HBot 1.10 announcement + other stuff

HBot 1.10 is in heavy development right now, and it's shaping up to be the biggest update it has seen yet. Hopefully to have a send-off for 2023. So far, I have added a starboard and bumped it up to DSharpPlus 4.4.2, with many, *many* more things on the way. I expect a stable release to come in mid August - early September. After that, I'll probably be done updating HBot (and the site) for a long time, probably even for 2023 altogether. This year has been yet another stinker. Personal drama and the tornado from March are mostly to blame, and I'm just burnt out from doing anything that isn't just relaxing and playing Minecraft or whatever. After HBot 1.10 releases, and for likely until some point into 2024, all projects will go into maintenance-only mode, and I'll only do what I'm obligated to keep them running and stable. Community contributions to HBot (such as fixes or even new features) are greatly welcome, but I probably won't work on my own for a long while after this. Who knows, we'll see. The future is unpredictable, and I may have a sudden urge to do it again.

Posted on July 26, 2023