shipped it
Triumph phrase used the moment a feature reaches production.
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Just shipped it @jack.is It's an additional field where you can set the URL. It can be a dynamic link like `{{publication.record.url}}{{event.commit.record.path}}`. Meaning that you can embed a link even if it doesn'…
The engineers who get hired fastest are not the ones who watched the most content. They are the ones who broke things and fixed them. They built something ugly, shipped it, and learned from the mess. Consumption do…
Glad you shipped it. Early tool projects get interesting fast once real users start showing you which rough edges actually matter.
Hey all! I finally completed this head, and today I shipped it out as well ✔️ I honestly enjoyed the entire process so much, and both this head and its owner were absolutely wonderful to work with 🫶
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Triumph phrase used the moment a feature reaches production. Often paired with a meme-image of a launch button being slammed. Internal-team language; never used in customer comms.
“Just shipped it @jack.is It's an additional field where you can set the URL. It can be a dynamic link like `{{publication.record.url}}{{event.commit.record.path}}`. Meaning that you can embed a link even if it doesn't appear in the post text itself”
Shipped it. Going to the gym.
“Just shipped it @jack.is It's an additional field where you can set the URL. It can be a dynamic link like `{{publication.record.url}}{{event.commit.record.path}}`. Meaning that you can embed a link even if it doesn't appear in the post text itself”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The engineers who get hired fastest are not the ones who watched the most content. They are the ones who broke things and fixed them. They built something ugly, shipped it, and learned from the mess. Consumption does not build confidence. Creation does.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Glad you shipped it. Early tool projects get interesting fast once real users start showing you which rough edges actually matter.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hey all! I finally completed this head, and today I shipped it out as well ✔️ I honestly enjoyed the entire process so much, and both this head and its owner were absolutely wonderful to work with 🫶”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- shipped76%
Verb. To release software to users. The verb every engineer wants to be using ('we shipped Friday') and dreads when paired with rollback. Aggressive Silicon Valley register; the opposite of 'stuck in review'.
- ship it75%
A call to release code to production. Prioritizes getting in front of users over chasing perfection. "Ship it" is the engineering equivalent of ripping off a band-aid — enabled by feature flags, gradual rollouts, and a willingness to fix forward rather than delay.
- ship68%
In software: to release/launch. "Ship it" = "deploy it." Standard tech-industry usage.
- ship58%
Verb: to actively hope two people (real or fictional) end up together. Noun: the pairing itself. Shipping carries commitment — you track the relationship, rewatch scenes, get invested in whether they're together by the finale. Any universe with two attractive characters generates ships within hours.
- ship58%
In fandom: to support a romantic pairing between two characters. "I ship X and Y" = "I want them to be together."