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Postwright Release Note: Your List Stays Put

Postwright 0.4.1 sends your newsletter through Kit or Mailchimp, to the list you already have there, and still waits for your blog post to go live.

October 30, 2026

October 29, 2026
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Postwright Release Note: More Places, Same Order
Postwright 0.4.0 adds Bluesky, Mastodon, X, WordPress, Ghost and more. Companion posts and cross-posts go out only after your blog post is live.
October 25, 2026
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Postwright Release Note: Long Videos, Edited
Postwright 0.3.2 edits raw talking-head video for you, cutting false starts, retakes and long pauses, then waits for one review in the app or on Telegram.
October 19, 2026
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Postwright Release Note: One Fix at a Time
A security scan of Postwright 0.3.0 found 46 issues in its libraries. 0.3.1 upgrades them one at a time, each tested on the real installer.
October 18, 2026
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Postwright Release Note: Shorts From Your Phone
Porting my publishing system into Postwright turned up bugs in my own. Phone shorts are now free in Studio, and setup works on a Mac that isn't mine.
July 22, 2026
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Postwright Release Note: Clips That Finish
The shorts pipeline was shipping clips that cut off before the point. Every short is now read against its transcript and dropped if it doesn't land.