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June 14, 2026

Patchnotes

“Weekly software-style release notes for yourself. Buffs, nerfs, breaking changes, known issues. YOU v37.24 ships every Sunday at 11:59 PM with a full changelog. Your therapist is on QA.”

The Problem

You quietly changed. You stopped drinking. You started saying “no.” You took up running. Nobody read the release notes. Friends and family are still on v34.x in production and filing the same bug reports: “Why is he like this now?”

The Solution

Every Sunday at 11:59 PM we ship a new version of you with a complete changelog. Buffs are celebrated. Nerfs are acknowledged. Breaking changes get a 30-day deprecation notice. Your group chat is push-notified. Your ex gets the release notes whether she subscribed or not.

Stable Release · Sun 11:59 PM
YOU v37.24 — “The Hydration Patch”
shipped
Buffs
  • Charisma +5 after haircut (compounding through Friday).
  • Now drinks 2L of water per day. Cooldown on complaining about hangovers: removed.
  • Unlocked perk: Says ‘I’ll think about it’ without thinking about it.
Nerfs
  • Knee durability -12% on stairs (descending only).
  • Posture during Zoom calls reverted to v29.x. Patch coming.
  • Tolerance for ambient TikTok audio reduced to 4 seconds.
New Features
  • Opinion on natural wine. (Mostly negative, but held with confidence.)
  • Added a sourdough starter named “Gary.” Gary is non-optional now.
  • Can locate the prefrontal cortex on a diagram. Cannot use it.
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed: mispronounced “quinoa” in 73% of cases.
  • Fixed: said “you too” to a waiter who said “enjoy your meal.”
  • Fixed: replied-all to mom’s forwarded chain email.
Known Issues
  • Still bad at dancing. (Won’t fix.)
  • Continues to bring up CrossFit unprompted. Engineering aware.
  • Memory leak: still thinking about that thing from 2017.
Deprecated
  • going_out_on_thursdays() — removed in v38.0.
  • The phrase “I’ll be there in 5.” Use I’m leaving now() instead.
  • Skinny jeans API. Sunsetting Q3.
SHA: 7f3a91c · 42 commits · 3 revertsReviewed by: therapist@you.dev

Roadmap

Quarterly themes, weekly drops. Major versions ship on birthdays. v40.0 is the rumored midlife rewrite (full breaking change).

Pipeline · next 5 releases
v37.25
The Cardio Patch
Sun
in QA
v37.26
Balance Pass: Saying No
+2w
planned
v37.27
Hotfix: Dad Energy
+3w
scoping
v38.00
Major: The Birthday Update
Q3
alpha
v40.00
The Midlife Rewrite
2029
rumored

Release Velocity

We track your shipped-vs-reverted ratio. Most users plateau around 60%. Yours is climbing. We won’t lie to you — we’re proud.

Ship Rate · 12 wk
68%
vs. last quarter
↑ +11pp
W14
W15
W16
W17
W18
W19
W20
W21
W22
W23
W24
Note: W15 dip = the haircut incident. Reverted same day.

Pricing

Stable
free tier
$0
Weekly patch notes. No one is notified. You read them alone in bed. It still counts.
Insider Build
default
$19 / mo
Nightly pre-release notes. Push to group chat. RSS feed for your mom. SLA on bug reports: 48 hours.
Enterprise
founders' pick
$199 / mo
Dedicated release manager. Livestreamed dev diary. Quarterly all-hands with your ex, where she asks two clarifying questions.

TAM

Total addressable personality
4.1B adults × 52 patches/yr × $19 ARPU
= $4.0T / yr
Excludes hotfixes, point releases, and one user (your dad) who refuses to update past v52.0.

The Ask

$6M seed for: 2 release engineers, 1 changelog copywriter (recovering Apple PR), 1 staff therapist, and a build server that deploys you to brunch on a green check.

Series A pitch:“We’re GitHub Releases, but the artifact is a person.”

v37.24 hotfix: this pitch deck previously stated “6 engineers.” It is now 2. Reverted in commit a4b1f0. Patchnotes regrets the over-hire.