Week 13 2026 Changelog

29 Mar, 2026

Updated the book crawler configuration (hnb-book-crawler/config.py) and newsletter template (hnb-book-crawler/newsletter/templates/newsletter.html) to improve comment crawling and newsletter formatting.
Improved various web templates including about, privacy, terms, book, all-time, footer, reading lists, books, index, newsletter, and newsletter signup pages for better UI/UX.
Modified CSS files (hnb-web/app/css/hnbooks.css) and removed backup CSS files to clean up styling.
Updated deployment environment files (deploy/releases.env) and web app configuration (hnb-web/app/config.py).
Refined GitHub Actions Docker workflow (.github/workflows/docker.yml) and Docker Compose setup (hnb-web/docker-compose.yml).

Fixed crawler environment example file by removing the outdated .env.example from the book crawler directory.
Fixed issues related to crawler environment and deployment environment files by deleting obsolete .env.example files in both hnb-book-crawler and hnb-web.

Removed legacy deployment workflow (.github/workflows/deploy.yml) and replaced it with a new, improved deployment workflow.
Cleaned up old deployment scripts and directories (hnb-web/deploy).
Updated Docker Compose files for both development and CI environments to improve container orchestration.