ChatGPT assisted Changelog - 42/52

Published October 17, 2025

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Tags: gpt, changelog, weekly summary

AWS SDK Ruby contributions and follow-up

You published Contributing to AWS SDK Ruby - Part 3, which wrapped up your series about improving the Ruby AWS SDK. You mentioned the post got 3 boosts on Mastodon and linked to it from Hachyderm. We also talked briefly about your earlier PRs and how they connect -- adding a feature first, then fixing a bug.

Transit Tracker and Discourse experiments

You released and shared Building a Live Transit Departure Board with Discourse, a creative exploration of using Discourse for something non-forum-like. We talked about whether posting it on Discourse's official blog or community site would be weird, and you decided it'd actually fit since you work there. You also added screenshots later to make the post more engaging.

GoatCounter and analytics debugging

You tried exporting page-view data from your self-hosted GoatCounter instance, but ran into a network failure while testing the API. You realized you might not have the admin section working yet. You also revisited an older issue about countries being listed twice in your data and looked at the GoatCounter repo to see why.

Personal tools and privacy

We discussed private movement trackers for GrapheneOS, and you settled on PFA as a lightweight way to track steps and distance without leaking data.

Side notes

You mentioned two new blog posts being live -- Transit Tracker in Discourse and Yak's Virtual Currency - Part 2 -- both updated with screenshots.