+ hide some progressbars
+ rewrite telemetry into a class
+ remove obsolete start info logs
+ update contributing.md to include contributing.md
+ send posthog event in a bg thread
+ related side effects
+ move build variables into a python file
+ rewrite logic to check if there's an internet connection
+ move IS_BUILD into settings
+ update pyintaller to 6.0.0
+ update other packages to latest
+ add route to get all settings
+ add route to set any setting
+ add untested migration to add settings into settings db
+ compress json in api responses using FlaskCompress
+ serve gziped assets if browser accepts encoded files
+ misc
+ fix help text
+ run populate once when -nps flag is used
+ update app version
+ sort tracks by track and disc no. when saving to playlist
+ serialize search results
+ update tags.artist -> tags.artists
+ update tags.albumartist -> tags.albumartists
+ remove artist images from serialized albums
+ add function to serialize artists for cards
+ misc
track thumbnail from the first track in an album that has one.
+ rewrite Populate.remove_modified with sets
+ clean the SqliteManager utility class
+ Rewrite ProcessTrackThumbnails to use a process pool instead of a thread pool
+ rewrite track store's remove_tracks_by_filepaths to utilize sets
+ fix: sqlite3.ProgrammingError: Cannot operate on a closed cursor on ProcessAlbumColors()
+ move processing artist images from periodic_scans to Populate
+ bump hash string limit from 7 to 10
+ add last_mod property to database
+ fix: TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'int' and 'str' on album page
handler
+ move processing thumbnails and album colors to the populate class
+ move processing artist colors behind the populate call in run_periodic_checks
+ add sqlite methods to configure custom root directories
+ add sqlite.settings module
+ remove date and app name from logger messages
+ add api route to browse directories