I’m going back to the US

I’ve been on family vacation for the past week, but managed to squeeze in a few calls and a pretty interesting “side project”. Next week I’m headed to the US to meet with TinySeed Batch 1 in Minnesota. I can’t wait to get to hang out with everyone!

What did the Maker do #

The most exciting thing I worked on this week is my integration with Pantheon, the hosting company. For now, it’s primarily a side project or maybe an R&D project. They don’t offer an API, but they do offer a command line interface (CLI). I’ve managed to do some pretty cool stuff with their CLI, like present you with a list of sites to set up CI/CD for on Branch:

I’m pretty excited about that one.

I also started to add some stuff around usage enforcement in the app. I added a progress bar to the app sidebar that shows how many free builds you have left in your trial. I’m curious to see how this will help convert people to a paid plan.

What did the Manager do #

Besides being on vacation, I did a few calls and demos this week… It’s not ideal to work every day when you’re on vacation, but given the timing I knew this would be the case. Especially one of my calls went really exciting - I talk about it with my co-host Matt on our podcast on next Wednesday - stay tuned.

I also spent some time planning for my trip to Minnesota next week. I’m headed over there to meet with the TinySeed crew. It’s going to be really awesome to have a few days to catch up in person and get to know each other better. I’m dreading my flight over there and I feel like I just came back from the last trip… But it’s worth it to go again!

Oh, and Branch has real recurring revenue now! Yay! 💰

Later 🙏