Update for the week ending on Friday, Aug 20, 2021

TinyPilot

Management

• 1:1 with software developer

Software development

• Reviewed PRs to convert the project to use ES6 modules everywhere
  • https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot/pull/757
  • https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot/pull/758
  • https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot/pull/759

Product research

• Tested prototype of Voyager 2 in prototype case
• Met with EE vendor

Sales

• Published a preview of the Voyager 2
• Took photos of the Voyager’s custom case for an upcoming case study (no pun intended)
• Gave feedback on changes to TinyPilot landing page

Refactoring English

• Wrote spec for illustrations
• Continued working on chapter about tutorials
• Refactored mailing list signup box in Hugo templates

Zestful

• Spoke to a company about potentially selling Zestful.
• Gathered financial information for discussions.

Hit the Front Page of Hacker News

• Announced pay-what-you-want week.
• It ended up working well - $657 in new sales, making it my best month since March

Misc

• Confirmed dates for two upcoming guest appearances on tech podcasts
• Returned to Wasabi as my secondary data backup provider.
  • I was trying an indie cloud storage company for a few months, but they’ve pivoted away from data backups.