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Carl here. You signed up to receive updates about Ymir, the WordPress serverless DevOps platform that Iām building.
INTRO
This has been another consulting heavy cycle. A good contract came my way. I took it so I can bank up some more š°š°š°!
I still managed to add a small new feature. So not was all lost! There was a bit of product development. š„³
Not too much movement around marketing. I did start working on the headless serverless WordPress project. It's my priority for this upcoming week as I'd like to have it working for WordCamp US next week.
Otherwise, business is doing alright. Slow growth continues. I'm having more partnership discussions, which is good. (Any interest is good in my book!) I'll be having more at WordCamp US as well.
PRODUCT
You can always view the history of Ymir's product development at https://ymirapp.com/changelog.
As I said, I didn't get to work on product development much this cycle. I added a small feature around firewalls. You can now define a custom web ACL.
This was a feature that one of my customers kept asking for. The reason you might want to use it is because AWS charges you per firewall. So you might want to reuse the same firewall across multiple projects to save money.
MARKETING
Not much marketing done again. I started working on the headstart project using Ymir. So that's good!
I really want to have that done before WordCamp US. It's something I'd like to showcase. Much like the load test I did with WooCommerce before WordCamp Asia.
BUSINESS
You can always view Ymir's up-to-date business metrics at ymirapp.com/open. They're updated every 10 minutes.
Business is back to its usual up and down. I have a good amount of trials. I have some cancellations. It's still growth even if it's slow. š
More partnership discussions are happening. I have one big meeting at WordCamp US with a hosting company. I'm going to see if I can get some more or at least get some discussions going.
It's a huge milestone for me. I'm feeling really validated about serverless WordPress because of their interest. But it's also a source of anxiety because I'm feeling a bit out of my depth business-wise.
I've also had a few friends help me talk through different scenarios. It's been really helpful. Just have to wait and see how it all plays out. š¬
Carl
Heya friend! Carl here. You signed up to receive updates about Ymir, the WordPress serverless DevOps platform that Iām building. INTRO Heya! It's been a little while since the last report. December was super busy and then I had some unfortunate events during the holiday and in January which delayed a lot of stuff. I'm still not done writing my year in review because of them š«£š There's actually been quite a bit of work done on the product since the last update. The biggest new feature is PHP...
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