November 18-24, 2024 in Darker: CI improvements and Python version updates

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This week brought several continuous integration enhancements to our workflow. A new pull request (#773) introduces pip environment caching for GitHub Actions to speed up our CI pipeline. After extensive discussion and preparation, we're moving forward with dropping Python 3.8 support while adding official Python 3.13 compatibility (PR #774).

The Dependabot integration for automated dependency updates has been successfully merged (#763), completing a long-standing task from our issue tracker. Work continues on the streamlined Sphinx documentation setup (PR #766), which maintains the project's documentation needs while keeping the implementation straightforward. The simpler approach focuses on single-page documentation, with the understanding that we can switch to a more complex setup if multi-page documentation becomes necessary in the future.

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