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Monthly Status Update - December 2022

January 1, 2023

Hello, welcome to this month's status update post. Here I will be sharing what's been going on with AnimeThemes.moe, where we are heading, how to help, and inviting feedback.

Funding

The listing of last month's account balances and posted transactions can be found here.

Our operational expenses increased by ~$30 and our rolling balance decreased by ~$30.

Our cushion at our current level of funding covers the deficit for another 14 months before we run out of funds.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon or Ko-fi if you have the ability to. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project thus far!

We have also set up a Bitcoin address if you prefer to send crypto: bc1qg682txpazfqhh50uq2xmvh5pn99c95dujd7sy5

If you want another way to support us, we were given a referral link on our DO account. We get kickback if new users sign up and spend $25 USD (You get a $100 credit that expires in 60 days). If anyone was thinking of using this platform for their own hosting needs, please use our link:

https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=38c90f0c46e8

AnimeThemes.moe Development - Playlists Release

Like last month, this was a slow month for our development effort due to holiday availability and onboarding new staff. Some smaller items were addressed for this effort.

We still anticipate another month or two for completion.

animethemes-server

This month, smaller items related to branching strategies and QoL of administrative workflows were addressed. The full set of changes can be reviewed here.

Additions

  • Static link for database dumps cherry-picked to production
  • Admin: Attach resource actions made available inline and from detail screens
  • API: Allow video script path from anime resource

Fixes

  • Admin: update URL pattern for MAL studio cover image

Maintenance

  • PHP 8.2 Migration
  • Chore: Bumping Dependencies
  • Chore: Updating Framework stubs

animethemes-web

This was also a slow month for the web client. Before we get to the SPA and playlist efforts, we first wanted to release a minor update which should resolve some smaller issues. This release is out today!

Here is what changed:

  • Added transparency page. This will replace the current transparency page once we go fully SPA.
  • Added dump page. Here you can download database dumps.
  • Added terms of service page and privacy policy page. These are also SPA replacements.
  • Removed dev page.
  • Added download button for video scripts to video pages (only if Developer Mode is enabled).
  • Added secure headers.
  • Updated footer links to lead to the new SPA pages.
  • Fixed performance issues with watch history (contributed by McGee).
  • Fixed some global styles (e.g. made horizontal scrollbars taller).
  • Bumped Next.js to 12.3.

animethemes-api-docs

No changes

Backfilling Efforts

Nothing to report this month.

If you are interested in helping us with these efforts, please reach out. These are time-consuming efforts and we can benefit from having more volunteers here, especially with anison data. Thanks to those that have recently joined to help us out.

Misc

Mod applications are still open. We have continued to onboard applicants. Now more than ever with our efforts widening and less of our team being active, we need some help delegating tasks out. Please consider joining the team!

The backup torrent was updated 2023-01-01. The links can be found in the discord and in the one place you should be able to find. The next update will be on 2023-04-01. Seeding is appreciated.

Please consider helping out with our Encoding efforts. We can always use more help there.

We are still looking to staff at least 25 editors to help us backfill and build out our database. If you are interested in helping out, please reach out to para here or on the discord. We have a detailed description of the role in our #help_wanted channel on the discord.

Next Month Priorities

Continuing work on the SPA conversion and design of user playlists.

Wrap-up

Please feel free to discuss anything related to these items or anything else related to the project with us in accompanying social media posts, especially anything we may have forgotten. Feedback on the structure of these posts is welcomed too. Thanks again, everyone!

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