Never Deploy on a Friday

If you’re going to build an app that relies on user data, be prepared to make up a bunch of it so Apple can test your code.

Changelog

• You can now access your tickets in the app
• Built the app successfully for iOS
• Fixed an error setting monthly specs
• Made a big pricing decision

Backlog

• Creating test data for the app

Bottlenecks

• Generating all the boilerplate docs like terms and privacy policies

1up

• Xcode Cloud is new!

Let’s take this offline

• You can find me on TikTok, Instagram, and Bluesky
• If you want to check out Flurry when it launches, go to jointheflurry.com
• You’re doing great; see you next week

If you’re going to give up caffeine, go full cold turkey for 3 days and then brush it off.

Changelog

• You can now book tickets in the app
• It runs on my iPhone
• The web app is now deployed to DigitalOcean!

Backlog

• Reworking authentication to go passwordless
• Adding tickets and checking-in to the app

Bottlenecks

• Mark's need to find other sources of income

1up

• Shout out to Elena from Skipping Down the Canal

Let’s take this offline

• You can find me on TikTok, Instagram, and Bluesky
• If you want to check out Flurry when it launches, go to jointheflurry.com
• You’re doing great; see you next week

If you’re going to read a book on positioning,  do so before you do a bunch of heavy development.

Change log

• Added an occurrence-detail view
• Adds a similar view for past dates
• Improved positioning of Save buttons
• Added an API for event listings (more on that soon)

Backlog

• Putting a full list together

Bottlenecks

• Apple Developer account

Wildcard

• Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it, by April Dunford

Let’s take this offline

• You can find me on the Internet @hellosteadman
• If you want to check out Flurry when it launches, go to jointheflurry.com
• You’re doing great; see you next week

Don’t try and debug code when you’re already late for an appointment. It just leads to chasing your tail.

The changelog

• Added user onboarding
• The new workflow system is live
• Preflight event checklists are now a thing
• Mark recorded a blasphemous TikTok pilot

The backlog

• Figuring out what’s next in the user flow
• Auto-emailing checklist items that have immediate requirements
• Adding a Publish button and state to events and pages

Bottlenecks

Marketing has been a big concern – I’m not getting a second mortgage

The 1up

Friends to bounce video ideas off

Let’s take this offline

• You can find me on the Internet @hellosteadman
• If you want to check out Flurry when it launches, go to jointheflurry.com

When it comes to WYSIWYG, you can probably ship a lot less code than you think. And Bleach is better than Markdown.

The changelog

• The checkout modal is done
• Got the content block editor working
• Frontend pages are atomic and sexy

The backlog

Mark wants to add calendar attachments to ticket emails.

Bottlenecks

Mark is nervous about how I implement workflows

1up

JSON Schema is very cool

 Let’s take this offline

• You can find Mark on the Internet @hellosteadman
• If you want to check out Flurry when it launches, go to jointheflurry.com

Don’t spend your time writing HTML tables by hand just so you have attractive emails.

The changelog

• QR code and text code entry done
• Tickets are now emailed to their respective person
• Bootstrap Email FTW (+ kudos to @jhthompson for his Python port)

The backlog

• Mark needs to build a checkout widget

Bottlenecks

• Designing sparse pages that look nice is a challenge

The 1up

• The Flurry staging server now runs out of Mark's flat

Let’s take this offline

• You can find Mark on the Internet @hellosteadman
• If you want to check out Flurry when it launches, go to jointheflurry.com

If you’re going to spend 8 hours a day on your keyboard, make sure all the keys work consistently or you end up with _ypos in your _opy.

The changelog

• Attendees can now obtain tickets via a checkout process
• Mark built an elegant way of making ticket images
• Organisers will have a check-in kiosk on their iPad

The backlog

• Mark still needs to figure out how to email tickets
• Is it a good idea to send people their ticket code an hour before the event?

Bottlenecks

• So many great ideas for marketing, so little time.

The 1up

• Flurry had its first validation