Why Our Newsletter Is Moving Back to a Weekly Schedule
We’re returning to a weekly newsletter schedule to share updates, new projects, and behind-the-scenes developments in real time during this busy transition period.
There’s simply too much happening right now for us to hold it all for a month at a time. If we kept the newsletter monthly and tried to include four weeks’ worth of updates, every issue would turn into a massive info dump with long sections, multiple announcements, and probably several explainers. That’s too many moving parts competing for your attention. No one reads long emails with a dozen different takeaways.
Cutting things down to keep the issue tidy would mean leaving out a lot of important context. That means postponing answers to questions many of you are already asking. Some of you have started to piece together what’s going on and where Lightspress Principia is headed. You’re asking smart questions, and we want to respond in a timely manner.
We could do it via blog posts, and we probably will, but the goal is to tell the newsletter subscribers first before putting it out in the open for the general public.
A weekly newsletter mostly solves those issues. Each issue can focus on two or three developments instead of eight or ten. That leaves room to explain decisions in a bit more detail than a drive-by blurb. There’s space to show how new and updated projects connect. Instead of one dense report, you’ll get a steady flow of clear updates that are easier to read and follow.
Know that this isn’t a permanent change. If you’re here, you care about what’s being built. You’ve been paying attention. Once this stretch of our transition settles, we’ll inevitably step down to twice a month. Right now, though, the pace of things calls for regular communication. Weekly updates let you see Lightspress Principia’s next era taking shape in real time, rather than getting a summary after the dust has settled.
