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Never Deploy on a Friday

Never Deploy on a Friday

By: Mark Steadman
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Mark Steadman is building a new way to handle community events and activities. Check in each week as he charts the progress to building his next Software as a Service offering.© Sounds Local CIC Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Flurry wants to be an app
    Aug 29 2025

    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
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    30 mins
  • Nudging a user when they've strayed off the path
    Aug 15 2025

    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
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    30 mins
  • Mark still builds web apps like it's 2005
    Aug 8 2025

    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
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    30 mins
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