Delightful Reveal #83

A bi-weekly update on all things Flagrant

What we did:

  • Started setting up a new design book club for XO Ruby, stay tuned đź‘€
  • Designed a special Training Tracker sticker to give out to volunteers
  • Designed a graphic for DataTune to announce their site launch and a call for speakers
  • Began researching a way to create an online Flagrant store for swag we’ve made in the past, like t-shirts, stickers, and pins! (We currently have some listings on Gumroad, but we want to expand!)
  • Building layout templates for Flagrant’s website so that the designers can build visual study assets faster and more consistently
  • Designed social media templates for promoting XO Ruby
  • Designing a ui to indicate when a user is on a call, how to add in people and a bunch of other complex actions in a small space
  • Wrote two 3-part blog post series
  • Figured out a way to do a vertical masonry layout for blog post tiles on our website arranged horizontally in chronological order
  • Transferred some domains from Namecheap to DNSimple
  • Within Training Tracker implemented a feature allowing users to customize the columns present on the Trainee index
  • Prepared the Training Tracker marketing site for a redesign
  • Messaged NOLA Rubyists about XORuby
  • Attended Tech Connect meet-up in New Orleans to promote XO Ruby and meet local tech folks
  • Designs for gamification and an activity log in a client app that teaches children to read

What we’re reading:

  • Single Player by Tara Tai
  • Cells at Work by Akane Shimizu
  • Barn Burning by Haruki Murikamu

What we’re playing:

  • Volleyball +1
  • Fallout 4
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2
  • Terrible phone games
  • Picked up Animal Crossing New Horizons again
  • Innovation (Glynnis would be proud)

What we’re watching:

  • Severance S2
  • Alien: Earth +1
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Homecoming S2
  • Fisk S3
  • The Queer Ultimatum S2
  • Shin Godzilla
  • Gastronauts (Dropout) +1
  • Game Changer (Dropout) +1
  • Dirty Laundry (Dropout)

What we’re listening to:

What we’re interested in:

  • You guessed it, volleyball
  • Paper mache
  • Cicadas forever and always
  • What to make for an epic Halloween party in September, which is themed Out of this World.

What we’re struggling with:

  • Medication adjustments +1
  • Rando fatigue
  • Genetically “gifted” skin issues (thanks dad)
  • Car door window got stuck open
  • Car charger stopped working
  • Bach
  • Messaging groups through Meetup
  • Migraines + aftereffects of brain fog and body pain

What we’re buying:

  • Premium soy sauce from a friend’s new business venture
  • Plane tickets for a family trip to Antelope Canyon
  • Plane tickets to Montreal

  • Big jetpens.com haul

    • Mt. Fuji eraser that turns into a mountain as you use it
    • picture that depicts three erasers, a notebook and a box with erasers. a few erasers have been used enough to show the forming of the Mt. Fuji shape and color.
    • A Mofusand shrimp hat posture pal—so cute
    • image depicts a plush cat with a shrimp as a hat

What we’re celebrating:

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

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Published on September 8, 2025

By
Kelly Rauwerdink Kelly Rauwerdink