dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource
Published: 2018-12-29 00:43:51

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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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And we're back with another recap. We're back to our regular scheduled programming of covering a single week: December 16 to December 22.

# Features

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) added haptic feedback for a few missing places for the iOS app.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1367)

- We reduced our bundle size by... a lot. Thanks to [@ben](https://dev.to/ben); check out his post and PR for more details.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1379)
{% link https://dev.to/ben/we-reduced-our-vendorjs-from-210kb-to-16kb-in-about-five-minutes-of-work-and-ten-lines-of-code-1ole %}

- We now have two year badges. Thanks to everyone who has been with us for two whole years! Badge automation by [@ben](https://dev.to/ben), badge design by [@liana](https://dev.to/liana).
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1383)


# Bugs Fixes and Other Contributions

- Thanks to [@ashwinv11](https://dev.to/ashwinv11) for adding heading tags to all our `<header>` tags!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1003)

- Thanks to [@moriczgergo](https://dev.to/moriczgergo) for adding a better description about publishing via RSS!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1151)

- Thanks to [@vinistock](https://dev.to/vinistock) for starting the PR to add the Sail gem!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/841)

- Thanks to [@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) for laying down the groundwork for dark mode with CSS variables! There are multiple PRs -- check them out below:
  - [Beginning of CSS variable implementation](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1306)
  - [Add --theme-top-bar-color](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1373)
  - [Add --theme-background to notifications page](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1374)
  - [Add --theme-top-bar-search-*](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1375)

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) fixed an issue with our Twitter Liquid tag not rendering the text in retweets. If you have this issue with your posts, resaving it should render it properly.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1306)

- Thanks to [@imadityang](https://dev.to/imadityang) fixed `webpack-dev-server` for `docker-compose`! More details below.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1354)

- We had an issue with highlighting text in Connect. This is now resolved, thanks to [@mariocsee](https://dev.to/mariocsee)!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1359)

- We recently added [Tag Moderation](https://dev.to/tag-moderation)! Check out the page for more information, including how to become one! PR by [@jess](https://dev.to/jess) 
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1360)

- We fixed an issue with the reaction button not rendering properly in notifications page. Let us know if you have see any issues related it to that.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1360)

- Thanks for fixing a typo on the organization admin page, [@anant90](https://dev.to/anant90)!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1371)

# New Issues

- [@antogarand](https://dev.to/antogarand) reported an issue where the horizontal scroll bar of a codeblock is unusable. More details below:
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1332 %}

- [@yafkari](https://dev.to/yafkari) requested a feature where you could add articles to your Pocket list.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1344 %}

- [@imadityang](https://dev.to/imadityang) reported an issue where the save button renders incorrectly in the reading list after clicking "LOAD MORE POSTS".
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1347 %}

- [@2lach](https://dev.to/2lach) requested a UX improvement where you could update all the weights of your followed tags with one click.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1346 %}

- [@alextakitani](https://github.com/alextakitani) started a discussion about having a section in your profile called "Share my Development Setup".
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1353 %}

- [@bencodezen](https://dev.to/bencodezen) requested a feature where you can schedule when a post publishes.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1363 %}

- [@codemouse92](https://dev.to/codemouse92) reported an issue where bullets did not render in a tag's wiki seciton.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1368 %}

- [@dance2die](https://dev.to/dance2die) requested that articles imported via RSS have their editor version based on your user settings.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1384 %} 

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) reported a bug where the V2 editor settings modal has a broken layout in smaller screens.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1389 %}

- [@chiangs](https://dev.to/chiangs) requested a feature that allows you to create different types of reading lists and share them.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1391 %}

- [@abraham](https://dev.to/abraham) reported a bug where images are not responsive in emails (notably Gmail).
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1393 %}

- [@yafkari](https://dev.to/yafkari) reported a bug where the save button is inconsistently rendered in the reading list.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1395 %}

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) requested a feature that allows you to filter a someone's posts based the tags of they've used.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1396 %}

As always, we encourage you to add any thoughts to the issues. Discussing them helps us iterate on ideas, and adding details to bugs helps us fix them. Thanks for reading, and see you in the new year!