Week 07 2026 Changelog

22 Feb, 2026

Added

• Added a new shell script hnb-book-crawler/run_crawler_cron.sh to help automate running the crawler on a schedule.
• Created a TODO.md file to track upcoming tasks and improvements.

Changed

• Updated crawler-related files including hnb-book-crawler/newsletter/helpers.py to improve comment and newsletter helper functions.
• Modified scripts/latest_social_posts.json to update or add recent social media post data.
• Improved scripts/backfill_authors_books.py to better handle author and book data backfilling.

Infra/CI

• Made changes to the crawler’s Dockerfile (hnb-book-crawler/Dockerfile.cron) and crontab (hnb-book-crawler/crontab.crawler) to enhance scheduled crawling and automation workflows.

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