#155 - Birthday Break

#155

                            September 25, 2023

                #155 - Birthday Break

                        On site stability and birthday breaks, buddy read improvements, a variety of anniversaries, and an upcoming beta test!

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#155 | 25 September 2023

Birthday Break

Last week I turned one year older! 🥳

I always like to celebrate my birthday somehow and so I planned a range of fun activities dotted throughout the week: a private dance class, a stand-up comedy night, dinner with friends...

A fun activity during my Birthday Week — a heated rooftop pool. 😁

Birthdays are also a fantastic time for reflection.

And last week I couldn't help but reflect on the fact that despite being a one-woman dev team and having almost a million people using StoryGraph each week, the app is so stable that I can step back for a bit to fully enjoy my birthday on my own terms. 🥰

Since last time...

Improvements to navigating large buddy reads started in earnest! First up, the ability to change the sort order of the comments:

We've also done a lot of work on the upcoming new feature that we're going to have our Volunteer Librarians beta test for us. We're so curious to see what they think!

We had a couple of other anniversaries:

We celebrated Abbie working for The StoryGraph for four years! She's done such great, and incredibly varied, work during that time. 🥳

And we also celebrated the one-year anniversary of our Giveaways platform going live. It's still in beta but it's come a long way since last September and, each month, we're getting closer to it being self-service. 🏆

Next two weeks

There's only a handful of days left of the month and several unchecked goals so I'm going to see how much I can blast through. Please send me all of the productivity vibes. 🍀

What I'm reading

I decided to include The Dark Tower series in my chronological Stephen King read so it's The Gunslinger up next for me!

Have a great week,

Nadia

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