dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource
Published: 2019-01-18 19:15:27

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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 all! This edition will be covering January 6th to January 12th.

# Features

- [@timorthi](https://dev.to/timorthi) added API secrets to your settings page. Stay tuned for our developer API endpoints! Thanks, @timorthi!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1369)

- Organizations can now update their usernames! Check out the PR below for the nitty gritty details.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1411)

- After a suggestion from [@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty), [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) pushed up the ability to collapse comments. Check out the changelog post for more details.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1484)
{% link https://dev.to/ben/changelog-collapse-comments-via-the-details-html-tag-4nim %}

- [@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) also added a SlideShare Liquid tag. Thanks, Andrew!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1485)

- Thanks to [@mariocsee](https://dev.to/mariocsee), you can now use basic Markdown formatting in your chat messages. Thanks, Mario!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1487)

And in the iOS repo...

- [@StriderHND](https://dev.to/striderhnd) added a loading spinner when starting the app. Thanks, Erick!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/118)

# Bug Fixes / Other Contributions

- [@mariocsee](https://dev.to/mariocsee) fixed some Connect message spacing issues. Thanks again, Mario!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1259)

- [@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) continues his journey of adding CSS variables for dark mode. Thanks for the multiple PRs, Andrew!
  - [Add --theme-container-box-shadow places missed](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1420)
  - [Add --theme-container background](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1479)
  - [Missed --theme-container-border](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1480)

- [@arun](https://dev.to/arun) fixed a Rubocop offense: "fix braces around hash parameters." Thanks, @arun!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1453)

- [@delbetu](https://dev.to/delbetu) refactored our OAuth controller to avoid the previous metaprogramming solution. Thanks, @delbetu!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1457)

- [@vnbrs](https://dev.to/vnbrs) properly capitalized the labels in your profile settings. Thanks, @vnbrs!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1464)

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) added sitemap generation for AWS:
  - [add sitemap generation](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1465)
  - [Finalize generated sitemap](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1466)

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) also made some improvements to caching on the article page.
  - [Improve caching on article show view](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1467)
  - [Remove user signed in difference in article show comment form](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1468)

- [@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac) fixed an issue with the Tweet Liquid tag.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1481)

- [@vinistock](https://dev.to/vinistock) made a PR to upgrade us to Ruby 2.6.0. Thanks, @vinistock!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1482)

- We fixed a small bug where some links in Windows did not route properly.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1489)

- We also fixed an issue with podcast Liquid tags. If you used this recently, be sure to resave your article to update it.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1500)

- [@jess](https://dev.to/jess) refactored our banisher class and internal spam tool. :)
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1501)

- [@aspittel](https://dev.to/aspittel) added herself to our list of core contributors! 🎉 Check out her announcement post below if you haven't already:

{% link https://dev.to/aspittel/new-years-and-new-beginnings-im-joining-the-dev-team-3dnb %}

- [@abraham](https://dev.to/abraham) updated our Gemfile to use the published `buffer` gem version instead of the one from the GitHub repo. Thanks, Abraham!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1507)

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) fix comment cancel button redirect url
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1508)

# New Issues / Discussions

- [@vnbrs](https://dev.to/vrnbs) requested the ability as a tag moderator to merge similar tags. We technically have this functionality, but don't have the tooling for it yet. If you're a tag moderator and see a tag that should be merged, feel free to let us know in the Connect channel. Thanks, @vnbrs!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1469 %}

- [@vladkodmc](https://dev.to/vladkodmc) opened up a discussion about UI and drawing attention to the right places. Check out the issue for the deets. Thanks, @vladkodmc!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1470 %}

- [@peter](https://dev.to/peter) raise the issue where underscores in a username prevents @-mentions from linking properly. This is somewhat solveable with a Markdown technique, but we'll also want to implement a solution to handle this, too.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1491 %}

- We brought up the discussion of allowing users to configure their own Markdown rendering. Feel free to chime in the issue. Issue by [@jess](https://dev.to/jess):
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1492 %}

- [@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) discussed adjusting how collapsing comments look in the mobile view. Thanks, Andrew!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1498 %}

- [@vinistock](https://dev.to/vinistock) requested a feature where you can see in your dashboard the total number of reactions of the comments for each of your posts. Thanks, @vinistock!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1505 %}

- [@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac) raised the issue of having better Liquid tag error handling.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1511 %}

- [@wuz](https://dev.to/wuz) requested a feature where you can create polls in dev.to. Thanks, Conlin!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1512 %}

- [@kurtz1993](https://dev.to/kurtz1993) raised an issue where the Twitter and Github links are too large on Safari's reader mode. Thanks, @kurtz1993!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1517 %}

- [@jess](https://dev.to/jess) raised an issue where Tag liquid tag overflowing comment box in notifications.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1520 %}

- [@artemix](https://dev.to/artemix) discussed move expand/collapse indicators for the comments. Thanks, @artemix!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1518 %}


We've got some good discussions going in the issues above, and any feedback on the new features is appreciated. Thanks for reading!