Episode 621: You’re Totally Gonna Pay For It

About this episode

Manton discusses a deployment mishap at Micro.blog and the implications for user trust, alongside a conversation about Bluesky's rise and the future of the open web.

Manton tells Daniel about the accidental mini-disaster he caused at Micro.blog while daring to deploy changes while on a cruise. They talk about the risk of losing trust with users when you make mistakes, especially repeatedly, and how unit testing might be a good protection against such problems. Then they talk more about Bluesky's recent surge in popularity, and prospects for the future of the open web. The post Episode 621: You’re Totally Gonna Pay For It appeared first on Core Intuition .

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Jalkut, Manton Reece

Guest: Manton

Topics covered

• trust with users
• unit testing
• Micro.blog
• Bluesky
• open web
• deployment risks

Keywords

• Micro.blog
• Bluesky
• trust
• unit testing
• deployment
• open web
• technology
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Micro.blog, Bluesky

Places: open web

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