dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource, reporecap
Published: 2019-06-29 01:38:54

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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 the dev.to repo."
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tags: changelog, meta, opensource, reporecap
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Welcome back to another Repo Recap, where we cover last week's contributions to [dev.to's repository](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to) [the iOS repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios), and [the Android repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-android). This edition is covering June 22 to June 28.

# Main Repo
## Features

- We've added comment context for notifications and comment pages! This is the first step to providing more useful notifications. PR by [@ben](https://dev.to/ben):

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3262 %}

- You can now pin your posts to the top of your profile! Thanks to [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) for this work.

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3269 %}

- Tags can now have a maximum length of 30 characters. Thanks, [@edueo](https://dev.to/edueo)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3299 %}

- The header of the reading list now shows how many items you have. Thanks, [@bolariinwa](https://dev.to/bolariinwa)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3162 %}

- There are now referrer stats for pro members -- more on what that means in the future. Thanks, [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3295 %}

- You can now embed specific version of a gist. Thanks [@bolariinwa](https://dev.to/bolariinwa)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3310 %}

- You can now also add an Instagram link to your profile. Thanks again, [@bolariinwa](https://dev.to/bolariinwa)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3307 %}

- Links in comments now have have `rel="nofollow"`, mostly to curb spam. Thanks again, [@bolariinwa](https://dev.to/bolariinwa)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3304 %}

## Bug Fixes / Other Contributions

- Profile images now have a max limit of 2 megabytes. Thanks, [@bolariinwa](https://dev.to/bolariinwa)!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3313 %}

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) fixed an encoding issue with a comment's `title`. Thanks, Ben!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3311 %}

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) added more tests and refactored how podcast episodes are fetched. Thanks, Anna!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3245 %}

- I fixed a bug where some push notifications and comment submission responses were broken. Sorry if this affected you!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3273 %}

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) removed unnecessary `stripping` from a comment's `title`. Thanks, @rhymes!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3270 %}

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) disabled a Rubocop style rule and fixed some issues related to it. Thanks, @rhymes!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3278 %}

- [@nickytonline](https://dev.to/nickytonline) added the Dependabot badge to our repo. Thanks, @nickytonline!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3268 %}

- [@cyrillefr](https://github.com/cyrillefr) moved the `bust_cache` methods in their own `ActiveJobs`, as part of an ongoing effort to move from `DelayedJob` to `ActiveJob`. Thanks, @cyrillefr!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3071 %}

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) fixed an issue where certain history items were duplicated. Thanks, @rhymes!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3279 %}

- [@mscccc](https://dev.to/mscccc) improved how social cards are cached. Check out the PR for more details. Thanks, @mscccc!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3265 %}

- [@sushant12](https://dev.to/sushant12) renamed our sign up route `/enter` to make more sense. Thanks, @sushant12!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3147 %}

- I fixed an issue where a new post notification showed the post's creation date as opposed to it's date of publication.

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3301 %}

- [@mariocsee](https://dev.to/mariocsee) fixed an issue with listings where the escape key wasn't working properly (and fixed a typo along the way). Thanks, Mario!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3306 %}

- I fixed an issue where an organization dashboard incorrectly displayed an article's delete button.

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3315 %}

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) refactored and optimized fetching existing podcast episodes. Thanks, Anna!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3319 %}

- [@brarnaudovski](https://dev.to/brarnaudovski) updated documentation on how to access the admin panel (for development). Thanks, @brarnaudovski!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3323 %}

- [@bolariinwa](https://dev.to/bolariinwa) updated a reading list's header to show `empty` instead of `0` when the reading list is empty. Thanks, @bolariinwa!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3320 %}

- [@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac) fixed an odd bug where some parts of the site would display incorrectly when cookies were disabled. Thanks, Mac!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/3322 %}


## New Issues and Discussions

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) requested a feature where organizations could be mentioned as well as users. Thanks, @rhymes!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3263 %}

- [@seangwright](https://dev.to/seangwright) requested a feature to show timestamps for when your post was created and last updated at in your dashboard. Thanks, @seangwright!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3274 %}

- [@michaeltharrington](https://dev.to/michaeltharrington) reported a bug where a comment's Twitter social card doesn't display properly. Thanks, Michael!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3296 %}

- [@douglasfugazi](https://dev.to/douglasfugazi) requested a feature to unfollow multiple items in your dashboard. Thanks, @douglasfugazi!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3305 %}

- [@protium](https://dev.to/protium) reported a bug wher the image upload dialog overlaps the editor and the help page. Thanks, @protium!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3316 %}

- [@felipperegazio](https://dev.to/felipperegazio) reported a visual bug in mobile where the bottom panel overlaps the editor text area when the keyboard is active. Thanks, @felipperegazio!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3324 %}

- [@georgecoldham](https://dev.to/georgecoldham) requested a feature to report posts without having to open them. Thanks, @georgecoldham!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3329 %}

- [@dylanesque](https://dev.to/dylanesque) reported a bug where the vertical scrollbar toggles on and off whenever a character is typed in. Thanks, @dylanesque!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3330 %}

- [@cbrintnall](https://dev.to/cbrintnall) reported a bug where a code block with one line overflows in a comment's preview. Thanks, @cbrintnall!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3331 %}

- [@thefliik](https://dev.to/thefliik) opened a discussion regarding how comment context is represented when viewing an individual comment. Thanks, @thefliik!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/3332 %}

# DEV-iOS

We haven't had much activity this week in the iOS repo. Feel free to [make an issue](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios/issues/new), [look at the codebase](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios), or [make a pull request](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios/pulls)!

# DEV-Android

We also haven't had much activity this week in the Android repo. Feel free to [make an issue](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-android/issues/new), [look at the codebase](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-android), or [make a pull request](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-android/pulls)!

That's it for this week! Stay tuned for next week's edition.