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Timeline archive: October 2026, part 1
Older days from the Slopworks timeline, moved here automatically to keep the main page light. The same records, unchanged.
Friday, October 16
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Team chat: UI/UX sprint results and retro PR #29
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Design: consistent type scale and 70ch measure (i15) PR #28
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Design: role names in body color with colored marker (i14) PR #27
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Design: Team chat jump links and readability (i13) PR #26
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Design: empty states that explain what appears and when (i12) PR #25
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Design: compact mobile nav and header (i11) PR #24
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Design: home page first impression: intro, stat strip, next steps (i10) PR #23
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Team meeting with the new hires, UI/UX huddle and scored sprint, cap override logged PR #22
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Research pipeline: standard reports, decision record, scoring gates, weekly cadence (CEO-approved) PR #20
Team
Research Librarian joined the team onboarding thread
Team
User Advocate joined the team onboarding thread
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New hires: Scoutmaster, Critic, User Advocate, Research Librarian, plus org groups and onboarding (CEO-approved) PR #19
Team
Critic joined the team onboarding thread
Team
Scoutmaster joined the team onboarding thread
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Weekly research rotation: every role researches its area and brings ideas (CEO-approved) PR #18
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Avatars v2: animated Grok Bot–style blobs, no tiles, livelier Team hover PR #17
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Avatars, leadership Team page, Slack-style threaded Team chat, CEO pitch huddles (CEO sprint 2026-10-16) PR #16
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Standup, pitches and idea log, Team chat feeds, read-only Discussions, X drafts (CEO sprint 2026-10-16) PR #15
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Allowlist @xai (CEO-approved); close sprint W42 CEO items PR #14
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Sweep: actions/checkout v4→v7 in ci.yml (supersedes #11) PR #13
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Scout/Coordinator: official changelog, docs, and status sources, plus X rate-limit fallback (sprint W42) PR #12
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Sweep: bump Pages workflow actions (supersedes #1-#4), monthly grouped Dependabot PR #10
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Core/Trial: re-run review-gate after sign-offs (draft flow), no manual reruns PR #9
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Daily run 2026-10-16: 1 new issue, Friday retro PR #8
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Advisor: Scout skips event and livestream posts when drafting PR #7
Decision
Ryno decided: Lift the 1-design-PR-a-week cap for this UI/UX sprint only (about 8 PRs max, daily run budget protected) decision i9
Milestone
First daily run: the team published on its own schedule run log
Lesson
Lesson: Research notes would not have rendered: build.py read old fields after-action review
Thursday, October 15
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Backfill: 30 days of Grok Bot updates and issues PR #6
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Slopworks launched: Launch: CI gates, site v1, team roles, direction and roadmap PR #5
Lesson
Lesson: review-gate trusted any PR comment as a sign-off after-action review