Final polish: Benefits section, outro paragraph, publish

[MaggieAppleton]

Parent plan

#92

What to build

The final pass that makes src/content/essays/block-party.mdx ready to publish. All prior sub-issues should be merged before this one is started.

1. Benefits of Blocks bullet list (L569–576): Either flesh out each bullet into 1–2 sentences of prose, OR delete the bullet list entirely and let the existing surrounding paragraphs carry it. Decision needed before starting.
2. Third Age (L692–718) consolidation: Cut the dangling Tumblr line, consolidate the "Notion was the most influential" repetition (currently said three ways) into a single clear paragraph.
3. Outro paragraph: If the "Block to the Future" section is deleted (per its sub-issue), write a brief closing paragraph at the end of "A History of Blocks" that ties back to the intro framing.
4. Flip draft: false in frontmatter — the final step that publishes the essay.
5. Smoke-test: run the dev server and verify the essay renders at its expected URL with no MDX errors, broken images, or broken components.

Acceptance criteria

• Benefits of Blocks section resolved (fleshed out or deleted)
• Third Age Tumblr line removed; Notion paragraphs consolidated to one
• Outro paragraph present if "Block to the Future" was deleted
• draft: false in frontmatter
• Essay renders without errors in dev
• No remaining [placeholder] text visible in the rendered output

Blocked by

• Structural housekeeping sub-issue (disclaimer move, footnote fix)
• Prose corrections sub-issue (Gates, HyperCard, OpenDoc, Gutenberg)
• Remove unfillable placeholders sub-issue
• Block to the Future section decision sub-issue
• Figma asset inventory sub-issue
• Historical images sub-issue

Open questions

• Benefits of Blocks: Flesh out bullets, or delete them? Preference determines how much writing is needed in this slice.
  Related to Block Party essay cleanup checklist #92

Note

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Sub-issues created

This plan has been sliced into 4 sub-issues, in dependency order:

#	Title	Status
#115	Benefits of Blocks section (L569–576): decide and implement	needs-human-answer — flesh out bullets or delete? Answer needed before work starts.
#116	Third Age section consolidation (L692–718) — remove Tumblr line, deduplicate Notion paragraphs	ready-to-implement
#117	Outro paragraph — write closing for "A History of Blocks" if "Block to the Future" was deleted	ready-to-implement (conditional on outcome of #96)
#118	Publish: flip draft: false and smoke-test	ready-to-implement (blocked by all sibling issues above)

Needs human input

#115 is flagged needs-human-answer. Before that slice can be picked up, Maggie needs to decide: should the bullet list at L569–576 be fleshed out into 1–2 sentences of prose per bullet, or deleted entirely and let the surrounding paragraphs carry it?

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