Delightful Reveal #82

A bi-weekly update on all things Flagrant

…but I need you to be brave today and do your best to reject that gravitational pull, the undeniable allure of E2E tests, and do other things

Updating designs on a contact page to incorporate methods to contact the user via phone or email when using Call Time, a feature that candidates can go through a list of potential donors.
Worked with Jonathan to get state management working with Turbo in a client app
Wrote a three part blog series on dialog html elements in parallel with dialoguing in the workspace
Implemented different solutions for broadcasting different content to different users with turbo streams.
Created one of those ActiveModel search object forms with pill checkbox filters again.
Refactoring Flagrant Design System(still a WIP) based on team member usage so far on projects
Published 2 blog posts (A T-Shirt is Born and Leaving Our Mark)
Worked on getting XO Ruby designs ready for the first event in September
Published part one a blog post on why products need a navigational thesis, which means I should probably get working on part two ;)
Learned how to use Figma Buzz
Designed a region selector for a client’s marketing website so that customers in different countries can more reliably find content relevant to them
Announced XO Ruby – A 6 event series across a swath of the United States with foundational support from Cisco
Created a promotion kit for XO Ruby
Updated the Flagrant portfolio with a couple of new projects (RailsConf 2025 and WNB.rb) *

So many things on international flights: The Last Showgirl, Flow, The Outrun, all of The Last of Us S1 + some of S2
Lots of things on Dropout – Gamechanger, Smartypants, Dirty Laundy +1
Poirot
The Good Place
Little Miss Sunshine
The Bodyguard
Haikyuu!!
Smile 2
Severance S2
Evil Dead Rise
Until Dawn
Below Deck Season 1-5
Chasing Chasing Amy
Homecoming S1

Picking up/polishing up my French by consuming more media
Medieval times - trying to coordinate dates to go with friends
Bristol Renaissance Festival - But waiting for a non-themed weekend so I don’t fight a bunch of elves over the bathroom line
Crochet fish ties

Too much committee stuff at the (now volunteer-run) local makerspace
Remembering blog post drafts +1
Jet lag recovery many days later, a.k.a. being unable to stay awake after ~9:30pm (which, even as a homebody-grandma-type to begin with, is early for me)
Not enough time
Dog ate my puzzle :’(
A ridiculous queue to get tickets for the Maryland Renn Fest — it’s a Renaissance Festival, not a Taylor Swift concert
Endless rain and cloudy weather

Different green coffee to roast
New puzzle
Tickets to the Maryland Renn Fest
Black candlesticks for my friend groups’ next D&D session
Dr. Bronner’s lavender-scented hand sanitizer for my family in France who became obsessed and cannot buy it there for a reasonable price
A fancy schmancy reloadable notebook folio from Louise Carmen

Finally getting a trailer hitch installed
I bought and finished a Magic puzzle finally (mystic maze)
A baby finally rolling over — once
Going to see the shooting stars this weekend
My 3-year anniversary at Flagrant is coming up soon—time flies!
Feeling renewed and refreshed after some beautiful vacay time with family in some of my favorite places
Visiting with a pair of my friend’s sleepy kittens
Gavin coming home after a successful summer job in Alberta