Extend `database.text_search_clause` with an `author_field` parameter that resolves username matches to user UIDs, enabling author-username search across the three public listings (`/feed`, `/gists`, `/projects`). Update the corresponding API docs and README route descriptions to reflect the new search scope. Add six partial indexes (`idx_comments_target_live`, `idx_votes_target_live`, `idx_reactions_target_live`, `idx_gists_live_created`, `idx_projects_live_created`, `idx_attachments_user_created_live`) to optimize filtered queries on non-deleted rows. Introduce a hot-settings cache (`_hot_settings`) with a 2-second TTL for `maintenance_mode`, `rate_limit_per_minute`, and `rate_limit_window_seconds`, plus a periodic rate-limit store sweep (`_sweep_rate_limit_store`) to evict stale IP entries every 60 seconds. Add `GZipMiddleware` to the FastAPI app for response compression.
- Add `ai_grade`, `featured`, `featured_locked`, `landing_locked`, `author`, `article_published`, `image_url`, `has_unique_image` columns to news table
- Extend `news_images` schema with `alt_text`, `phash`, `width`, `height`, `is_placeholder` columns
- Create `idx_news_featured` index for efficient featured queries
- Update admin toggle endpoints to set `featured_locked`/`landing_locked` when manually toggling
- Propagate `featured` and `image_url` fields through landing page, news list, and detail page rendering
- Update `get_featured_news` to return `featured` and `image_url` fields
- Document in AGENTS.md the full zero-maintenance pipeline: image perceptual hashing, placeholder detection, AI grading on cleaned text, reliability gate, effective score computation, and post-loop landing rotation
- Update README.md service description to reflect automatic image comparison and landing rotation capabilities
- Clarify docs_api.py summaries that toggling featured/landing now locks articles from auto-rotation
The diff adds the mandatory `retoor <retoor@molodetz.nl>` header comment to every `.py` file under `devplacepy/` (including `__init__.py` and `routers/__init__.py`), and updates the `StyleAgent` in `agents/style.py` to instruct agents to only add the header on created or already-edited files rather than sweeping the entire repo. The `agents/base.py` operating protocol is also revised to reorder and clarify tool discipline rules.
This commit introduces a comprehensive set of new features including API key authentication with CLI management commands (get, reset, backfill), a Devii agentic assistant with WebSocket terminal and session bootstrap, an OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway service, and an admin service management panel. It also adds Playwright browser automation for bot support, configures internal gateway URLs, refactors content editing/deletion to support JSON API responses, and updates documentation across AGENTS.md, README.md, and the developer docs site.