redesign progressbars

+ hide some progressbars
+ rewrite telemetry into a class
+ remove obsolete start info logs
+ update contributing.md to include contributing.md
+ send posthog event in a bg thread
+ related side effects

app/utils/progressbar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from tqdm import tqdm as _tqdm
+
+
+def tqdm(*args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Wrapper for tqdm that sets globals.
+    """
+    bar_format = "{percentage:3.0f}%|{bar:45}|{n_fmt}/{total_fmt}{desc}"
+    kwargs["bar_format"] = bar_format
+
+    if "desc" in kwargs:
+        print(f'INFO|{kwargs["desc"].capitalize()} ...')
+        kwargs["desc"] = ""
+
+
+    return _tqdm(*args, **kwargs)

app/utils/threading.py

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import threading
 
 def background(func):
     """
-    a threading decorator
-    use @background above the function you want to run in the background
+    Runs the decorated function in a background thread.
     """
 
     def background_func(*a, **kw):