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caption: "This purple Huey hoodie is the first of its kind. Now it's your turn"
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date: '2017-10-21'
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intro: 'The Huey Hoodie is now available in beta. Which begs the question, what does it mean for a pattern to be in Beta?'
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title: 'The Huey Hoodie is now available in beta. Which begs the question, what does it mean for a pattern to be in Beta?'
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---
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Welcome to [Huey](/designs/huey), the youngest member in our pattern family.
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Huey is a zip-up hoodie with an (optional) front pouch. I've made one for
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myself -- the one in the picture above -- and I have yet to take it off since.
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Meanwhile, I've been wondering why the hell I didn't design this pattern sooner.
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It's just that nice to wear.
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## Available as of now, in beta
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The pattern is available [right here](/designs/huey), right now, but it's in
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beta.
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To find out what that means -- and why I'm doing this -- just continue reading.
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But if you're itching to make this, here's is what you need to know about beta
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status:
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- Beta patterns lack documentation
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- Beta patterns are made by few people (so far)
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As time goes by and these issues are resolved, Huey will move from beta to
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core.
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## So why this beta business
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As I explained in [my round-up post of last month](/blog/roundup-2017-09/),
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pattern testing is a real bottleneck for me.
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A number of people came forward, offering to help out with testing (thank you
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very much for that) which lead me to consider how this would work in practice.
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Like, I've got Huey to point of _it works for me_ and I am somewhat confident
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that it will work for others too. Stil, nothing replaces a real-world test so
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it would be nice if a couple of people could make it.
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Rather than given the opportunity to test Huey to a handful of people who came
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forward, I figured I might as well open it up to everyone who feels so
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inclined.
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And to indicate that this pattern isn't as road-tested as the others, I'm
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keeping it in the beta namespace, where it actually is developed and this will
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also show up on the pattern page. No changes required.
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## Release early, release often
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Going forward, I will release patterns as soon as I can, and work on completing
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the documentation while they remain in beta.
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I think it's a good way to go, and adheres to the _release early, release
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often_ mantra of open source software.
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If you think that's a bad idea (or a very good idea), make sure to tell me
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about it in the comments below.
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