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TechCom October report: the helpdesks, the AstroLog, and a pipeline made honest

MediumTech Com 1 min readBy Christopher W with LittlebirdAI
TL;DR: TechCom's monthly report to the GSR Subcommittee, October 17, 2026. The A.L.E.X. helpdesks are live on Discord and the web, the AstroLog Changelog is live as the fellowship's service record with a desk for every committee, a 24-hour publishing outage was repaired and the pipeline hardened, and TechCom remains on-call via WhatsApp. Attendance this period: Christopher, Littlebird and Alfred, plus ongoing collaboration with the Convention, PR, GSR and Board threads through WhatsApp.
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Submitted for the October 17, 2026 GSR meeting; also filed here so the record and the report are the same document.

What we worked on

  • The PIR Helpdesks are live. Type /techcom, /litcom, /github, /pr or /mod anywhere in Discord to open a private thread with the right team; the Helpdesk Portal serves non-Discord members; A.L.E.X. answers questions from PIR’s own pages, with sources.
  • The AstroLog Changelog is live as the fellowship’s service record, with a desk for every committee, including a new GSR desk gathering minutes and reports. Minutes on Google Drive are migrating in, retroactive entries included, with original sources kept linked.
  • We repaired a 24-hour publishing outage in the changelog pipeline and hardened it with a leak check so private service notes never reach the public site.
  • The Convention Hub and Galleries reflect the concluded gathering, and recorded sessions are on the PIR YouTube channel.
  • A lingering CDN issue on psychedelicsinrecovery.org was traced to its root cause with our host and resolved (WPX ticket #517528).
  • A new walkthrough teaches any fellowship member how to contribute images to the record, no coding needed.

How to reach us

TechCom is on-call via WhatsApp rather than hosting regular meetings: come find us in the WhatsApp threads, or open a /techcom ticket. If you want to learn GitHub service, we teach; if you already know it, we would love your hands.

Related: GSR records: intake open · the September GSR meeting.