The Craic before Shift Launches 🎧

We're at the Four Courts for a pint to celebrate the beta app release.

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November 14, 2025

Join us for a Pint 🍻

It’s been a whirlwind few months — travel, work, more travel, and even more work — but we’re finally back behind the mic with big news: the Shift beta app is officially LIVE. If you’re on our newsletter or listening here, you can now request access to download and test it before anyone else.

Between juggling late nights with the development team, chatting through Irish pub culture, sharing parenting updates, and debating what makes a “real” Irish bar, we’re buzzing with momentum. The countdown to the full November pilot is on — and so is the craic.

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Episode Highlights ⭐️

  • The Shift beta goes live — and why the last 20% is always the hardest.

  • How many testers do we want? (Spoiler: you might be one.)

  • The reality of startup culture vs. big tech life — and why “scrappy” is a compliment.

  • Developers who can’t sleep until the code works (our kind of people).

  • Parenting updates — including Liam’s insane goalkeeper stats.

  • Irish heritage, world history, and how we learned it differently.

  • The rise of Irish stories on TV, from Derry Girls to House of Guinness.

  • The great pub debate: what actually qualifies as an Irish pub?

  • Guinness Zero toppers… yes, they’re a thing, and yes, they’re magic.

  • Networking, travel, and flying the Shift flag at Irish business events.

  • Merch madness — the unexpected popularity of our “Shift Me, I’m Irish” tees.

  • Planning for Chicago, TradFest, and Christmas back home.

Shout Outs 📢

And of course, get early access to Shift at https://gettheshift.app

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