June 2020 – Yaashaar Hadadian

22Jun 2020 by Yaashaar

Beta 5 is Done! – Revised Timeline

Here we are, just finished beta 5; implemented and incorporated all provisions we mentioned before for the testing. We're entirely prepared to perform our beta testing. It's really shameful that the situation turns out to be like this, but I guess that's part of the challenge. Anyway, I just wanted to briefly update you about our progress here in the extension of the previous update. We made some notable changes to our timeline in alignment with the decision we made and announced last week of not having any release in 2020. Here is how our timeline would probably be looked like for the rest of the year. We carefully monitor how the COVID-19 situation evolves. We're going to make a decision about whether we can perform the beta test in…

F.U.C.K – Facing Unavoidable COVID-19 (K)aveats: No Release in 2020

This update seems to be a tough one, a depressing one. We are frustrated, and this is undoubtedly a devastating time for most small businesses. An epoche that nothing but uncertainty surrounded us. We had a meeting this morning, and I'm going to discuss the most notable outcome of it here. As much as we want to trick ourselves that we can test this or that part of the system until pandemic restrictions loosen a bit, we can't ignore that it is, in fact, a horrible time to release/test the app. I tried my best in this note to elaborate on our reasoning. The Problem Our business model, more than any conceptual or logistical aspect, is affected by this pandemic. That is, we cannot leverage our revenue streams until the situation…

Quick Update On Testing Preparation

We have been working on Beta 5 for about a couple of weeks now. I decided to update you on our progress and discuss a change that we've made to the timeline. As I stated before, we're going to perform the first beta test at the end of this phase with a set of privately selected volunteers. They will be external end-users without any prior exposure to the idea or the system. Testing Procedure Refinement As we were doing final internal tests, we noticed a significant improvement opportunity in the testing procedure. We thought it would be much better if we incorporated a couple of provisions before the beta test. These provisions go a long way to make everything easier for both testers and us during the beta trials that…