A recap of my Google Summer of Code 2025 project to build Libretto, a native Matrix chat archiver for MetaBrainz, detailing the journey, the achievements, and what's next.
The MusicBrainz project sends thousands of emails every day to its diverse contributors. However, the existing email system was limited, having organically grown over the project's lifetime. It could only send emails in English, and only in plain text. The experience that new contributors got could only be described as unfriendly. The overarching goal of my proposal was to improve this.
As digital denizens, we read more than ever before. From news and forums to comments and blog posts, what we read online informs our decisions and actions. But as we read much-needed information, we must decide what is trustworthy – and what is not.