Updated Configuration and Refactored Paths

📅 2025-04-27 — Session: Updated Configuration and Refactored Paths

🕒 18:50–19:30
🏷️ Labels: Configuration, Refactoring, Automation, Logging, Python
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

The session aimed to enhance the configuration management and refactor hardcoded paths in the codebase for the Terra project.

Updated config.py for better organization and consistency in logging and file management.
Explored the role of SEEN_EMAILS_FILE in email processing to prevent duplicate email handling.
Provided a guide on using grep commands for identifying file IO operations, aiding in storage and logging redesign.
Planned and executed the refactoring of hardcoded file paths to use a centralized configuration system, improving maintainability.
Translated an old YAML configuration into a modern Python configuration file, emphasizing best practices and security.
Implemented a structured plan to replace hardcoded paths with configuration variables across various scripts.

Successfully updated and modernized the configuration file for better security and best practices.
Established a more maintainable and consistent architecture by refactoring hardcoded paths.

Further testing and validation of the new configuration system and refactored paths to ensure seamless integration.