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What shipped in Outlayr, why, and what it cost. Written by Daniel Esteves.

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November 2026

  1. Our web deploys took 9 minutes, now they take under 3

    Adding sign-in to tryoutlayr.com pulled 1.8 GB of the native app's dependencies into every web deploy. The fix was to stop shipping them.

    #294#140· 3 min read

  2. Reading bank notifications with AI, and saying so

    A SiteGround charge was logged as "Spent $22.99 at Groceries". Fixing it meant sending notification text to a model, so the privacy policy had to change first.

    #285#287#288· 5 min read

October 2026

  1. Moving Outlayr to Effect in 50 pull requests

    On 27 October I merged a stack of 50 pull requests that moved the app, the backend and the website onto Effect v4. Why, how it was staged, and what it cost.

    #95#98#99#104#121#162· 5 min read