App Ops Desk · Issue #20
Release calendar and quiet hours
You can archive any hour. You should not start an irreversible rollout when you cannot watch it. Solo founders need quiet hours more than big teams do.
One action this week: Pick your personal no-ship windows (example: Friday 4pm local through Sunday morning) and write them in the release log header.
Good default quiet hours
- Late Friday through weekend for major releases
- Travel days / conference keynotes when you are offline
- Family events where you cannot open a laptop for 6+ hours
- Right before you delete Xcode free space “real quick”
Exceptions
Hotfixes for live breakage can ship anytime — if you can watch metrics and support for the next few hours.
Calendar artifacts
Release calendar (example): Mon: feature freeze candidate Tue: archive + TF internal Wed: metadata freeze + external if needed Thu: submit (watch window) Fri: no major submits after 14:00 local
Ignore list
- “Ship energy” as a schedule
- Submitting then boarding a flight
- Assuming phased release means you can disappear
Bottom line
Shipping is an on-call act. If you cannot watch, do not start the irreversible step.
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