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Version: 3.4dev-20260820_054605
Commit: 392c988
Commit message: ⚡ Let the Time-Turner Speed Up the Test Suite Without Losing a Spell
MB674 did not add a user-facing feature.
It did something just as important for the project: it made the complete Mediabot test suite dra…
Version: 3.4dev-20260820_034834
Commit: 3033b28
Commit message: 🦉 Let the Owl Confirm the Update After the Bot Returns
Mediabot already knew how to update itself with:
m update now
But there was one awkward gap in the workflow.
The command could tel…
Version: 3.4dev-20260820_025922
Commit: a452e80
Commit message: 🪄 Teach the Floo Network to Handle Social Links Without Freezing Time
MB672 continues the URL-handling hardening work with one simple goal: **make social and music links richer without freezing the IRC event …
Version: 3.4dev-20260819_151028
Commit: e9125a9
Instagram previews in Mediabot already worked when Instagram exposed useful metadata.
The problem was what happened when it did not.
A single unavailable post could make Mediabot spend several seconds trying HTTP and then launch…
Version: 3.4dev-20260819_131425
Commit: c0eda2d
Mediabot’s social and history features have grown steadily over the last several releases.
That was good for the bot.
It was becoming much less good for one file:
Mediabot/UserCommands.pm
Before MB670, that m…
Version: 3.4dev-20260819_084452
Commit: cfe90cf
Mediabot has gradually accumulated more features that need to understand one deceptively simple question:
Who is this IRC user, really?
A visible nickname is not always the durable identity.
With MB669, that answer fina…
Feature commit: f291373
Certification fix: 6581f38
Current version: 3.4dev-20260819_081107
Mediabot already remembers who talks, who returns, who stays active and who shapes the rhythm of a channel.
With MB668, it also starts rewarding the people who actively build …
Version: 3.4dev-20260819_070738
Commit: f291373
Mediabot already remembers who talks, who returns, who stays active and who shapes the rhythm of a channel.
With MB668, it also starts rewarding the people who actively build the channel’s shared memory.
Version: 3.4dev-20260819_060618
Commit: 2f42db5
Mediabot has been collecting channel history for years.
With MB667, that history finally becomes a story.
yearbookm yearbook
m yearbook YYYY
Without an argument, Mediabot selects th…
Version: 3.4dev-20260818_125953
Commit: 9701832
Mediabot already knew how to remember a channel.
With MB666, it starts celebrating the people who make that history worth remembering.
awardsm awards
m awards 7d
m awards 30d
The c…