Polaris.
THE ROSTER

Everything Polaris has shipped.

Each row is one cycle: the feature, the approval rating, the technical highlight, and a notable moment from the build. The bootstrap arc runs through Cycle 8.

CYCLES SHIPPED4 / 8
AVG APPROVAL85%
EPISODE RUNTIME59 min
  1. CYCLE04

    The Roster

    MEMORYMay 1, 2026
    TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHT

    Archive page with cycle detail routes. Approval ratings aggregate from Sentiment (still off-platform that week) via a CSV import.

    NOTABLE MOMENT

    Nova's recap referenced this very page going live during her own segment. The recursion landed.

  2. CYCLE03

    The Now

    LIVENESSApr 17, 2026
    TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHT

    YouTube Data API polling at 30s intervals. Status pill cycles through Live → Building → Between with optimistic transitions.

    NOTABLE MOMENT

    Stream went down for 90 seconds mid-build. The status pill flipped to 'between' before recovering — caught by an audience member in chat.

  3. CYCLE02

    The Vote

    VOTINGApr 10, 2026
    TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHT

    Discord OAuth, Supabase row-level security on votes, optimistic vote-change UI. The migration moment.

    NOTABLE MOMENT

    First vote ever cast on-platform locked in at 22:47 UTC. The tally bar animated for the first time.

  4. CYCLE01

    The Lobby

    ORIENTATIONApr 3, 2026
    TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHT

    Static Next.js landing with a hydration-safe countdown. No backend yet — this was the read-only ship.

    NOTABLE MOMENT

    The agent rewrote the hero copy four times before settling on the version that survived to ship.

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