Template · Demos & feedback
Show what you shipped. Skip the Zoom.
Demo day is one of the few meetings worth having — except half the team can't make it, and the demos that do happen don't get real feedback. briefpls posts a structured digest of every teammate's shipped work to your channel, and feedback flows in threads instead of a 4 PM call.
What people answer
The prompts.
- 01
What did you ship this week?
- 02
Show it (link, loom, or screenshot URL)
- 03
What feedback would help? (optional)
Who it's for
Teams of 5–50 where the demo culture is uneven: some weeks half the team shows up, half don't, and the people who'd give the best feedback are the ones who couldn't join.
What gets posted
The digest.
One message in your team channel. Read it on your own time. No meeting, no scroll-back, no follow-up DMs.
Demos & feedback — week of May 13
Alex
- Shipped: Postgres 16 migration. 50M rows, zero downtime.
- See it: loom.com/share/migration-walkthrough
- Feedback wanted: Lock acquisition pattern feels novel — would love eyes on it at 10x load.
- ↳ Reply in thread to give feedback.
Riley
- Shipped: Onboarding flow v2 — 40% fewer drop-offs in staging.
- See it: PR #842, demo at acme.app/onboard?preview=v2
- Feedback wanted: Step 3 still feels heavy. Open to cutting it.
- ↳ Reply in thread to give feedback.
Jamie
- Shipped: Rate limiter on the public API.
- See it: PR #851
Casey
- Skipped this week — focus on the security audit
Common questions
The stuff people ask.
How is this different from a #ship channel?
Same channel, structured. The three prompts mean every post has the description, the link, and the specific ask. No more 'shipped X' with no link, no more 'feedback?' without saying what kind.
What if I didn't ship anything this week?
Skip the week — one click. Skipped weeks show up as a quiet '—' in the digest, not public shame.
Can people give feedback?
Yes — that's the whole point. Each demo is its own threadable section. Teammates reply in thread, react, link related work. Feedback persists in Slack instead of evaporating after a 4 PM call.
Can I post an ad-hoc demo mid-week?
Not yet. Demos go in the weekly digest. We may add ad-hoc demo posting if teams ask — for now, the cadence keeps the noise down.
Or try another
Same shape. Different meeting.
Ready when you are