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Launching 12 products in 12 months

And then it came appendicitis

So, last Monday night I was feeling some stomach pains and I went to the ER. I didn't think it was too serious because I've had different kinds of stomach problems in my life. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've ONLY been in ERs in my life due to stomach issues. So I went to the ER expecting to be diagnosed gastritis or something like that, get some pain meds and go home on a diet.


As it turns out, it was more serious than that. I was diagnosed appendicitis. I've never had surgery in my life, so this was my first. Luckily, they caught it early. It was good that I went to ER immediately. I underwent surgery the next day and was allowed to go home the day after. It's been a week since the surgery. I've had limited computer time in the last week.

Regarding the "Launching 12 products in 12 months" venture

First things first: I was behind schedule already on the Plin product. The surgery works well as an excuse to buy more time to have the Plin product in a more "MVP" state.

So I had to go back and take a good look at the calendar. The plan I came up with is the following:

Product Old release date New release date
Plin 2023-08-07 2023-09-01
Sprintdroid 2023-09-01 2023-09-28
Cloudemica 2023-09-28 2023-12-15

Note: The "late" release date for Cloudemica (almost 3 months after the previous release) is due to the fact that I'll be traveling 44 days through Europe during the whole month of October and half of November. So, the start date for Cloudemica will be around 2023-11-15.

I'll do my best to seize opportunities to work on any time slot that frees up during my trip. For example, during train or plane rides.