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Document: WM-033 P. Webb
Category: Project 2018.07.09
Socii Dispatch 05
Abstract
Ship often!
Body
I guess this is turning into a bi-monthly update? Don't fret, the
silence doesn't mean there wasn't progress being made. Let's jump in.
1. Quick life update
I got a (remote) job! And a house! Kids are happy, wife is happy,
so I'm happy.
2. JSON Feed support
Every profile is now equipped with JSON Feed[1] support! Created
by Manton Reece and Brent Simmons, JSON Feed aims to be the new
RSS. To access your feed (or others), append `/feed` to a user's
profile page. Here's an example:
```
https://hub.socii.network/Socii/feed
```
Your feed is now available for whatever you wish to use it for.
Maybe you want to display your latest posts on your personal site?
Have a customized dashboard? Put 'er there!
Socii is a social network, yes, but not one that wants to keep you
on it all the time. Your data is yours.
3. GDPR
By now you've seen the emails and memes as a result of the passing
of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. Long story
short, it's a collection of data protections passed into law for
European citizens. This means, companies are required to protect
data pertaining to any users from Europe and to also deliver or
delete said data should the user request it.
Unlike the major social networks here in America, I didn't opt to
have two versions of privacy policies for users in Europe and
those outside. EVERYONE deserves to have their data protected,
exported, and/or deleted at a whim. To echo the words of Childish
Gambino, "this is America".
Now, GDPR isn't *perfect* but it's a step in the right direction.
To that end, I've updated the policies[2] page to be more
comprehensive about the data Socii collects, how that data is
used, email addresses of the Data Controller and Data Controller
officer, and so on. I dislike that it's so long though…I may bring
back the TL;DR version from before and have a toggle to see both.
Yeah, that's a great idea!
4. Notifications
This was a long time coming. When you favorite or respond to a
post, the author will get a beautifully simple email stating such.
The notifications tab on the hub is still empty for now but I
*could not wait* to ship the workable part of this feature.
`@ mention` support for notifications will come shortly. This will
pave the way for private messages as well.
5. Performance gains
Yes! FINALLY. You wanna know why loading of `hub.socii.network`
was so slow? I was literally loading…every…single…post before
displaying the hub. Over time the wait got progressively worse
because there were more posts to load.
Enough was enough and after I shipped notifications, I got to work
on implementing GraphQL-based pagination. I had this implemented
*partially* for about a month or so but other issues plagued me
more than the slowness of the hub. Pagination is ALSO active on
profile pages. It may not be perfect but it's close.
A blog post to detail how to do pagination in GraphQL without
Apollo, Prisma, or whatever magic framework is forthcoming. I've
had developers attached to the GraphQL project tell me that
pagination is trivial[3], unimportant, or easy, both on GitHub and
Slack. Or, that I NEED to use yet ANOTHER framework to achieve it.
Good thing there are other places to find help. No matter how much
I learn, I remember knowing a LOT less. I feel obligated to pass
on the knowledge of dope things. Stay tuned!
6. Low-hanging fruit and other changes
- Email addresses can now have `+` and `.` characters, perfect for
having multiple accounts and using email aliases.
- When posts are deleted, favorite and reply counts are accurate.
- When a post with replies is deleted, the replies lose the
reply icon
- Implementation of reposting is *canceled*, discussion here[4].
- Message flasher (for lack of better description) has a
reasonable z-index now. No more covering navigation menus.
- Post preview button is now disabled when no text has been
entered, bug report here[5].
- New post modal now matches language with the button that
triggers it, bug report here[5].
- Visual issues regarding the Markdown help have been fixed.
- Increased character count for "optimal display".
- New post modal and reply box is now fully responsive.
- Got rid of as many "magic numbers" from the CSS as possible.
This required some refactoring.
- Refactored all my microservices and added tests. TESTS.
Currently, they check for out-of-date dependencies and lints
the code.
Things I've Learned
1. You will almost always hate your old code.
2. Refactoring is fun. I already knew this but I like reminding
myself. It's an opportunity to replace/improve functionality
with less code. AMAZING. 🤩
3. Everything can be distilled into simple concepts if you think
long enough.
4. Big Social is duplicitous.
∴NetOpWibby[6], out! 🕸
References
[1] <https://jsonfeed.org>
[2] <https://socii.network/policies>
[3] <https://github.com/howtographql/howtographql/issues/514>
[4] <https://hub.socii.network/s/jfy2tm86000h10bk4i1epmp2>
[5] <https://hub.socii.network/s/jgtl9k0n000wxobkq9a9u54k>
[6] <https://hub.socii.network/NetOpWibby>
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