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Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

What shipped today

  • 5035645 GH-449: Apple app: briefing list + detail view (#508)
  • 70ab7f4 GH-437: Sidebar onboarding score — show completion progress for new users (#506)
  • a9ea893 GH-504: Fix podcast endpoint review feedback (#505)
  • 87ce297 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#503)
  • 0f8dfd5 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#502)
  • cd89049 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#501)
  • 403f7e3 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#500)
  • f3e8fc7 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#499)
  • dbd6bd9 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#498)
  • 55b8f8a GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#497)
  • 4f85c37 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#496)
  • 0101aaa GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#495)
  • 23ecb37 GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#494)
  • 04193ca GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#492)
  • b035f8c GH-440: briefing should contain full briefing in the email; there are now good calls to action, etc but no links to take action (#443)
  • a5051ca GH-439: remove status badge from ideas UI (#442)
  • cac6d4d GH-436: Add auth to TTS endpoint — unauthenticated ElevenLabs spend vector (#441)

Completed

  • GH-449: Apple app: briefing list + detail view (#508)
  • GH-437: Sidebar onboarding score — show completion progress for new users (#506)
  • GH-504: Fix podcast endpoint review feedback (#505)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#503)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#502)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#501)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#500)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#499)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#498)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#497)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#496)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#495)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#494)
  • GH-447: Private podcast RSS feed endpoint (#492)
  • GH-440: briefing should contain full briefing in the email; there are now good calls to action, etc but no links to take action (#443)
  • GH-439: remove status badge from ideas UI (#442)
  • GH-436: Add auth to TTS endpoint — unauthenticated ElevenLabs spend vector (#441)

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