2023 – Yaashaar Hadadian

22Oct 2023 by Yaashaar

Beta 18 is Done! – Are you ready?

The beta 23.3 was released a few days ago, and I took a break for a few days after multiple weeks of development and preparing some business documents for our ongoing fundraising effort. In this post, I will update you on what we have done in Beta 18. Development we released a total of 5 versions during beta 18, comprised of one major release and three bug fixes. We also just added the subscription plans to the app. Rebranding The platform's logo mark and logo word had been designed long ago when I was about to start developing what I had in mind. In the early days, you don't know if your idea or project will work, and it would make sense not to put much time into the designing…

Beta 17 is done!

We've just released the beta version 22.5 of the platform's iOS app. It wrapped up Beta 17, a phase in which we took many actions toward preparing the platform for the first public beta testing. Beta 17 In the first half of Beta 17, we rolled out some new features and user interface updates. The second half was devoted to preparing presentational materials for the public packed in the company's new portal. The Company's New Portal During Beta 17, we implemented and deployed the very first version of the company's portal. Although it's currently protected from public users, it's almost ready to be used upon revealing the platform's name, starting to accept early access requests (The public beta testing registration) Public Beta As I mentioned in my previous blog post,…

Beta 16 is Done!

It's been a while since my last blog post was published here. Meanwhile, we have released seven updates for the app (two major releases and five bug fixes). With the app's recent update (version 0.21 beta), we eventually concluded the project's Beta 16 phase, which unexpectedly stretched a few months. In this post, I'm describing what we've been through during Beta 16. The Elephant Something happened in September 2022 (#MahsaAmini) that affected some of our Iranian team members. It has been rough, devastating, and disappointing. I'd written a relatively detailed story about what we went through as a team during the last few months. Still, I ended up removing it from this post. Maybe some other time. These events hugely interfered with the typical workflow in our team, hindered us,…