/decisions · 2026-07-10 · newsletter · sanity-check

Sanity Check v3 Revival — unlock or park?

Blocked 98 days. No click-back existed. Filing now to surface for async resolution.

SC v3 revival strategy has been Blocked since 2026-04-03. Platform is effectively decided (Astro + Cloudflare Pages + Resend per your 2026-04-19 direction). Two blockers remain: (1) phData visibility boundaries — what can you write about?, (2) launch timing — when relative to phData ramp?

Where things stand

What Ray has ready:

Full revival strategy drafted at 01-projects/newsletter/revival-strategy.md — weekly Thursday cadence, 75-min writing process, Ray delivers research briefs every Wednesday
Platform research complete (2026-04-19): Ghost, Substack, Beehiiv, Kit all evaluated — your 2026-04-19 direction was Astro + CF Pages + Resend (~$20/mo, agentic-native)
21-issue Sanity Check archive at sc.raydata.co is the migration baseline
SC relaunch essay (draft polished, separate Notion task) waiting on the same timing unlock

What's blocked on you:

phData visibility scope: Can you write publicly about Snowflake / data engineering topics that overlap with phData client work? Where's the line?
Launch timing: "2–4 weeks after phData start" was the original plan — you started 2026-05-26, so that window was June. What's the revised timing?

Lock in

Approve

Greenlight SC v3 revival. Add visibility scope + launch target date so Ray can kick off the Astro build and schedule issue #1.

Approve + send