Delightful Reveal #71

A bi-weekly update on all things Flagrant

“The algorithm is a bad boyfriend, DUMP HIM!” - overheard at Flagrant

What we did:

  • Started a new client project!
  • Finished a client proposal and shipped it
  • Refined first step in an email/text messaging wizard
  • Just about wrapped up on a new conference website design
  • Started researching/thinking about the t-shirt design for RailsConf Philadelphia
  • Went to the State Capitol to take direct action as a part of 50501 movement
  • Posted a blog post! (It’s been collecting dust)
  • Recovered from (most likely) food poisoning

What we’re reading:

  • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  • Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate
  • Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel by Susan Muaddi Darraj
  • Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo
  • Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby Chapters 3-4

What we’re playing:

  • Grindstone - casual mindless iOS game from the Apple Arcade
  • Turmoil - Casual business game on iOS
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence

What we’re watching:

  • Haikyu!!
  • DS9
  • Nobody Asked
  • The Substance
  • Prime Target
  • Severance S2
  • Kitchen Nightmares

What we’re listening to:

What we’re interested in:

What we’re struggling with:

  • Texting brokers to ask questions about potential new apartments and said brokers asking to FaceTime you instead
  • Winter storms
  • Lots of recycling piling up
  • Taking care of a baby while both parents are sick
  • The Superbowl taking over my city with things like Cheeto steamboat advertisements, multi-million dollar yachts on the Mississippi, and heightened security everywhere
  • Cat food options
  • Y’know, just some light existential dread +1

What we’re buying:

  • A Jurassic Park jersey
  • Ceramic stilts for my smol ceramic crap so I can glaze em’ and not have them stick to the kiln brick
  • Tiny Beetle patch
  • Concert tickets to see St. Vincent
  • New house shoes…cuz I am in the house all the time and these crap slippers are not shoes with arch support

What we’re celebrating:

  • Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer drop
  • Good progress on crocheting a baby blanket
  • Looking around at condos, it’s scary but exciting!
  • Teaching art lessons
  • Jumpstart Pro

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

Published on March 20, 2025