Never Deploy on a Friday

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.

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Nudging a user when they've strayed off the path

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...

Aug 15, 2025•30 min•Ep. 4

Mark still builds web apps like it's 2005

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 ...

Aug 08, 2025•30 min•Ep. 3

Stop writing emails like it's 2005

Don’t spend your time writing HTML tables by hand just so you have attractive emails. The changelog QR code and text code entry done Tickets are now emailed to their respective person Bootstrap Email FTW (+ kudos to @jhthompson for his Python port ) The backlog Mark needs to build a checkout widget B ottlenecks Designing sparse pages that look nice is a challenge The 1up The Flurry staging server now runs out of Mark's flat Let’s take this offline You can find Mark on the Internet @hellosteadman...

Aug 01, 2025•30 min•Ep. 2

Mark squealed when he figured out how to do this

If you’re going to spend 8 hours a day on your keyboard, make sure all the keys work consistently or you end up with _ypos in your _opy. The changelog Attendees can now obtain tickets via a checkout process Mark built an elegant way of making ticket images Organisers will have a check-in kiosk on their iPad The backlog Mark still needs to figure out how to email tickets Is it a good idea to send people their ticket code an hour before the event? Bottlenecks So many great ideas for marketing, so ...

Jul 25, 2025•29 min•Ep. 1

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