2024 Week #44 Notes

week-notes

2024-10-28

Monday 28th October

• Early start
• blog exploring some ideas about the value of long-lived teams.
• eng bringing code together for the Salesbot.
• meet Long call with VP.
• meet 1-2-1 with PSK.
• meet 1-2-1 with RT.
• meet 1-2-1 with JQ. Useful talk about setting out enough space for QA.
• eng Setup terraform for new M-A-W server on Hetzner.
• meet Legal chat with LDC.
• eng More M-A-W terraform debugging. Realised it wasn't even necessary!

Tuesday 29th October

• Later start.
• legal Going through new contract set. Reflecting through LDC.
• eng Fixing 8bitdo.
• legal prepared trademark response with some stronger provisions. We want to protect future business changes.
• meet 1-2-1 with WH.
• meet 1-2-1 with WF. Discussed GG LLM, some some problems with Docker mounts (possibly!).
• meet 1-2-1 with SP. Discussed GG SSO and permissions models.
• meet Management:
  • Legal pack
  • LLM Sales
  • Search demo
• meet Euge re: GG, some employment stuff, politics :)
• eng Some hacking on Hortus.

Wednesday 30th October

• eng More hacking on Hortus.

• meet 1-2-1 with KS.

  • Chatted about browser game dev, re Women's Aid.

• eng Chat with SP re: containerisation.

• meet Sam Meeting

  • Argentine politics
  • React people available?
  • US politics

• meet TP meeting with Ian.

  • Strategic focus change.

• eng Review the M-A-W terraform changes again.

• meet Amnesty International chat.

• Money paid to Wirrall with evidence + information

• List of bugs/defect list.

Thursday 31st October

• chat Legal chat, collect invoices.
  • Ready to send now.
• meet AIUK pitch meeting
• eng PR reviews 1 and 2
• meet Chat with OB re: salesbot.
• hr Prepare letters DC.
• meet Chat LDC, HR and AIUK.
• sales Writing for AIUK.
• sales Chat AMcG re: Women's Aid.
• legal Prepare NLG invoices, pass to solicitors.
• meet AIUK pitch meeting 2.
• eng Evening, various hacking on Hortus.

Friday 1st November

• eng Chat with SP about CI and checklists.
• meet Chat with JQ about a11y work for AIUK pitch.
• eng Small amend to home to add Claude search.

Weekend