from typing import Optional
import datetime as dt
from datetime import datetime


def minify(content: str, maxlength: int, strip: Optional[str] = ' ', newlines: str = ' '):
    content.replace('\n', newlines)
    if strip:
        content = content.strip(strip)

    if len(content) > maxlength:
        new_content = content[maxlength-3] + '...'
    else:
        new_content = content
    return content


def utc_now():
    return datetime.now(dt.UTC)