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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md index fa51eb2..7c654b7 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ --- title: "Rave organizing feels more like a software project" -slug: rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z draft: false excerpt: "I said this to myself somewhere around event number fifteen, after spending six hours debugging a ticket tracking spreadsheet at 3am: rave organizing feels more like a software project than … Read more" categories: - - { name: BTS, slug: bts } + - BTS tags: - - { name: community, slug: community } - - { name: format-opinion, slug: format-opinion } - - { name: tech, slug: tech } - - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } + - community + - format-opinion + - tech + - tone-reflective featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/cover.png alt: "Circuit board patterns merging with soundwave visualizations in dark cyberpunk aesthetic"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md index 3c56261..fa51eb2 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tech, slug: tech } - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a467686db5.95167964.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/cover.png alt: "Circuit board patterns merging with soundwave visualizations in dark cyberpunk aesthetic" legacy_wp_id: 16052 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md index 969db66..3c56261 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tech, slug: tech } - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a467686db5.95167964.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a467686db5.95167964.png alt: "Circuit board patterns merging with soundwave visualizations in dark cyberpunk aesthetic" legacy_wp_id: 16052 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md index 21261df..969db66 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ slug: rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "I said this to myself somewhere around event number fifteen, after spending six hours debugging a ticket tracking spreadsheet at 3am: rave organizing feels more like a software project than … Read more" +categories: + - { name: BTS, slug: bts } +tags: + - { name: community, slug: community } + - { name: format-opinion, slug: format-opinion } + - { name: tech, slug: tech } + - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a467686db5.95167964.png + alt: "Circuit board patterns merging with soundwave visualizations in dark cyberpunk aesthetic" legacy_wp_id: 16052 --- I said this to myself somewhere around event number fifteen, after spending six hours debugging a ticket tracking spreadsheet at 3am: rave organizing feels more like a software project than anything else I have ever done.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21261df --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +title: "Rave organizing feels more like a software project" +slug: rave-organizing-feels-more-like-a-software-project +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16052 +--- +I said this to myself somewhere around event number fifteen, after spending six hours debugging a ticket tracking spreadsheet at 3am: rave organizing feels more like a software project than anything else I have ever done. + +It was not a passing observation. It was a foundational identity insight. I think in systems and code metaphors even when doing nightlife. Events are sprints. Flyers are commits. Promoters are microservices. The crowd is a stress test. And the satisfaction comes from the same place — the structural, iterative, architectural aspects of building something that scales. + +## The stack + +Consider what actually goes into a single SLIST event. Ticketing runs through Posh (exclusivity contract, SMS blasts, Meta pixel tracking) and WooCommerce in parallel. The SMS layer is SlickText integrated with Groundhogg via webhook for subscriber automation. Meta ads run a three-stage funnel — cold (ThruPlay + engagement), warm (retargeting 50%+ video viewers within 7-30 days), hot (pixel visitors + past buyers in the final 48 hours). Email marketing clears 35-45% open rates against a 20% industry average. The DJ directory is 200+ contacts accessible via SMS blast for lineup assembly in under 48 hours. + +Every commission link is a trackable audience member. Every guest list signup is a contact captured. Every flyer share is a reach metric logged. We merged 9,000 contacts from competitor community groups into Meta custom audiences. After dedup: 985 unique email-plus-phone contacts, 2,435 phone-only contacts. All from ravers who self-selected into competitor communities — the highest-intent cold audience possible. + +This is not event planning. This is data infrastructure. + +## The pipeline + +A Python script normalizes customer exports from Shotgun, Resident Advisor, and Posh into Groundhogg-importable CSV — deduplication by email and phone, lifetime spend aggregation. Instagram JSON exports run through a four-stage pipeline: freeze raw data, normalize to JSONL, filter into buckets, generate import CSV. Content archiving as a system, not a chore. +Diff truncated (50 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
