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What shipped at PodGlue this week — v1.9.13

Published 28 days ago • 1 min read
PodGlue · Weekly Update
Week of August 10

Hey Reader,

Here's what shipped at PodGlue this week, and the thinking behind a few of the moves. We build in the open, so this is the real log, not a highlight reel.

259
PRs merged
163
Issues closed
4
Releases shipped
Last 30 days. The work doesn't stop.
✨ Shipped this week v1.9.13
+  Rebuild the booking calendar as three numbered steps
+  Weekly booking summary email to the host
+  Stop the booking modal treating every booking as a podcast interview
+  Connect your own Zoom: per-workspace OAuth for booking meetings
+  Zoom client id from the server, and collapse connected integrations
+  Send the weekly booking summary on each host's own Monday morning (POD-1001)
+  Group integrations by state so collapsing actually reclaims space
+ 18 more features — see the full release notes →
🐛 And the fixes that keep it solid
•  Stop discovery-call surfaces promising a podcast episode
•  Stop invites listing questions the form never asked
•  Fix four defects in the weekly booking summary (POD-1001 follow-up)
•  Stop weekly community sync installing the whole monorepo
•  Reschedule never moved the guest's calendar event
📖 Lessons from building in the open

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Junaid Ahmed

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