diff --git a/work/briefs/daily/2026-05-29.md b/work/briefs/daily/2026-05-29.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..77e1537e --- /dev/null +++ b/work/briefs/daily/2026-05-29.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +--- +## Daily Brief โ€” 2026-05-29 + +### โœจ Morning +On May 29, 1919, Arthur Eddington photographed stars near the sun during a total solar eclipse and confirmed light bends around massive objects โ€” exactly as Einstein's general relativity predicted. The announcement made Einstein world-famous overnight and changed how we think about gravity, space, and time. +๐Ÿšถ Take a short walk before diving in. + +Today's focus per weekly plan: Close loops + weekly review. New signals since yesterday: 18 task changes, 15 comments โ€” Postmortem COMPLETED โœ… (Jeanna + Jonathan thanked Alex), Full Analysis COMPLETED โœ…. Two new TP subtasks due today; PR #5145 CI ๐Ÿ”ด; new Monterrey PR task appeared in inbox. + +--- + +## Plan for Today + +1. โšก **Desktop Browser Feature Owner Survey** โ€” 5-min anonymous survey, 3d overdue, no blocker +2. ๐Ÿ”ด **Fix CI on PR #5145** (Ship duck.ai onboarding โ€” CI red, blocks review) +3. ๐Ÿ”ด **Triage: PR: Make macOS app Monterrey-only** (1-3d, 1d overdue, needs scoping) +4. ๐ŸŸ  **TP: Hide "stop chat" button [0.5d]** โ€” due today, primary block +5. ๐ŸŸ  **TP: Persist 'You've got this' dialogue [0.5d]** โ€” due today, secondary block +6. ๐ŸŸ  **Nudge Jake on Privacy Triage** โ€” 8d overdue, blocks old TP close +7. ๐ŸŸ  **Ack Alessandro on Project Advisor async** โ€” 2 min +8. ๐Ÿ“‹ **6 PR reviews queued** โ€” batch after TP block +9. ๐Ÿ“ **Weekly review write-up** โ€” Fri rhythm, 20-30 min EOD + +--- + +### ๐Ÿ”ด Urgent / Overdue + +**[OVERDUE 3d] DRI** โ€” [Desktop Browser Feature Owner Survey](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214940335721015) (due 2026-05-26) +Context: 5-min anonymous survey. Zero content blocker. Carried Mon โ†’ Wed โ†’ Thu without being completed. +Action: Complete in the first 5 minutes of the day. + +**[OVERDUE 1d] DRI** โ€” [PR: Make macOS app Monterrey-only - 1-3d (apple-browsers)](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215150214975916) (due 2026-05-27) +Context: Appeared in inbox since weekly plan; new task, 1-3d estimate. Not in yesterday's brief. Needs scoping. +Action: Open and triage โ€” is this an implementation task to author, or a PR review request? 10 min. + +**[OVERDUE 1d] DRI** โ€” [Ship AI onboarding winner (Treatment B) [0.5d]](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215009192158955) (due 2026-05-28) +Context: PR #5145 up but CI ๐Ÿ”ด. Costas answered Alex's returning-users question on May 28 12:33. Alessandro reacted this morning (reaction only, no new comment โ€” not a blocker). +Action: Read Costas' answer, then fix CI on #5145. + +**[OVERDUE 14d] AOR** โ€” [PR Check is failing on main](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214797526093576) (due 2026-05-15) +Context: Main-branch CI failure, inbox. No activity since May 17. Third brief in a row without progress. +Action: Diagnose during AOR buffer. If not fixable in 30 min, post a status comment naming the failing test + ETA. Don't carry unacknowledged into next week. + +**Backlog cluster** (informational โ€” stale dates expected; do_later/quick_wins/aged inbox): CI failing test testWhenTabWithConnectionLost (active, Apr 22) ยท Pinned tab opens link in background (May 1) ยท Text selection in address bar (May 1) ยท Tab preview stuck ยท Duo login Grafana ยท Assertion Failure Pixel ยท Review Overdue Tasks meta ยท warnBeforeQuit flag ยท mac_malicious-site-protection. Not actioned today. + +--- + +### ๐ŸŸ  Needs Action Today + +**DRI โ€” TP deep work: Hide "stop chat" button + Persist 'You've got this' dialogue (due today)** +[Hide stop chat](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215009192158954) + [Persist dialogue](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215009192158950) โ€” Alex's May 28 status: "Next: these two." Primary deep-work block of the day after urgent items. +Note: "Disable back button" (1215009192158960, also due today) is WAITING for confirmation from Costas/team โ€” Alex already asked, not the blocker. + +**DRI โ€” Acknowledge Project Advisor async** +[DRI โ†” Project Advisor async](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213551072611261) โ€” Alessandro commented May 28 23:30: "Since you were OOO I created that ๐Ÿ™‚" โ€” he proactively created the task while Alex was out. +Action: Quick acknowledgment reply. 2 min. + +**DRI โ€” Review experiment enrollment data** +[NA Analysis: iOS Duck.ai Onboarding Tracker Demo](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215186850972358) โ€” Dax bot: enrollment โ‰ˆ7K per variant (control 7034 / A 7191 / B 7126), no headline metric conversions yet (d5-7 app_use). Alex is listed DRI. +Action: Scan for anomalies, confirm tracking looks reasonable. 10 min. + +**PR Reviews โ€” batch (6 queued)** +Bump nativeStorage 100% ยท Enable ad blocking soft launch ยท Improve value transformer failure observability ยท Avoid force unwrap crash ยท Fix maestro tests ยท Enable iPad toggle iOS 7.211. +Action: Single batch pass after TP block. + +**๐Ÿ“ Weekly review write-up** +Per Friday plan: write this week's review + catch-up for missing May/22 review. +Action: 20-30 min before EOD. + +--- + +### ๐ŸŸก Delegated โ€” Follow Up Needed + +**OVERDUE 8d** โ€” [Privacy Triage: Apple โ€” iOS: Demo tracker blocking](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214965405681675) โ€” Jake Abel, due 2026-05-21 +No activity since May 20. Blocks closing old TP. Nudged in yesterday's brief; no response yet (AFK day intervened). +Follow-up: "Hi Jake โ€” following up again. This privacy triage is now 8 days overdue and is the last piece blocking old TP close-out. Any update?" + +**OVERDUE 4d** โ€” [๐Ÿค– Check for dependabot PRs](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215057989642782) โ€” Tom Strba, due 2026-05-25 +macOS App Maintenance cycle. Tom's cycle is active (maintenance task modified May 28 23:27). Low urgency โ€” Tom likely completing today. + +**Due today** โ€” [Pinned tab activates in other window unpinning](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1210705465887828) โ€” Juan Pereira, due 2026-05-29 +Gentle reminder if no update from Juan by EOD. + +GitHub โ†” Asana correlation: no merged-but-not-closed delegated tasks detected. + +--- + +### ๐Ÿ”ต Rhythms + +**TP:** [iOS Address onboarding conflicts with unified input and ship AI onboarding winner](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214592943696234) โ€” due 2026-06-05. On track. Two subtasks with PRs up (Hide Free plan #5149 โœ… waiting review; Ship AI onboarding #5145 CI ๐Ÿ”ด). Today's block: stop chat + persist dialogue subtasks. Next TP Thread: โœ… already open. + +**Upcoming:** +- ๐Ÿ“… Mon 2026-06-01: O-L Weekly Meeting. Dominik OOO begins (LDX3, through Jun 3). +- ๐Ÿ“… Tue 2026-06-02: Apple Weekly Team Meeting โ€” Dominik OOO, host needed (Dominik flagged this). +- ๐Ÿ“… Wed 2026-06-03: O-N Weekly Meeting. +- ๐Ÿ“… Jun 8โ€“12: WWDC'26 partly AFK (10 days out) โ€” flag prep handoffs by end of next week.