[bookbrainz-data-js] 14MonkeyDo merged pull request #337 (03master…dependabot/npm_and_yarn/picomatch-2.3.2): chore(deps): bump picomatch from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 https://github.com/metabrainz/bookbrainz-data-js/…
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[bookbrainz-data-js] 14MonkeyDo merged pull request #340 (03master…dependabot/npm_and_yarn/babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs-7.29.4): chore(deps): bump @babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs from 7.20.11 to 7.29.4 https://github.com/metabrainz/bookbrainz-data-js/…
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[bookbrainz-data-js] 14MonkeyDo merged pull request #346 (03master…dependabot/npm_and_yarn/js-yaml-4.3.1): chore(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.3.2 https://github.com/metabrainz/bookbrainz-data-js/…
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[bookbrainz-data-js] 14MonkeyDo merged pull request #342 (03master…dependabot/npm_and_yarn/babel/core-7.29.6): chore(deps-dev): bump @babel/core from 7.20.12 to 7.29.6 https://github.com/metabrainz/bookbrainz-data-js/…
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lucifer[m]1
monkey: tested on test.lb. https://github.com/metabrainz/listenbrainz-server… - will merge after tests pass. on deploying, will stop timescale writer for a bit, let incremental listens catch up, listen deletes to replay, integrity check to happen and then start the new ts writer.
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lucifer[m]1
listens will collect in rabbitmq for the duration.
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monkey[m]
<lucifer[m]1> "monkey: tested on test.lb. https..." <- Great
[musicbrainz-server] 14mibmo opened pull request #3844 (03master…remove-spurious-unicode): Replace no-break spaces (U+00A0) with normal spaces (U+0020) https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-server/…
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lucifer[m]1
reosarevok: yes, through db. you can tell me the name and i will add it.
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lucifer[m]1
ansh: on test.lb please only deploy branches rebased on external-connect-services, fankee is using those endpoints for testing.
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ansh[m]
ohh - i was not aware of that
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lucifer[m]1
no worries, if you are only testing for a short while let me know and i will switch back after that.
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lucifer[m]1
if you need it for longer then please rebase on that branch and redeploy.
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monkey[m]
lucifer, ansh Are you free for a video chat in the coming days?
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monkey[m]
Mostly to get me/us up to speed with current work and to define our immediate priorities
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ansh[m]
sure! let's setup some time tomorrow?
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monkey[m]
I'm free all day. Any time better for you?
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ansh[m]
6 PM IST?
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monkey[m]
ansh[m]: Works for me, let's see what lucifer says
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lucifer[m]1
sure sounds good
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[listenbrainz-server] 14anshg1214 merged pull request #3771 (03master…background-tasks-skip-locked): feat: Add claim-based work distribution for background task workers https://github.com/metabrainz/listenbrainz-server…
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[listenbrainz-server] 14anshg1214 merged pull request #3809 (03master…fix-lastfm-importer-error-responses): Handle Last.fm/Libre.fm error JSON and empty API bodies in the importer. https://github.com/metabrainz/listenbrainz-server…
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reosarevok[m]
<BANG>
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reosarevok[m]
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
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reosarevok[m]
On the mailed-in reviews:
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reosarevok[m]
Haris says:
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reosarevok[m]
'''
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reosarevok[m]
Worked on finalising the mood tags and sent them over to Monkey for review.
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reosarevok[m]
Still trying to get my PRs merged, no luck in that but im working on it tho.
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reosarevok[m]
Got some nice review from Aerozol on the mood tags, more on it this week when we meet on call.
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reosarevok[m]
'''
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reosarevok[m]
And aerozol says:
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reosarevok[m]
'''
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reosarevok[m]
Quite a bit of comms work regarding recent downtimes/slowdown.
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reosarevok[m]
Needed some more music to work and finally found the time for quite a bit of MusicBrainz editing, for tagging!
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reosarevok[m]
A little side project has been to get vgm/video game music tags over 100k, using my 'nuclear tags' userscript, and I hit that this week.
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reosarevok[m]
I had forgotten about the tag cloud, but just checked it and realised that they are now the most-used folksonomy tags, above indie and pop/rock...
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reosarevok[m]
thought it's worth mentioning as tags are a bit neglected in MB, and it doesn't seem to take much to give them a bump...
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reosarevok[m]
what I'm getting at is that I have some long-standing tag-improvement tickets/mockups, if anyone is ever interested in picking them up :P
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reosarevok[m]
'''
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reosarevok[m]
That seems to be it for mailed in reviews, unless I'm missing some in between all the "please unblock my IP" emails 🫣
More meetings esp w reosarevok and lucifer on twenty CRM setup to match w Website signups... (full message at <https://matrix.chatbrainz.org/irc/v1/media/download/AbXja5ANzKHF7ZO_ZzWD16tDWRfphjPWWy0js7WsXJ1i3RHJTT321XDAt9uJCxoyM9yI2sWsSdMmvyeAiEgpexFCegfNZY0wAGNoYXRicmFpbnoub3JnL0R2cXhpYWJEZE9CUFJiaGVrYVd5WWJRdA>)
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SilonaBonewald[m
this week: Other more marketing related docs and research.
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SilonaBonewald[m
Gonna need some analytics! Do we have something like matzo or potshot running?
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SilonaBonewald[m
This week - analyses all the things. PR, traffic, load etc. so can start prioritizing servers etc
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SilonaBonewald[m
So send me THINGS like links, reports etc
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SilonaBonewald[m
SilonaBonewald[m: MATOMO
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SilonaBonewald[m
SilonaBonewald[m: POSTHOG
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SilonaBonewald[m
And that's all for now. (ducking autocorrect)
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reosarevok[m]
Don't forget to call someone else, Silona Bonewald :)
so far I'm seeing a median reduction in response times of 7.5% locally but more for larger releases. I found another gross inefficiency with how we serialize URLs, so I'm just going to work on that before submitted a PR
NOTICE: MBS-12761 (https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-12761): Convert recording edit form to React
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bitmap[m]
otherwise I just helped with OOM alerts and load spikes on our postgres server
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bitmap[m]
that's all, go reosarevok !
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reosarevok[m]
Hi!
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reosarevok[m]
Last week I worked a bit on some URL handling improvements for MusicBrainz
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reosarevok[m]
But other than that most of my time went into dealing with all sort of mails, both support (a lot of IP blocks and whatnot because of the LB changes) and small commercial sign ups
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reosarevok[m]
And to talking with Silona about all sorts of things we need to get figured out
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reosarevok[m]
Gopal: what about you?
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Gopal[m]
Hii
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Gopal[m]
This week I got to spend some time in ListenBrainz’s Art Creator.(LB-1651)I fixed a text overlap issue, got the caption opacity slider working properly from start to finish.
NOTICE: LB-1651 (https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/LB-1651): Add release/listen text options to art creator/stats art generator
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Gopal[m]
And kept working on the album grid layout and the “LPs on the Floor” art style. A good week overall. monkey , whenever you have a moment, will appreciate the feedback.
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Gopal[m]
Thanks reosarevok
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Gopal[m]
go Garv Thakre
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GarvThakre[m]
hey everyone !
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GarvThakre[m]
so last week i completed the refactoring work of bookbrainz
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GarvThakre[m]
and got a little fever too so yeah not much this week as i am waiting for some reviews on my PR
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GarvThakre[m]
and yeah thats it from my side
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GarvThakre[m]
fin .
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GarvThakre[m]
waqib2992: u wanna go next ?
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reosarevok[m]
Still on my list for today: kellnerd , monkey , Nirvan Jain , op3kay , outsidecontext , ansh , jasje , zas , Yateen , julian45 , Lioncat6 , yvanzo , MonkeyPython , @fettuccinae:matrix.org , failure , lucifer , Jade
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waqib2992[m]
Hi everyone!
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waqib2992[m]
I was on a break last week and was attending university classes :)
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waqib2992[m]
so yeah nothing much to share. But i got some pr merged for the calibre plugin. So will continue refactoring it next week if i get time
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waqib2992[m]
Thats it from my side.
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waqib2992[m]
Yateen: next?
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Yateen[m]
Hello Everyone!
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Yateen[m]
Last week I was involved in College acads. Most of the project is complete , only one pr left to review, currently working on improving that\
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Yateen[m]
Will start contributing regularly soon
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Yateen[m]
monkey: ?
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monkey[m]
Hello!
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monkey[m]
I was on vacation last week, but snuck in a few hours to review GSoC projects, their associated blog posts, and fill in the final evaluations.
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monkey[m]
Also a tiny bit of catching up on messages and emails.
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monkey[m]
Back at it this week!
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monkey[m]
zas: You had a busier week, tell us about it
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zas[m]
Hey
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reosarevok[m]
Still on my list for today: kellnerd , Nirvan Jain , op3kay , outsidecontext , ansh , jasje , julian45 , Lioncat6 , yvanzo , MonkeyPython , @fettuccinae:matrix.org , failure , lucifer , Jade
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zas[m]
So, yes, yet another busy week, on 3 fronts mainly: Picard RC in approach (tomorrow), LB abusers, SOLR cluster instability
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zas[m]
Heavy Picard work (theme switching, OAuth/browser integration, ListenBrainz submission fixes, test cleanup)
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MonkeyPython[m]
zas[m]: LB abuse?🤔
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zas[m]
We had issues with LB (mainly) and abusers, mainly apps totally ignoring any concept of rate limiting
So I had to add bot-detector to ListenBrainz, and of course, matching configs, etc. we ended blocking a lot of traffic, and a blog post was made at this subject
