I’ve decided to start a thread of just the things I have been working on lately so that you know that things are being worked on.


Here are some of the things I have done so far this year:
- Created a rough draft of new site rebuild functionality (42 pages of mostly bulleted lists)
- Listed MVP phase 1 requirements for initial launch
- Listed phase 2 immediate improvements
- Detailed new functionality
- Populate user and video entries from YouTube
- Autodetect anime and music in AMVs
- AMV event coordination
- Entry normalization tools
- Autodetect AMV strobing/flashing
- Autodetect AMV watermarks/subtitles
- Davinci Resolve AMV tools
- Created list of roles and responsibilities for the site
- Evaluation of frontend vs backend visibility
- Evaluation of technical vs non-technical skillsets
- Specific tasks each will be responsible for
- Prioritized recruitment needs for each position
- Created a Jira board for tracking tasks
- Enumerated 222 tasks that need to be done
- Created a Confluence board for documentation
- Created sections for frontend, backend, and general administration
- Transferred rough draft documentation to each section
- Created and tested an automatic YouTube video entry transfer tool
- Created and presented a speech to Momocon all about the org’s push for improvement and a museum of AMV historical artifacts
- Created and replied to Discord discussions in the Dev Channels (semi-private)
Next up (in no order):
- Document the new site database schema
- Enumerate development processes
- Finalize development priorities
- Create a distributable development environment
- Establish communications standards (Discord, forum, shared documentation, code standards, etc.)
- Create a volunteer signup form