app/controllers/alt_styles_controller.rb

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class AltStylesController < ApplicationController
 	protected
 
 	def alt_style_params
-		params.require(:alt_style).permit(:real_series_name, :thumbnail_url)
+		params.require(:alt_style).permit(:series_name, :thumbnail_url)
 	end
 
 	def find_color

app/helpers/outfits_helper.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module OutfitsHelper
-  LAST_DAY_OF_ANNOUNCEMENT = Date.parse("2024-10-21")
+  LAST_DAY_OF_ANNOUNCEMENT = Date.parse("2024-10-10")
   def show_announcement?
     Date.today <= LAST_DAY_OF_ANNOUNCEMENT
   end

app/models/alt_style.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :species
   belongs_to :color
 
-  has_many :parent_swf_asset_relationships, as: :parent, dependent: :destroy
+  has_many :parent_swf_asset_relationships, as: :parent
   has_many :swf_assets, through: :parent_swf_asset_relationships
   has_many :contributions, as: :contributed, inverse_of: :contributed
 
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
   validates :series_name, presence: true, allow_nil: true
   validates :thumbnail_url, presence: true
 
-  before_validation :infer_thumbnail_url, unless: :thumbnail_url?
+  before_create :infer_series_name
+  before_create :infer_thumbnail_url
 
   scope :matching_name, ->(series_name, color_name, species_name) {
     color = Color.find_by_name!(color_name)
@@ -35,21 +36,13 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
   # `fits:<New?>-faerie-draik` intentionally will not work, and the canonical
   # filter name will be `fits:alt-style-IDNUMBER`, instead.
   def series_name
-    real_series_name || "<New?>"
-  end
-
-  def real_series_name=(new_series_name)
-    self[:series_name] = new_series_name
-  end
-
-  def real_series_name
-    self[:series_name]
+    self[:series_name] || "<New?>"
   end
 
   # You can use this to check whether `series_name` is returning the actual
   # value or its placeholder value.
-  def real_series_name?
-    real_series_name.present?
+  def has_real_series_name?
+    self[:series_name].present?
   end
 
   def adjective_name
@@ -81,6 +74,19 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
+  # Until the end of 2024, assume new alt styles are from the "Nostalgic"
+  # series. That way, we can stop having to manually label them all as they
+  # come out and get modeled (TNT is prolific rn!), but we aren't gonna get too
+  # greedy and forget about this and use Nostalgic for some far-future thing,
+  # in ways that will certainly be fixable but would also be confusing and
+  # embarrassing.
+  NOSTALGIC_FINAL_DAY = Date.new(2024, 12, 31)
+  def infer_series_name
+    if !has_real_series_name? && Date.today <= NOSTALGIC_FINAL_DAY
+      self.series_name = "Nostalgic"
+    end
+  end
+
   # At time of writing, most batches of Alt Styles thumbnails used a simple
   # pattern for the item thumbnail URL, but that's not always the case anymore.
   # For now, let's keep using this format as the default value when creating a

app/models/item/search/query.rb

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class Item
         # If the real series name has been set in the database by support
         # staff, use that for the canonical filter text for this alt style.
         # Otherwise, represent this alt style by ID.
-        if alt_style.real_series_name?
+        if alt_style.has_real_series_name?
           series_name = alt_style.series_name.downcase
           color_name = alt_style.color.name.downcase
           species_name = alt_style.species.name.downcase

app/views/alt_styles/edit.html.haml

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 				- @alt_style.errors.each do |error|
 					%li= error.full_message
 	%fieldset
-		= f.label :real_series_name, "Series"
-		= f.text_field :real_series_name
+		= f.label :series_name, "Series"
+		= f.text_field :series_name
 		= f.label :thumbnail_url, "Thumbnail"
 		.thumbnail-field
 			- if @alt_style.thumbnail_url?

app/views/outfits/new.html.haml

@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@
     .content
       %p
         %strong
-          🎃
-          = link_to "New pet styles are out today!", alt_styles_path
-        If you've seen one we don't have yet, please model it by entering the
-        pet's name in the box below. Thank you!!
+          = link_to "This week in DTI: Performance upgrades!",
+                    "https://blog.openneo.net/2024/10/03/perf-upgrades.html"
+        If you saw the site stutter, whoops, you weren't imagining it! We've
+        dug into our past and made three changes to speed up the site for
+        everyone, whew!
       %p
-        By the way, we had a bug where modeling new styles wasn't working for a
-        little while. Fixed now! 🤞
+        Also, in case you can help:
+        = succeed "," do
+          = link_to "I'm job-hunting right now",
+                    "https://blog.openneo.net/2024/10/03/perf-upgrades.html#job-hunting"
+        looking for
+        full-time software roles!
+        %em (You gotta ask, right?)
 
 #outfit-forms
   #pet-preview