65. The first outage and an unexpected save

In this holiday edition episode, we discuss the past year's highlights, a recent outage, and the rapid emergence of Bluesky as a social media platform.

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Segments

• [00:20] Welcome to the holiday edition
• [01:24] Year in review: launches and growth
• [04:06] Challenges and user feedback
• [07:12] The big outage and serendipitous solution
• [10:16] Switching to a new transcription service
• [18:39] App updates
• [21:37] The journey of implementing timestamps
• [24:58] The rise of Bluesky
• [37:55] Podcast recommendations

Show notes

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