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Everything built for Hatch so far, newest first. Day 01 is 28 October 2026, when work on Hatch's foundations began. Only days with work appear.
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Day 16 — 12 Nov 2026
Waitlist, newsletter and the docs go live
LaunchWebsiteDocsWeb app
The launch toolkit for 30 November is in place, and the app gets friendlier discovery and session controls.
- Waitlist sign-ups on hatchh.io are now saved securely in a database (Cloudflare D1), with protection against duplicate and automated sign-ups.
- Newsletter opt-in: tick a box when you join, or subscribe from the footer. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe.
- Cookie preferences: a clear banner with Accept all, Essential only and Customize. Analytics stay off unless you allow them.
- Desktop app notify list: choose your device from the download button and get an email the day the app is ready.
- Refreshed Privacy Policy and Terms and conditions, written in plain language for students.
- Launch of docs.hatchh.io, this help centre and changelog.
- Instagram link (@hatch.era) added across hatchh.io, plus "Add launch to calendar" after you join.
- Hatchers discovery redesigned: compact person cards, your goal editable in place, filters as removable chips, and a hello you can write right inside the card.
- Session controller redesigned: one row with the room name, a "who's here" preview, mic, camera and Leave, and three fixed spots you can move it to.
- Session room sizing fixed: a solo room stays large when chat is open, the chat box grows as you type, and the sidebar remembers its width.
- Lively animated icons across the app, in both light and dark themes.
- A 45-second launch promo film cut from the real product, with a licensed music and sound library prepared for launch videos.
Day 15 — 11 Nov 2026
Sessions rebuilt, pods reconnected
Web appDesign
Sessions became faster to join, and pods and sessions now feel like connected spaces.
- New Sessions list: compact rows, always-visible search and focus filters, clear sections (your session, open to join, full or locked, starting soon) and one obvious action per row.
- One-tap join with mic and camera off, one-tap leave with a short Rejoin window, and a two-tap "Create session" sheet.
- A room bar keeps your live session in reach while you browse the rest of Hatch.
- Pods: replies now appear inline under the message, check-ins sit beside "Ask the pod", and one "Your pod" button replaces separate member and overview controls.
- Session invitation cards and "Share to a Pod" bring sessions into pod conversations.
- "Recent messages" on Home: see who wrote and how many are new without leaving the page.
- Refreshed Messages, pods listed in the sidebar, a shared page layout for every screen, and editing posts in place.
- The full automated quality check of the app passes cleanly.
Day 14 — 10 Nov 2026
Interface audit and everyday essentials
Web appDesign
A full UI and UX audit, with fixes, plus the small features people use every day.
- Completed a UI and UX audit of the web app and shipped its fixes: a 12-pixel minimum text size, a phone tab bar, and loading and error states shown in the page instead of pop-ups.
- Navigation audit: a single "Search all Hatch" action, opened with the / key, that searches pods, people, sessions and conversations as you type.
- Notification centre with read, clear and undo.
- Pod check-ins from Home, including choosing which pod to check in with.
- Discussion replies with a compact "Write a reply…" entry, also on phones.
- Meeting invitation links with a choice of expiry time.
- A refreshed Home header and community discovery, and clearer hover and focus states in the live room menus.
Day 13 — 9 Nov 2026
hatchh.io shows the real product
WebsiteWeb app
The marketing site now uses real screenshots of the Hatch app, and the app gets a round of refinement.
- hatchh.io: a gallery of real screenshots of Home, Pods, Hatchers, Messages, Sessions and a pod room.
- New sessions and mission artwork on hatchh.io, and an About section introducing the founder.
- A sticky header on every screen size, smoother scroll effects and a new contact address, wristalabs@gmail.com.
- App refinement: a simpler Home with one writing action, easier-to-choose session cards and a lighter Hatchers search.
- Accessibility options in the app (theme, reduce motion, underline links) and an improved photo picker.
Day 10 — 6 Nov 2026
Home screen audit and first walkthrough video
Web appDesign
A careful look at the Home screen and a first video of the app in action.
- Home screen audit: clearer personal next actions, better search on phones and targeted accessibility fixes.
- Produced a first walkthrough video of the Hatch app.
Day 09 — 5 Nov 2026
Home meets community
Web appDesign
Home and the community forum were combined into one calm place to start your day.
- Home now combines your personal next steps with the community feed: one writing box, topics and a reading view.
- Independent design reviews of the new Home, feeding the next round of fixes.
Day 08 — 4 Nov 2026
A workspace for finding hatchers
Web app
Hatchers discovery grew into a full workspace.
- Hatchers workspace: discovery, your circle and requests in one place, with profiles opening beside the list.
- Matching preferences in two steps: goal direction, region, what would help right now and working style.
- An expanded list layout that works from small phones to large screens, plus a skip link and accessibility fixes.
Day 07 — 3 Nov 2026
Messages and Hatchers
Web appDesign
Direct messages and people discovery arrived.
- Messages: a compact inbox with search, All and Unread, pinned chats, archive and a separate place for message requests.
- Conversations with replies, reactions, editing, saved messages, private reminders, photos, files and session invitations.
- Hatchers: find people with explainable suggestions (never scores), filter by region and say hello.
- Your circle and Requests pages, and a forum usability review.
Day 06 — 2 Nov 2026
Making Hatch feel like yours
Web appDesign
Personal touches across the app, and richer pod rooms.
- Forums redesign: one reading stream with topic filters, where you can read and reply in place.
- Customize appearance: pod admins and session hosts can choose an illustration, a background and a title style.
- 12 illustrated default portraits for every profile, plus photo uploads.
- An always-visible account strip with a settings window for Profile, Account, Preferences and Your plan.
- Quick profiles with a bio, larger photo, usernames and away messages, and a resizable sidebar.
- Badges and keepsakes you can pin to your profile.
- Pod rooms: a single conversation, pod navigation, polls, questions with takeaways, a whiteboard preview and file sharing.
Day 05 — 1 Nov 2026
The Hatch web app is born
Web appWebsiteLaunch
The first full version of the Hatch web app, and a launch date on hatchh.io.
- Built the Hatch web app: all 50 core views and 42 key states from the beta blueprint, covering sign-up, onboarding, Home, pods, sessions, forums, hatchers, messages, notifications and settings.
- Runs as a complete preview with sample data, including roles, failures, retries and recovery states.
- Sessions "quiet by default": a large stage, a small set of controls, chat closed until you need it and extras under More.
- A light session room theme with soft pastel tiles.
- hatchh.io announces the free beta, with a countdown to 30 Nov 2026, 6 PM IST.
Day 04 — 31 Oct 2026
hatchh.io takes shape
WebsiteBrand
The marketing site gained personality, policies and a home on the web.
- Playful motion on hatchh.io: shapes you can drag, a scroll-driven road and a word-by-word vision reveal.
- Contact, Privacy Policy and Terms pages, each with numbered sections and a table of contents.
- A purple zipper welcome that you pull open on your first visit.
- A winking version of the Hatch app icon.
- The footer names Hatch as a Wrista Labs brand of Wrista Technologies LLP.
- Prepared hatchh.io for hosting and began connecting the domain.
Day 03 — 30 Oct 2026
Components, wireframes and the first website
DesignWebsiteBrand
The building blocks for both the website and the app.
- Wireframes and a clickable prototype of the web app, plus low-fidelity screens for every view.
- The Hatch illustration set, refined over five rounds.
- The Hatch component system: 26 accessible interface components with the Hatch fonts and colours, and a component library showcase.
- Started hatchh.io: the original Hatch website design rebuilt as a modern site, with a landing page, About and Discovery with sample pods.
Day 02 — 29 Oct 2026
Brand book and beta blueprint
BrandDesign
What Hatch looks like, and what the beta needs to do.
- Hatch Creative Brand Book, Edition 01: a 40-page guide to the logo, palette, typography, playful curves, illustration, voice and motion.
- The web app beta blueprint: 50 core views and 42 key states, from sign-up to sessions, with the rules behind pods, sessions, roles and safety.
- Beta principles set: an ad-free beta, paid tiers shown as "Coming soon", small time-bound pods and privacy-first discovery.
Day 01 — 28 Oct 2026
Foundations
BrandDesign
Day one: one clear set of rules and a clean brand to build on.
- Reviewed the original Hatch concepts and brought them together into one corrected set of product rules covering 21 user journeys.
- Cleaned-up Hatch logos and brand assets: the wordmark and app icon in purple, black and white.
- The first design foundation: colour and type tokens, buttons and form controls.
- A consistent icon system and 24 reusable interface patterns, from pod cards to chat messages.
- Website and app layouts mapped for desktop, tablet and phone.
Last updated 12 Nov 2026