Delightful Reveal #19

“Can’t have bugs if you don’t know what the intended behavior is.”

What we did:

• Planned out another two-week cycle’s worth of work for a client.
• Interviewed 3 users of our system to research future functionality and get feedback on software we’ve delivered.
• Attended Code for America Summit.
• Entirely completed the iOS Feature Parity epic for a client (for now, until the iOS team finds more stuff they need).
• Played Tears of the Kingdom.
• Learned how to use Stimulus action parameters.
• Created an autosave feature.
• Rapidly designed a dashboard for a CRM that is showcasing email performance. Preparing for a presentation in Washington DC. 
• Presented a plan of approach on visual strategy after explicitly defining goals for improvements to the use of color, typography, UI components in a nascent design system.
• Nicely refactored pricing grid collections for Group Collect Ops that fixed some mistakes, made it more performant, and kept all specs passing.
• Created another handy custom form builder helper backed by a ViewComponent to handle number inputs that have a text value that needs to singularize/pluralize on change.

What we’re reading:

• The dialogue in Tears of the Kingdom
• Infinite Powers
• The beautiful (set in New Orleans). The review at the bookstore said people who love Throne of Glass should read this book
• Versioning design system with Figma, take two by Denis Rojčyk
• Now you can name and annotate your Figma Version History

What we’re watching:

• The cutscenes in Tears of the Kingdom
• Bungo Stray Dogs
• My Hero Academia
• The new season of Queer Eye set in New Orleans
• Headway’s videos on design systems, especially Better Figma Design System Management and Documentation 
• The Peanut Butter Falcon
• Mortal Engines

What we’re listening to:

• The audio in Tears of the Kingdom
• Fela Kuti
• Rocky’s Spicy Chicken
• Hot Mess - Dodie

What we’re interested in:

• Playing more Tears of the Kingdom
• Building an Eladrin Hexblade Warlock (with Pact of The Blade, naturally)
• Learning to solder 
• This “World’s Best CSS Developer” trophy
• Gerlanda di Francia’s new paintings at Arch Enemy Arts

What we’re struggling with:

• The hand things in Tears of the Kingdom
• Back pain
• Pollen
• Broken wrists and non responsive ortho centers

What we’re buying:

• Tears of the Kingdom
• Crocs
• Kitty Toothpaste
• Firmament

What we’re celebrating:

• The release of Tears of the Kingdom
• A full night’s sleep
• Finishing Skyward Sword so Tears of the Kingdom can be started
• Spring garden crops
• Planting summer garden crops

If you’re looking for a team to help you discover the right thing to build and help you build it, get in touch.