At some point I realised the release process was not just admin around the edges. It was part of the credibility of the product itself. If the packaging, extension build, permissions story, test gates, and environment boundaries are weak, then the shiny feature list does not mean much.
The repo reflects that shift. There are release checklists, extension release material, supported environment boundaries, verification guidance, scorecard work, packaging steps, and test coverage aimed at more than just a happy-path build. That tells a more serious story than a product page ever could.
I actually like that this is visible in the documentation. It shows the project is not pretending to be finished. It is trying to become trustworthy. Those are different things, and a lot of products skip straight past the second one.
If I had to sum up the journey plainly, I would say this: I was trying to build a tool that could be ambitious without becoming dishonest. That is still the standard.
Documentation trail
RELEASE_CHECKLIST.mdEXTENSION_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.mdSUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENTS.mdrule-scorecard/latest-scorecard.mdTESTING.md
