The clock: Cody's text to live posts
From Cody Hale's text on Wed 11 Nov to the last scheduled post on Thu 12 Nov. Times are US Central. The work is done overnight; the only wait Dev sees is his own digest time.
Drafts ready20 min10:45 to 11:05 pm, 4 of 11 photos picked
Waited for the digest8 h 25 min11:05 pm to 7:30 am, nothing texted at night
Dev's time8 min7:30 to 7:38 am, most of it one voice note
First post live7:40 amLinkedIn, 2 minutes after his yes
| Step | When | Took | Waiting on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11 Nov | |||
| Cody texts a message and 11 photos (arrive as 10 + 1) | 10:45 pm | 1 min | Cody |
| Thanks Cody: all 11 came through, the owner decides. Files held, not in the Library | 10:46 pm | under 1 min | theStacc |
| Picks 4 of 11; drafts LinkedIn, Facebook and Google posts from the held files. Website block becomes a Meera task | 10:46 – 11:05 pm | 19 min | theStacc |
| Drafts wait for Dev's digest, with Marco's Derby drafts from 3:50 pm | 11:05 pm – 7:30 am | 8 h 25 min | Dev's chosen time |
| Thu 12 Nov | |||
| Digest Cody question and 4 posts, one text | 7:30 am | under 1 min | theStacc |
| Dev replies "2"; Facebook post in full | 7:31 am | 1 min | Dev |
| Dev's 0:14 voice note: Cody is with us, edit post 1, rest is fine | 7:36 am | 5 min | Dev |
| Cody added; only the change in post 1 shown; "YES to post all 4" | 7:37 am | under 1 min | theStacc |
| OK Dev: "yes" | 7:38 am | 1 min | Dev |
| Receipt: live, scheduled, Meera's website task | 7:39 am | under 1 min | theStacc |
| Live LinkedIn matchmaker | 7:40 am | 1 min | |
| Live Google matchmaker update | 7:41 am | 2 min | |
| Live Derby kitchen Google update | 7:45 am | 6 min | |
| Live Facebook matchmaker, on its slot | 10:00 am | scheduled | |
| Cody's thank-you: 4 of his 11 photos live, one link | 10:05 am | under 1 min | theStacc |
| Live Derby kitchen Facebook carousel, on its slot | 1:00 pm | scheduled | |
| Fri 13 – Tue 17 Nov | |||
| Website "Commercial work" block built on WordPress; preview Mon 16 Nov, Dev's OK in the Tue 17 Nov digest, live 9:40 am | Thu 12 – Mon 16 Nov | 2 working days | Meera's team |
Typical timesPlanning estimates
| Step | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Acknowledge a send | under 1 min |
| Save, describe and pick photos; draft Google and social posts | 5–20 min, done long before the digest |
| Designed image or carousel | 8–15 min |
| Blog outline / full post | 1–2 min / 25–40 min |
| Edit from a voice note or text | under 1 min |
| Google update appears after publish | 1–10 min |
| Google hours change | applied in 1 min; Google may review for up to 3 days |
| Website block on WordPress | 2 working days (Meera's team) |
Verify against production logs before launch. Because drafts wait for the digest, generation time is invisible to Dev; only a request he flags NOW shows "about 30 minutes".
What the clock showsP1 at work
Replies to senders go at once, any hour. P9: Cody got his thanks a minute after he texted.
The owner's texts wait for his time. P1: drafts done at 11:05 pm went out at 7:30 am, in the same text as Marco's Derby job.
8 minutes for 5 posts and a new contractor. P3 and P4: one number to see a post, one voice note for the rest, one yes after the change.
Live means the platform said so. R7: Facebook was "at 10:00" until 10:00. Google's 1 to 10 minute delay is why the receipt says "within 10 minutes".
A person does the website. WordPress site, so the block is Meera's task and its own OK in a later digest.