Delightful Reveal #10

Max: “The Gravitron I LOVE, I could just fall asleep in it.”
Yossef: “It’s like the biggest weighted blanket.”

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What we did:

• Continued loving ViewComponents and adding responsive nested table support.

• Set up some structure around our Dev Round Table, to get topics set up for upcoming sessions

  • Extended an invitation to another external person, technically invited by a current external person (technically external, but actually alumnus Casey Brant). Community connection works!
• Brainstormed brand names and decided on a general brand strategy for our customer’s emerging product
• Conducted interviews with stakeholders for design research.

• Caught up with:

  • John McCaffrey
  • Renée Hendricksen
  • Andrew Verboncouer, CEO of Headway
  • Paul Campbell, CEO of Tito
  • Michael “Doc” Norton
  • Nick Whitmoyer
  • Brooke Saucier
  • Jim Suchy
• Deployed an application to a client friendly sandbox environment. 
• Fixed a client problem related to users having multiple tabs open with an “upsert” action (rather than separate create and update actions)

What we’re reading:

• From Exchange to Gifting Part One: Why We Need to Find Our Way out of Scarcity by Miki Kashtan (The Fearless Heart)
• Obelisk Gate by N.K Jemisin (StoryGraph)
• Klara and the Sun by Kauo Ishiguro (StoryGraph)

What we’re watching:

• Ted Lasso Season 3
• A Cut Above
• Homestead Rescue
• Perry Mason season 2 (gotta scratch the Matthew Rhys itch since The Americans ended)
• Naomi

What we’re listening to:

• You’re Wrong About: Chris McCandless
• Nice Try! Season 2 about household objects and their histories
• Smartless
• Float by Janelle Monáe feat. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

What we’re interested in:

• How the Chicago River was reversed
• Knots and the tying of knots
• This Next Thing: The spiritual successor to FunConf
• Funiculars

What we’re struggling with:

• Reasons not to homestead Right Now
• Not being accepted to Railsconf - will be better prepared for next time
• Working with Structs
• March still in like a lion

What we’re buying:

• The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie : The Science and Aesthetics of Tie Knots
• Harrow the Ninth

What we’re celebrating:

• Match Day working out great for sister-in-law
• Getting engaged
• Moving a bell pepper plant from hydroponic to pot
• Homemade fassionola cocktail syrup

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