Journal
A weekend marathon of an infrastructure upgrade
I spent a weekend upgrading Cushion’s Heroku stack and Ruby version, which sent me down a path of fixing hundreds of failing tests and removing a feature.
Blog
2023
Changelog
Improved
Filtering in the Track > Reports section now persists through URL query parameters, so you can bookmark common reports (Thanks, Darren!)
Starting a new timer now auto-focuses the note field (Thanks, Charles!)
2022
Journal
“Software” with a capital “S”
I hit a roadblock designing a UI that didn’t excite me, so I decide to take a step back and rethink a more personalized design.
Changelog
New
Added hourly rate insight to invoice form
Changelog
New
Added new availability timeline in the Timeline (beta)
Improved
Improved layout with more spacing in the new Timeline (beta)
Changelog
Fixed
Fixed the trial prompt after hitting the snooze button (Thanks, Elliot!)
Changelog
New
Added click & drag workloads in the Timeline (beta)
Improved
Editing a timer-based entry via the modal now lets you edit the date in addition to the time
Journal
Adding hotkey labels to the UI
After taking a short break to collect myself, I eased back into work with a low-priority feature that I’ve been itching to add for a while.
Changelog
New
Added hotkey labels for editing workloads in the Timeline (beta)
Changelog
Improved
Improved spacing between filters in the Timeline (beta)
Improved timeline scrolling performance in Safari (beta)
Changelog
Improved
Inline editing now has a confirmation step for saving and undoing in the Timeline (beta)
Journal
Moving & resizing workloads in the timeline
While building the drag & drop interaction for workloads, I accidentally created the coolest interaction I’ve ever made.
Changelog
Fixed
Fixed schedule not appearing for a new project in the Timeline (beta)
Changelog
New
Added the ability to move and resize workloads by dragging in the Timeline (beta)
Journal
Editing workloads in the timeline
After taking a couple weeks off to move into our new home, I’m back in the saddle with creating and editing workloads.
Changelog
New
Added the ability to create, edit, and delete workloads in the Timeline (beta)
Journal
Vacations in the timeline
To continue reaching feature parity with the existing schedule view, I added vacations to the new timeline.
Changelog
New
Added vacations to Timeline (beta)
Changelog
New
Added the ability to delete a project in the Timeline (beta)
Journal
Nested modal drawers with parallax
Over the weekend, I ate the broccoli and built a nested drawer system, but ended up with a delightful parallax effect.
Changelog
New
Added the ability to create a client inline when creating or editing a project in the Timeline (beta)
Changelog
Improved
Improved tooltips to show relevant time-tracking, estimated time, and availability in the Timeline (beta)
Journal
The evolution of a tooltip design
The full circle journey of designing a tooltip that’s both simple and useful.
Changelog
New
Holding shift or cmd while hovering the timeline now widens or narrows the date range (beta)
Changelog
New
Added project notes to the Timeline (beta)
Changelog
New
Added total estimated time to the past for comparison in the timeline (beta)
Changelog
Improved
Projects in the new timeline are now sorted by activity (beta)
Journal
Estimated workloads in the schedule timeline
After visualizing tracked time, I jumped from the past and into the future to visualize estimated workloads.
Changelog
Fixed
Fixed invoice list coloring when an invoice is overdue (thanks, Brian!)
Changelog
New
Workloads in the Schedule timeline (beta)
Changelog
Fixed
Fixed timezone issue in the timeline beta with tracked time in the evening (beta)
Journal
Total tracked time in the schedule timeline
Now that Cushion can visualize tracked time, the next step is to combine tracked time and highlight when you overworked yourself.
Changelog
New
Added total tracked time visual to the schedule timeline with highlighting for when you overworked yourself (beta)
Added tooltips for tracked time
Fixed
Fixed date pickers to respect week start day preference
Changelog
New
Added “Date Paid” to paid invoice template
Journal
Lazy loading tracked time in the schedule timeline
After being close to launching tracked time in the schedule timeline beta, I decide to spend an extra week adding lazy loading.
Changelog
New
Tracked time visualized in Schedule timeline (beta)
Journal
Visualizing tracked time in the schedule timeline
Straying from the plan to bring the timeline to 1:1 feature parity with the existing timeline, I visualize tracked time.
Journal
Duplicating an invoice
I take a short break from the timeline beta to launch the ability to duplicate an invoice. No big deal.
Changelog
New
Added budget and track sections to project form in Schedule timeline (beta)
Changelog
New
Added the ability to duplicate invoices
Changelog
Fixed
Fixed budget graph nav for users with a custom fiscal year to load correct initial year (thanks, Jake!)
Changelog
Improved
Project actions in the Schedule timeline for “Start”, “Finish”, and “Cancel” now show an auto-populated form with the current date, relevant list to move to, and the option to archive (beta)
Journal
Grouping and archiving projects in the schedule timeline
On the new path of pursuing a list-based layout, I group the projects by list and add an archive filter.
Changelog
New
Added archive filter to Schedule timeline (beta)
Added archiving to project menu in the Schedule timeline (beta)
Improved
Group projects by list in Schedule timeline (beta)
Fixed
Fixed setting a project color for the first time in the Schedule timeline (beta)
Changelog
New
Added view filter to schedule timeline for showing all, active, or archived projects (beta)
Improved
Redesigned schedule timeline to include project list (beta)
Journal
One step back, two steps forward
Foreseeing a problematic future with the stacking layout, I rethink the direction and end up down a better path.
Changelog
Fixed
Fixed clicking zoom options in Firefox in Schedule timeline (beta)
Fixed clicking labels sometimes dragging in Firefox in Schedule timeline (beta)
Fixed vertical alignment of axis in Firefox in Schedule timeline (beta)
Journal
Project actions in the Schedule timeline beta
After adding the ability to add and edit projects in the Schedule timeline, I implement more detailed interactions with project actions.
Changelog
New
Added project actions for starting, finishing, and canceling projects in the new Schedule timeline (beta)
Changelog
Improved
Default a new project’s color to the client color in the new Schedule timeline (beta)
Fixed
Fixed client & list dropdowns to auto-select project’s client & list when editing in the new Schedule timeline (beta)
Fixed client dropdown when project’s client is archived in the new Schedule timeline (beta)
Changelog
New
Creating and editing projects in the Schedule timeline (beta)
Journal
Creating a project via form in the schedule timeline
Back to working on the app, I take the leap into creating projects, but via form first instead of click & drag.
Journal
New year, new homepage
I spend my holiday break bringing more fun to the Cushion homepage with a new design, full of illustrations and animations.
Changelog
Improved
Improved Schedule timeline performance in Safari (beta)
Fixed
Fixed Schedule timeline sizing in Safari (beta)