Dev Blog

What we've changed, and why — including the boring-but-important safety and privacy decisions, not just the shiny features.

• A security review this week — three issues found and fixed
  Timothy·24 Jul 2026
  A report came in claiming a way to reach other households' data existed somewhere in the platform. We didn't dismiss it — we went looking, found three real issues, and fixed all of them the same day.
  Released 24/07/2026 Security
• Second home? Rental? OurFamilyGrid now supports more than one property
  Timothy·23 Jul 2026
  Garden, home maintenance and home/contents/landlord insurance can now each be split across multiple properties per household — a second home, a rental, a holiday cottage. Everything else stays shared, on purpose.
  Released 23/07/2026 New Feature
• The family tree redesign — and the branch we haven't fixed yet
  Timothy·23 Jul 2026
  We rebuilt the family tree into a real genealogy chart and fixed a bug that was making people vanish from their own birth families. Then a bulk import exposed a bigger problem we haven't solved: people who married into the family don't actually connect to the main diagram.
  Released 23/07/2026 Family Tree
• Travel just got itineraries, checklists, document storage, smart packing & risk alerts
  Timothy·22 Jul 2026
  Day-by-day itineraries, a pre-trip checklist, a document hub for visas & insurance, weather-adjusted packing suggestions, and risk alerts for severe weather and conflict zones.
  Released 22/07/2026 Travel
• OurEventsGrid is now a real add-on — and not just for weddings
  Timothy·21 Jul 2026
  Rebuilt the wedding-only landing page to reflect every event type it already supported, moved auth onto FamilyGrid accounts, and fixed an access control bug we found along the way.
  Released 21/07/2026 New Addon
• Friend Families: no more searchable list, and messaging is now adults-only
  Timothy·21 Jul 2026
  We removed the browsable household directory in favour of a Family ID + Passcode, and blocked under-18 accounts from cross-household messaging.
  Released 21/07/2026 Privacy & Safety