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What workedAug 9, 2026

What worked posting build logs in niche communities

Weekly build logs beat product updates for us. Each post had three parts: what shipped, what broke, what I'm trying nex…

How to/GuideAug 8, 2026

How I shipped a landing page in one weekend

My product worked but my homepage was a Notion doc with a signup link. Embarrassing for demos. I blocked a weekend: Sat…

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 7, 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…