Vol. I · No. 1

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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The Open Times

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Release notes that travel

Giving a closed service permission to post as you is a bigger ask than it looks. The Open Times is MIT licensed and runs on your own machine, so you can read exactly what it does before it gets that permission.

Announce a release once

Version announcements go to every network in one action, so shipping a release does not turn into a marketing chore.

Software you can inspect

The whole codebase is readable and MIT licensed. If it does not do what you need, the fix is a pull request rather than a support ticket.

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Hear when the next edition ships

Occasional notes on releases and what changed — set and sent with The Open Times itself. No drip sequence, and one click to leave.