BigQuery Release Log

A small local web app that pulls Google's official BigQuery release-notes feed and shows each individual update (Feature / Change / Announcement / Breaking / Issue) as its own row. Refresh on demand, click any update to open a pre-filled tweet composer for it.

What it does

• Fetches https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/feeds/bigquery-release-notes.xml (Google's official Atom feed for BigQuery release notes) from the Flask backend.
• Splits each day's entry into individual updates, since Google often bundles several unrelated changes under one date.
• Renders them in a simple, readable list with a manual refresh button (spinner while loading).
• Click any update to select it. A composer panel slides up at the bottom with a ready-to-edit tweet (under 280 characters, including a link back to the official release notes page). "Post to X / Twitter" opens Twitter/X's tweet-compose page in a new tab with your text pre-filled — no API keys or login required from the app itself, you just review and post it yourself.

Setup

cd bq-release-app
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

Then open http://127.0.0.1:5000 in your browser.

Project structure

bq-release-app/
├── app.py                 # Flask backend: fetches + parses the feed
├── requirements.txt
├── templates/
│   └── index.html
└── static/
    ├── css/style.css
    └── js/app.js

Notes

• No database, no auth, no API keys needed — it's a single-process local app intended to run on your own machine.
• The "Post to X / Twitter" button uses Twitter/X's public tweet-intent URL (twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=...), which opens a normal compose window in your browser. It does not post on your behalf automatically.

App ScreenShot