Build & migration log · contents

Every entry, one page.

26 entries so far. The numbered entries carry the build narrative — start at 001 for the whole story — and the 12 weekly recaps keep the week-by-week record of what shipped. Back to the running log →

Contents

  1. recap · week of 2026-10-19 The bug that only happened once per customer.
  2. entry 014 · October 2026 Reading the mail.
  3. recap · week of 2026-10-12 The boss fight got fought.
  4. entry 013 · October 2026 The enrichment machine, part 2.
  5. recap · week of 2026-10-05 The robots were everywhere this week.
  6. entry 012 · October 2026 The other set of hands.
  7. recap · week of 2026-09-28 Where’s my stuff? Now the dashboard answers first.
  8. entry 011 · September 2026 The catalog that refused to die.
  9. recap · week of 2026-09-21 Generosity, with a dead-man’s switch.
  10. entry 010 · September 2026 Every rule is scar tissue.
  11. recap · week of 2026-09-14 Monday’s entry lasted three days.
  12. entry 009 · September 2026 The history came along.
  13. recap · week of 2026-09-07 Ship-tos are places, not people.
  14. entry 008 · September 2026 Reviewing the robot’s homework.
  15. recap · week of 2026-08-31 The feature we benched five weeks ago shipped this week.
  16. recap · week of 2026-08-24 This week, the whole stack went to production.
  17. entry 007 · August 2026 Two systems, one truth.
  18. recap · week of 2026-08-17 This week the migration stopped being a solo project.
  19. entry 006 · August 2026 Best price wins.
  20. recap · week of 2026-08-10 The most valuable thing we shipped this week was restraint.
  21. entry 005 · August 2026 Half a million SKUs, findable.
  22. entry 004 · August 2026 Trust, but read the network tab.
  23. recap · week of 2026-08-03 The store now knows what you’ve bought before.
  24. entry 003 · August 2026 The enrichment machine.
  25. entry 002 · July 2026 Half a million SKUs walk into a new database.
  26. entry 001 · July 2026 The whole story, from the beginning.

Availability

This log is the working record of systems being built, migrated, and kept in production. If you’re working through a problem in the same territory — interesting problems will always receive a reply.