Delightful Reveal #40

“It’s like /dev/null, but for people.”

What we did:

• Released a new episode of Dev Roundtable on our Youtube!
• Checked in with our earliest adopter
• Translated our collaborative sketching from our on-site into slightly-higher fidelity versions
• Began to wind down the most anxiety-inducing part of discovery driving our third epicycle. Began working on those designs and features we’re most confident in — and listing the hypotheses driving our efforts.
• Started some informal descriptive/explanatory research: Took a closer look at how users currently solve one of the problems we aim to solve this epicycle.
• Created micro animations to show how an email platform will work for a clients marketing site
• Spun up and began creating the Madison+ Ruby website for announcing the conference and sell tickets
• Wrote a series of ADRs on form submission
• Wrote a draft blog post on polling with Turbo Frames. 
• Opened PR’s that allow Training Tracker exports to occur within background jobs  
• Created signage for RubyConf San Diego
• Working on the sponsorship prospectus for RailsConf Detroit 2024
• Created styling for a checkbox with Tailwind to mask it as a toggle switch

What we’re reading:

• Queries in PostgreSQL: 7. Sort and merge : Postgres Professional
• In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari
• How to fix the internet by Katie Notopoulos
• The Web Is For User Agency (It’s not just the cats) by Robin Berjon
• When was the last time Marc Andreessen talked to a poor person?
• Meta in Myanmar (full series) by Erin Kissane
• Explain Analyze in PostgreSQL and How to Interpret It (Documentation)
• Overview of Trigger Behavior
• How Democracies Die by Steven Letvitsky and Daniel Ziblatt 
• Technology And The Virtues: A Philosophical Guide To A Future Worth Wanting By Shannon Vallor

What we’re watching:

• Jujutsu Kaisen
• Our Flag Means Death (S2) +1
• Full Circle
• Pavel Samsonov - Hypothesis-driven design
• Outrageous Pumpkins
• Dimension 20 - Burrow’s End
• Dimension 20 - Fantasy High: Sophomore Year
• Foundation
• Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder
• Big dumb idiot (in front of other people) 
• Parasite

What we’re listening to:

• Alt J Live on KEXP
• Happily Ever After by TXT
• The White Lotus theme song
• Violet Crazy by DPR Ian
• Mama - Rearranged Version, Live by EXO
• Better Things by aespa
• Sole Obsession by Nation of Language
• You And Me On The Rocks by Brandi Carlile

What we’re interested in:

• PiCoSteveMo
• Cities Skylines 2
• Stardew Valley
• The ancient practice of ostracism
• Beetle Juice the musical tickets going on sale today, Oct 20 in Madison, WI
• Tortoises in the sky
• Baby loggerhead turtles walking to the ocean
• Prime lenses for my DSLR
• Generating Halloween costume ideas for Jack based on his name

What we’re struggling with:

• SQL query with lots of counts
• Soft deletion using views is funky
• Definitions of product management
• Splitting firewood
• Finding a way to use up all of a huge zucchini
• Dog anxiety
• Grumpiness

What we’re buying:

• Giant whisks
• Halloween costume 
• A golden blazer and gold shoes for wedding guest attire
• jnj Gifts and More
• Teepee incense burner
• Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition Crisis Expansion

What we’re celebrating:

• The trees have been fully slabbed and set to the side!
• Making butt mugs in ceramics class
• New members at the pottery studio
• Meeting up with friends this weekend
• Halloween party this weekend
• Doing some portfolio reviews 
• All the dumplings and delicious food I’m about to eat in Vancouver
• Going to Colorado for a show at Red Rocks Amphitheater

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