tasks = {
+    ...json.tasks,
+    check: "deno fmt --check . && deno lint . && deno check **/*.ts **/*.tsx",
+    fmt: "deno fmt --check .",
+    lint: "deno lint .",
+  };
 
   await Deno.writeTextFile(jsonPath, JSON.stringify(json, null, 2) + "\n");
 }
diff --git a/www/data/showcase.json b/www/data/showcase.json
index b8b75569898..4df97712228 100644
--- a/www/data/showcase.json
+++ b/www/data/showcase.json
@@ -421,5 +421,17 @@
     "link": "https://wtfiscongressdoingnow.us",
     "github": "gibbygano/wtfiscongressdoingnow",
     "image": "wtfcongress"
+  },
+  {
+    "title": "freshpress",
+    "link": "https://freshpress.deno.dev",
+    "github": "https://github.com/SisyphusZheng/freshpress",
+    "image": "freshpress"
+  },
+  {
+    "title": "zhizheng's website",
+    "link": "https://zhi.deno.dev",
+    "github": "https://github.com/SisyphusZheng/me",
+    "image": "zhizheng"
   }
 ]