Update for the week ending on Friday, Oct 14, 2022

TinyPilot

Management

Picked up first TinyPilot metal case prototype from manufacturer
- Gave feedback to hardware team
- It’s a good start, but we’ve got a ways to go
Two 1:1s with teammates
Added more internal guidelines for writing public-facing documentation
Ordered more raw materials

Software development

Updated our CI logs to record the contents of our Debian package after we build it
Removed “cell” as a pointer option in the web UI
Reviewed a PR to use more f-strings in our code
Updated our license check to support refurbished Voyager 2 devices

Customer support

Fixed instructions for enabling H264 encoding
Reorganized our support playbooks to move playbooks to non-technical support if they don’t require a support engineer

Sales

Reviewed our process for loaning evaluation devices

mtlynch.io

Continued writing my September retrospective
Continued writing up notes on my migration from Cypress to Playwright for end-to-end tests

PicoShare is a minimalist web-based file sharing tool I’m working on. I’m often frustrated that I can’t just send someone a link directly to a file because every file-sharing service tries to re-encode images/video or wrap their own viewer around other files, so I’m making a simple self-hostable tool that lets you upload files and share them with other people.

Completed the rewrite of my end-to-end tests in Playwright

WanderJest

Refactored unit tests

Dusty VCR

Recorded episode 25: The Little Mermaid w/ Chrissy P
Reached out to see if another podcaster is interested in editing our podcast
- I’m finding less and less time for editing these days
Bought some new recording equipment
- Extra mic, XLR cables that fit my space better

Misc

Co-hosted Western Mass Indie Founders meetup
Got rid of old sous vide, trading cards, and czech currency
Dealt with lawnmowing service that ran into my house and cracked our siding