dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource
Published: 2019-01-25 18:47:58

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title: dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
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description: A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
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tags: changelog, meta, opensource
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Hey, hey, hey! Welcome back to another Repo Recap, where we cover last week's contributions [to this app's repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to) and [the iOS repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios). This edition is covering January 13 to January 19.

# Features

- Thanks to [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes), you can now export your comment data! Check out the changelog post and PR for all the details. Thanks, @rhymes!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1471)
{% link https://dev.to/rhymes/changelog-export-comments-56mf %}

- [@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) wrote up a JSFiddle Liquid tag to embed JSFiddle into your post or comment! Thanks, Andrew!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1509)
{% link https://dev.to/link2twenty/changelog-jsfiddle-liquid-tags-now-live-1d1b %}

- We've removed the bug reports form on the error page. We encourage you to [create a GitHub issue](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/new?template=bug_report.md) if you run into an error! PR by [@jess](https://dev.to/jess):
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1565)

- In case you missed it, we now have reading times for articles! The final push was made by [@ben](https://dev.to/ben). Check out the PR and changelog post for more details:
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1538)
{% link https://dev.to/devteam/changelog-reading-time-now-displayed-16o0 %}

# Bug Fixes / Other Contributions

- [@nsebhastian](https://dev.to/nsebhastian) added a "Maintaining Your Fork" section to our readme. Thanks, Nathan!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/742)

- I fixed some notifications request specs. Gladly accepting feedback even though it's merged. 😄
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1450)

- [@jess](https://dev.to/jess) made some improvements to our internal tools. PRs below:
  - [updated unmatched mentor query](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1521)
  - [update twitter validation and internal/articles query](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1571)

- [@BogDAAAMN](https://dev.to/BogDAAAMN) updated the installation documentation. Thanks, Bogdan!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1525)

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) refactored the redirect from old username or organization slug. Glad to say that I learned something by looking at the changes. Thanks, Anna!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1527)

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) also fixed a few issues that Rubocop (a Ruby linter) warned. Thanks again, Anna!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1528)

- [@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac) refactored our RSS reader, and should be easier to maintain:
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1537)

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) made a few RSS improvements -- PRs below:
  - [Fix feed_fetched_at for fetching RSS articles](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1555)
  - [Find by title or feed source URL in rss fetch](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1560)
  - [Improve feed and add more randomness](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1570)

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) made a small refactor by replacing `.each` with `.find_each` for ActiveRecord queries. Thanks, @rhymes!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1557)

- [@jess](https://dev.to/jess) wrote a test for invalid CAPTCHAs:
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1569)

- [@davefollett](https://dev.to/davefollett) fixed a vulnerability with the CodePen tag. Thanks, Dave!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1578)

- [@38elements](https://dev.to/38elements) removed an unnecessary CSS property. Thanks, @38elements!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1581)

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) made some "super small query optimizations." Thanks again, @rhymes!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1586)

And in the iOS repo...

- [@StriderHND](https://dev.to/StriderHND) corrected the navigation color border. Thanks, Erick!
  -[Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/123)

- [@StriderHND](https://dev.to/StriderHND) also updated the `NotificationCenter` observer as recommended by `Reachability` instructions:
  -[Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/121)

# New Issues / Discussions

- [@avocadoras](https://dev.to/avocadoras) requested support for Org mode syntax when writing posts. Thanks, @avocadoras!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1526 %}

- [@tiagomagalhaes](https://dev.to/tiagomagalhaes) requested a Reddit Liquid tag. Thanks, @tiagomagalhaes!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1536 %}

- [@michaeltharrington](https://dev.to/michaeltharrington) wrote up a detailed issue about allowing others to edit articles, as well as other thoughts on version control for your posts. It's an interesting idea, so check it out below:
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1539 %}

- We currently have a few bugs that are reported by Airbrake, our bug monitoring service. It's a run time error, and should be fairly fixable. Check it out below:
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1541 %}

- [@dylan](https://dev.to/dylan) reported an issue with the edit comment box not resizing properly. Thanks, Dylan!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1554 %}

- [@nickytonline](https://dev.to/nickytonline) requested a feature for user profiles. When visiting a mutual follower, there is a CTA for you to start a new Connect conversation with them. Thanks, Nick!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1567 %}

- [@damian](https://dev.to/damian) reported a bug where comments are overlapping in Edge. Thanks, Damian!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1593 %}

That's it for this week! Thanks for reading. :)