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Lesson learnedAug 8, 2026

Lesson learned: talk to users before polishing UI

I redesigned the dashboard twice before talking to ten active users. Both redesigns solved problems nobody had. Pretty…

What workedAug 8, 2026

What worked replying to every early user manually

For the first ninety days, every signup triggered a personal email from me—not automated, templated but customized with…