Week Nº 25

• How many people are doing extensions? These are somewhat hard for us to quickly diagnose, compared to web pages.

• Are the per-group feedback video recordings helpful?

• How are folks feeling about/​navigating our expanded LLM policy?

• We didn’t see a lot of work in some roadmaps, and many folks hadn’t made real progress towards their goals outside of these.

  We’re trying to help even out the arc of this work⁠—but ultimately you have to put in the time! We’re expecting to see progress each week (and are checking for this).

  Also, Index project progress⁠—many hardly or didn’t even touch it at all!
  
  

• This is not, primarily, a content project⁠—if you are burning your time here, we want you to refocus on the function! Give yourself just enough here to model your data, then come back to populating/​fleshing this out further, later.

• Likewise, for assets (separate of content)⁠—you might think of an illustration or icon as an asset. This also not primarily an asset project, but leave some time (towards the end) for these.

• Revisit your roadmaps, if you haven’t⁠—again, to both keep yourself on track/​focused and also to show us your progress.

• You should be (well) into code! If you aren’t in code⁠—or haven’t answered the biggest “is this feasible” question yet⁠—you are behind.

• Don’t check any API keys/​tokens into your repos! They shouldn’t be public . If you have an API that needs these, talk to us.

• As you get into the technical aspects of your MVP, ruthlessly trim your scope! Narrow your focus! Pick the one thing and make it robust and thorough, “putting a pin” in your other ideas.

  All things equal, a thoroughly working project is worth more than any particular taste/​design. We only have a few more weeks⁠—and by next class, you should be showing us a working MVP on your phone!

Our same groups again, today:

Structure for today

• We’d like you to see both of us today⁠—switching groups from last week and then circling back around.

• But it’ll still be pretty quick! Ballpark a few minutes each, and be ready to get what you need from us.

• Give us a brief run-down of your project, any “swings,” and your overall progress from last week.

• Have your in-progress, core functionality prototype up on your phone!

• We’ll also look at your updated roadmaps, to frame our discussion of progress/​efforts⁠—are we “current,” here?

• Same as before: we want to make sure you are “unblocked” on your project⁠—do you know what you are doing overall, and what you are doing for next week?

• We’re moving on to our next project milestone, the fabled MVP. By next week, the last “beam” of your project should be in place:

  Project Nº 5: Minimum Viable Product

• Send us your links and an update, as is custom:

  Submission Form