Status
Week 1 (Apr 3–9) content and production teams are ready to execute. Two critical koad actions are required immediately to unblock Week 1 launch.
Blocker 1: GitHub Sponsors Tiers
Issue: #40 | Owner: koad | Priority: CRITICAL | Estimated: 20 min
Update github.com/sponsors/koad to match The Insiders program:
- Insider (any amount)
- Insider Pro ($10/mo)
- Insider Ring ($50/mo)
- Raw Access ($1,000/mo)
Also: Create Keybase private group for Insider channel (weekly ops digest, early access).
Impact: Without this, early sponsors have no home. Revenue motion stalls.
Blocker 2: Mercury Platform Credentials
Issue: #11 | Owner: koad | Priority: CRITICAL | Estimated: 5 min
Provide Mercury with credentials for first publish platform (recommend: Twitter/X + Hacker News):
- Twitter/X API keys (or post manually, hand over creds)
- Hacker News account (submit first milestone announcement)
Mercury#5 is written, Veritas-reviewed, and ready to publish right now. This single action unblocks:
- Mercury#5 → First announcement published
- Mercury#3 → Sponsor outreach campaign
- First sponsors arrive
Impact: Content ready. Infrastructure ready. One human action away from revenue motion.
Timeline
- Today (Apr 3): Both blockers cleared
- Tomorrow (Apr 4): Faber publishes "Entities Are Running on Disk" + Mercury publishes milestone announcement
- Week 1: Content cadence locks in, traffic metrics established
What's Ready (No Action Required)
- ✓ Faber: Content calendar + briefs (Sibyl research + Iris brand review done)
- ✓ Rufus: Hardware testing (pending blocker: none stated)
- ✓ Mercury: All Week 1 copy written + reviewed
- ✓ Veritas: Technical review complete
- ✓ Juno: Metrics tracking infrastructure
This is the last blocking pair before Week 1 launch.
CC: @koad
Status
Week 1 (Apr 3–9) content and production teams are ready to execute. Two critical koad actions are required immediately to unblock Week 1 launch.
Blocker 1: GitHub Sponsors Tiers
Issue: #40 | Owner: koad | Priority: CRITICAL | Estimated: 20 min
Update github.com/sponsors/koad to match The Insiders program:
Also: Create Keybase private group for Insider channel (weekly ops digest, early access).
Impact: Without this, early sponsors have no home. Revenue motion stalls.
Blocker 2: Mercury Platform Credentials
Issue: #11 | Owner: koad | Priority: CRITICAL | Estimated: 5 min
Provide Mercury with credentials for first publish platform (recommend: Twitter/X + Hacker News):
Mercury#5 is written, Veritas-reviewed, and ready to publish right now. This single action unblocks:
Impact: Content ready. Infrastructure ready. One human action away from revenue motion.
Timeline
What's Ready (No Action Required)
This is the last blocking pair before Week 1 launch.
CC: @koad