Week ending 7/19

Executive summary

This week's headline is scale, not the previewed volunteer-login work: two new pipeline tools shipped Monday let the team generate complete New Testaments for 37 languages by Friday, up from zero complete languages the week before, with German, Mandarin, and Spanish also finishing a full Old Testament. Volunteer login design did not start this week; the team chose pipeline throughput instead.

What's new

• Change

  37 languages reached a complete New Testament this week, up from zero. Three of those — German, Mandarin, and Spanish — also completed a full Old Testament.

  Impact

  The Library's published book pages jumped roughly twelvefold this week. This is our clearest proof yet that the pipeline can scale.

  Next action

  Route the new Critical- and High-risk doctrine flags to reviewers.

• Change

  Shipped a resilient, auto-chunked Phase 1 orchestrator and a multi-language New Testament batch driver. These two tools made this week's 37-language run possible.

  Impact

  Generation can now run unattended across many languages at once, with automatic retry on transient failures.

  Next action

  Reuse the same batch driver for the next book set or language wave.

• Change

  Fixed a Netlify build memory crash and a function-bundling timeout. Both were surfaced directly by this week's content growth.

  Impact

  The site keeps deploying reliably even as the Library scales past a thousand pages.

  Next action

  Watch build size and time as more languages complete their Old Testaments.

• Change

  Added a collapsible sidebar, scroll-synced navigation, dark mode, and a like button to Library pages.

  Impact

  Reading a Language Package on any device is now noticeably easier.

  Next action

  Track like-button usage to see which languages get the most attention.

• Change

  Added a site-wide feedback widget and Microsoft as a fourth OAuth login option.

  Impact

  Visitors can report problems from any page without leaving it. More users can now sign in with an existing account.

  Next action

  Review incoming feedback submissions once volume builds up.

• Change

  Volunteer login and edit-rights design work, previewed last week, did not start. The team prioritized the New Testament generation push instead.

  Impact

  Distributed doctrine review still routes entirely through the internal team for now.

  Next action

  Confirm with leadership whether volunteer login stays on track for the August 1 design review.

Business impact

This is the biggest jump in visible Library coverage since launch, moving from a handful of partial languages to 37 complete New Testaments in a single week. It is strong proof the platform can scale content generation, but only pays off if doctrine review capacity scales with it.

Metrics

• Languages with a complete New Testament

  37(was 0) ▲ Up from last period

• Languages with a complete Old Testament

  3(was 0) ▲ Up from last period

• Book pages live in the Library

  1,141(was 89) ▲ Up from last period

Risks

Critical- and High-risk doctrine flags now span 37 languages instead of two, while confirmed theologian reviewer capacity has not grown to match; unreviewed flags will pile up faster than before. The build also broke twice under the new content volume this week, an out-of-memory crash and a function-bundling timeout, both fixed, but a sign the build needs proactive headroom rather than reactive fixes as generation continues at this pace.

Decisions needed

Leadership: approve a review-capacity plan (recruiting, prioritization, or both) sized to 37 languages of Critical/High doctrine flags, not the two-language backlog from last week; and confirm whether the August 1 volunteer-login design review target still stands, since it saw no progress this week.

Next Week

• Recruit theologian reviewers across all newly NT-complete languages, not just German and Turkish
• Decide whether volunteer login design work restarts next week or stays paused
• Plan build capacity ahead of the next generation wave instead of fixing it after it breaks

Key dates

• August 1, 2026 — Target: circulate the volunteer login and two-approver workflow design for review