New English meme and flyer set, retire Dutch-text gallery images

molodetz/database/media.py

@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ def upsert_media(filename, kind, caption, position, width, height, phash, thumb_
     return fields["uid"]
 
 
+def retire_media(filename):
+    existing = get_media_by_file(filename)
+    if not existing or existing.get("deleted_at"):
+        return False
+    stamp = now_iso()
+    db["media_items"].update({"id": existing["id"], "deleted_at": stamp, "deleted_by": "system", "updated_at": stamp}, ["id"])
+    return True
+
+
 def count_media(kind=None):
     if "media_items" not in db.tables:
         return 0

molodetz/docs_api/content.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ GROUP = {
     "title": "Content",
     "description": "Public read routes: the roll, the standard, posts, galleries and people.",
     "endpoints": [
-        endpoint("GET", "/", "Home", "Latest posts and the featured flyer.", sample={"posts": [], "flyer_count": 4, "meme_count": 20}),
+        endpoint("GET", "/", "Home", "Latest posts and the featured flyer.", sample={"posts": [], "flyer_count": 4, "meme_count": 22}),
         endpoint(
             "GET",
             "/roll",

molodetz/gallery.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 from molodetz import config
 from molodetz.attachments import blob_path, blob_url, write_blob
 from molodetz.database import generate_uid, media_by_kind, upsert_media
-from molodetz.database.media import get_media_by_file
+from molodetz.database.media import get_media_by_file, retire_media
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -16,32 +16,57 @@ THUMB_WIDTH = 720
 DUPLICATE_DISTANCE = 2
 
 GALLERY = (
-    ("flyer-keuzes.jpg", "flyer", "Thirty-one choices. You have zero."),
-    ("flyer-chat.jpg", "flyer", "A chat is not a portfolio."),
-    ("flyer-bijna.jpg", "flyer", "Almost is not a state."),
-    ("flyer-assistent.jpg", "flyer", "The assistant does not judge."),
-    ("meme-vloer.jpg", "meme", "A pass is fine. The floor, you mean."),
-    ("meme-split.jpg", "meme", "Send them home."),
-    ("meme-cursus.jpg", "meme", "No ebook. Just finish it."),
-    ("take-chatlog.jpg", "meme", "Your portfolio is a chat log."),
-    ("take-copilot.jpg", "meme", "Copilot is not a senior."),
-    ("take-coping.jpg", "meme", "A pass is coping."),
-    ("poster-thuis.jpg", "meme", "Vibe coders, go home."),
-    ("poster-vloer.jpg", "meme", "A pass? That is the floor."),
-    ("poster-cursus.jpg", "meme", "No course. Just finish it."),
-    ("poster-luiheid.jpg", "meme", "AI is not taking your job. Laziness is."),
-    ("poster-spel.jpg", "meme", "The game has turned. You have not."),
-    ("story.jpg", "meme", "No ebook. No 10x developer. Just finishing."),
-    ("meme-zes.jpg", "meme", "A pass. Congratulations, you are average."),
-    ("meme-gesprek.jpg", "meme", "My portfolio is a conversation."),
-    ("meme-product.jpg", "meme", "The course is the product. The work is not."),
-    ("meme-bijna.jpg", "meme", "Everyone lines up at almost."),
+    ("flyer-elite-twice.jpg", "flyer", "Elite twice. Know the code. Use the machine. Read every line it writes."),
+    ("flyer-taste.jpg", "flyer", "Taste does not autocomplete."),
+    ("flyer-demo.jpg", "flyer", "A demo is not a product."),
+    ("flyer-hands.jpg", "flyer", "Your hands are not the craft."),
+    ("meme-elite-galaxy-brain.jpg", "meme", "Getting elite twice: know every line before the AI writes it, review every line after, ship by lunch."),
+    ("meme-classic-autocomplete.jpg", "meme", "I don't need autocomplete. Hand-typed. Artisanal. Not shipped."),
+    ("meme-vibe-prompt-and-pray.jpg", "meme", "Prompt and pray: the same TypeError pasted into the chat 31 times. Suggested fix: learn what a function is."),
+    ("meme-elite-choose-your-fighter.jpg", "meme", "Choose your fighter: the classic, the vibe coder, or the elite who writes code, uses AI and reads every diff."),
+    ("meme-classic-starter-pack.jpg", "meme", "The 'AI is just fancy autocomplete' starter pack: 36 tmux panes, a vimrc older than the intern, zero pull requests."),
+    ("meme-vibe-starter-pack.jpg", "meme", "The 'built it in a weekend' starter pack: tab, tab, accept all, API key committed to main, works on my machine."),
+    ("meme-elite-build-log.jpg", "meme", "Elite twice. The model types. You decide. 1,184 lines drafted, every line read, 212 rejected."),
+    ("meme-classic-chart.jpg", "meme", "Free-range, hand-typed code: keystrokes up, features shipped flat, opinions about AI off the chart."),
+    ("meme-vibe-galaxy-brain.jpg", "meme", "Vibe debugging: read the error, paste the error, tab tab accept all, delete the repo and prompt a new one."),
+    ("meme-elite-take.jpg", "meme", "AI replaced the part of me that typed. The part that thinks got a raise."),
+    ("meme-classic-same-guy.jpg", "meme", "1987: compilers make programmers lazy. 2026: AI makes programmers lazy. Same guy. Still not shipping."),
+    ("meme-vibe-git-blame.jpg", "meme", "Git blame says it was you. You say it was the vibes."),
+    ("meme-elite-curve.jpg", "meme", "Pick your curve: classic stays flat, the vibe coder crashes at the first prod incident, elite plus AI keeps climbing."),
+    ("meme-classic-certificate.jpg", "meme", "Certificate of manual labour. Time saved: 0 hours. Moral high ground: maximum."),
+    ("meme-vibe-weekend.jpg", "meme", "A vibe coder's weekend: a SaaS on Friday, a public database by Sunday, a course about it on Monday."),
+    ("meme-elite-achievement.jpg", "meme", "Achievement unlocked: this developer embraced AI and is now elite twice."),
+    ("meme-classic-family.jpg", "meme", "Three generations of refusing the tool. Three generations of getting outshipped."),
+    ("meme-vibe-priorities.jpg", "meme", "Vibe coder priorities: learning what a for loop does, nah. Typing 'make it work, no bugs, please' 30 times, yep."),
     ("meme-compiles.jpg", "meme", "It compiles. Ship it, king."),
     ("meme-senior.jpg", "meme", "My copilot is the senior."),
     ("meme-trophy.jpg", "meme", "Peak performance, 6 out of 10."),
     ("meme-todo.jpg", "meme", "Side projects, a love story."),
 )
 
+RETIRED_GALLERY = (
+    "flyer-keuzes.jpg",
+    "flyer-chat.jpg",
+    "flyer-bijna.jpg",
+    "flyer-assistent.jpg",
+    "meme-vloer.jpg",
+    "meme-split.jpg",
+    "meme-cursus.jpg",
+    "meme-zes.jpg",
+    "meme-gesprek.jpg",
+    "meme-product.jpg",
+    "meme-bijna.jpg",
+    "poster-thuis.jpg",
+    "poster-vloer.jpg",
+    "poster-cursus.jpg",
+    "poster-luiheid.jpg",
+    "poster-spel.jpg",
+    "story.jpg",
+    "take-chatlog.jpg",
+    "take-copilot.jpg",
+    "take-coping.jpg",
+)
+
 
 def _thumbnail_bytes(image):
     copy = image.convert("RGB")
@@ -51,7 +76,12 @@ def _thumbnail_bytes(image):
     return buffer.getvalue()
 
 
+def retire_gallery():
+    return sum(1 for filename in RETIRED_GALLERY if retire_media(filename))
+
+
 def sync_gallery():
+    retire_gallery()
     seen_hashes = []
     synced = 0
     for position, (filename, kind, caption) in enumerate(GALLERY):

molodetz/seo.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from molodetz import config
 from molodetz.assets import static_url
 from molodetz.seo_meta_text import DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION
 
-DEFAULT_OG_IMAGE_PATH = "/static/media/flyer-keuzes.jpg"
+DEFAULT_OG_IMAGE_PATH = "/static/media/flyer-elite-twice.jpg"
 
 
 def base_url(request):

pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "molodetz"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.8"
 description = "Molodetz, a calm community blog roll."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

tests/api/flyers.py

@@ -5,3 +5,22 @@ def test_galleries_have_images(anon):
     for path, minimum in (("/flyers", 4), ("/memes", 10)):
         html = anon.get(path).text
         assert html.count("data-lightbox") >= minimum, path
+
+
+def test_retired_dutch_images_are_not_listed(anon):
+    from molodetz.gallery import RETIRED_GALLERY
+
+    for path in ("/flyers", "/memes"):
+        items = anon.get(path, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}).json()["items"]
+        names = {item["filename"] for item in items}
+        assert not names & set(RETIRED_GALLERY), path
+        assert all(item["caption"] for item in items), path
+
+
+def test_home_features_the_elite_twice_flyer(anon):
+    html = anon.get("/").text
+    assert "flyer-elite-twice.jpg" in html
+    assert "Elite twice." in html
+    counts = anon.get("/", headers={"Accept": "application/json"}).json()
+    assert counts["flyer_count"] == 4
+    assert counts["meme_count"] >= 18

tests/api/language.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_sitemap_lists_english_paths(anon):
 def test_gallery_captions_are_english(anon):
     flyers = anon.get("/flyers", headers={"Accept": "application/json"}).json()["items"]
     captions = {item["caption"] for item in flyers}
-    assert "Thirty-one choices. You have zero." in captions
+    assert "Taste does not autocomplete." in captions
     assert not any(" geen " in f" {caption.lower()} " or " een " in f" {caption.lower()} " for caption in captions)
 
 

tests/unit/gallery.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # retoor <retoor@molodetz.nl>
 from molodetz import config
-from molodetz.gallery import GALLERY
+from PIL import Image
+
+from molodetz.gallery import GALLERY, RETIRED_GALLERY
 
 BANNED = ("selfie", "mirror", "devplace", "nigel", "nldr", "waifu", "zwem")
 
@@ -16,3 +18,38 @@ def test_gallery_files_exist_and_are_allowed():
 def test_both_kinds_present():
     kinds = {entry["kind"] if isinstance(entry, dict) else entry[1] for entry in GALLERY}
     assert {"flyer", "meme"} <= kinds
+
+
+def test_gallery_image_sizes_match_kind():
+    for name, kind, _ in GALLERY:
+        if not name.startswith(("flyer-elite", "flyer-taste", "flyer-demo", "flyer-hands", "meme-classic", "meme-vibe", "meme-elite")):
+            continue
+        with Image.open(config.MEDIA_SOURCE_DIR / name) as image:
+            assert image.size == ((1080, 1350) if kind == "flyer" else (1080, 1080)), name
+
+
+def test_retired_files_stay_on_disk_but_leave_the_gallery():
+    names = {entry[0] for entry in GALLERY}
+    assert len(RETIRED_GALLERY) == 20
+    for name in RETIRED_GALLERY:
+        assert name not in names, name
+        assert (config.MEDIA_SOURCE_DIR / name).is_file(), name
+
+
+def test_gallery_captions_are_clean_english():
+    for name, _, caption in GALLERY:
+        assert caption and "\u2014" not in caption, name
+        assert not any(word in caption.lower() for word in BANNED), name
+    assert GALLERY[0][0] == "flyer-elite-twice.jpg"
+
+
+def test_retire_media_soft_deletes_once(app_server):
+    from molodetz.database import db
+    from molodetz.database.media import media_by_kind, retire_media, upsert_media
+
+    upsert_media("story.jpg", "meme", "Old Dutch story", 999, 1080, 1350, None, None, None)
+    assert retire_media("story.jpg") is True
+    assert retire_media("story.jpg") is False
+    row = db["media_items"].find_one(filename="story.jpg")
+    assert row["deleted_at"] and row["deleted_by"] == "system"
+    assert "story.jpg" not in {item["filename"] for item in media_by_kind("meme")}