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Hiring: engineers for search

It would remove the last manual step before we can automate this. Right now this costs us roughly two hours a week. Step by step. It was the first thing our new hires tripped over…

PRPriya Chen1 min read
  • 2026 Q2 in review: CSV export

    Right now this costs us roughly two hours a week. Two people on the team have independently asked for this. It is the single biggest reason our team still keeps a second tool open…

    FAFake Co Owner1 min read
  • Why we rebuilt email digests from scratch

    A rough first version would already be a big improvement. The workaround breaks as soon as a second person is involved. It would pay for itself in the first month. How it works. W…

    NONoah Moreau1 min read
  • 2026 Q3 in review: an RSS feed

    Our response times would improve without adding headcount. It would remove the last manual step before we can automate this. It was the first thing our new hires tripped over. Common pitfalls Right…

    LALars Delgado1 min read
  • Why we rebuilt the mobile web app from scratch

    It would pay for itself in the first month. Customers ask about this on nearly every onboarding call. What changes Screenshots are attached in the thread below. Customers ask about this on nearly…

    ELElena Delgado1 min read
  • Postmortem: the Monday outage

    We raised this during the pilot and it is still the main gap. A rough first version would already be a big improvement. The current flow takes six clicks; it should take one. Step by step The…

    BRBruno Okafor1 min read
  • What we learned shipping SAML SSO

    We hit this every Monday during the weekly review. Our ops team has a runbook step purely to work around it. Even a read-only version would unblock us. Before you start We have a Zapier hack doing…

    FAFake Co Owner1 min read
  • Why we rebuilt the markdown editor from scratch

    Our response times would improve without adding headcount. We raised this during the pilot and it is still the main gap. It is the single biggest reason our team still keeps a sec…

    ANAna Andersson1 min read
  • Postmortem: the Friday outage

    We raised this during the pilot and it is still the main gap. A rough first version would already be a big improvement. Before you start. We raised this during the pilot and it is…

    LELena Petrov1 min read
  • What we shipped in 2026 Q3

    Right now this costs us roughly two hours a week. Our support volume would drop noticeably if this shipped. We hit this every Monday during the weekly review. How it works. Our op…

    BRBruno Okafor1 min read
  • Design notes on the CSV export

    Our ops team has a runbook step purely to work around it. It would pay for itself in the first month. How it works. The workaround breaks as soon as a second person is involved. O…

    DMDmitri Reyes1 min read
  • Hiring: engineers for the mobile web app

    Even shipping it behind a flag would let us validate the approach. We hit this every Monday during the weekly review. What changes. It would let us retire an internal tool nobody…

    FAFake Co Owner1 min read
  • A faster path from feedback to a Linear two-way sync

    We would stop exporting to a spreadsheet every Friday. Screenshots are attached in the thread below. Common pitfalls Our response times would improve without adding headcount. Even shipping it behind…

    FAFake Co Owner1 min read
  • 2026 Q2 in review: MRR-weighted prioritisation

    It would let us retire an internal tool nobody wants to maintain. The workaround breaks as soon as a second person is involved. Before you start This has come up in three separate customer calls this…

    BRBruno Okafor1 min read
  • What we shipped in 2026 Q2

    Screenshots are attached in the thread below. Happy to test a beta build if that helps. It would let us retire an internal tool nobody wants to maintain. Before you start. This is…

    DMDmitri Reyes1 min read
  • Introducing Slack notifications, revisited

    It was the first thing our new hires tripped over. It would let us retire an internal tool nobody wants to maintain. Before you start Our ops team has a runbook step purely to work around it. We hit…

    ANAna Andersson1 min read
  • How Soylent cut triage time in half

    This blocks the quarterly report we send to the exec team. It is the single biggest reason our team still keeps a second tool open. Screenshots are attached in the thread below. W…

    DMDmitri Reyes1 min read
  • Field notes from the Globex rollout

    The workaround breaks as soon as a second person is involved. A rough first version would already be a big improvement. We hit this every Monday during the weekly review. What cha…

    LALars Delgado1 min read
  • How Cyberdyne cut triage time in half

    We have a Zapier hack doing this today and it breaks weekly. Our ops team has a runbook step purely to work around it. Common pitfalls It would pay for itself in the first month. Right now this costs…

    NONoah Moreau1 min read
  • What we shipped in 2026 Q3, one quarter later

    Our ops team has a runbook step purely to work around it. It would remove the last manual step before we can automate this. How it works Customers ask about this on nearly every onboarding call. Two…

    NONoah Moreau1 min read
  • Three questions SSO login should answer

    We have a Zapier hack doing this today and it breaks weekly. A rough first version would already be a big improvement. It would cut a full step out of our triage loop. How it work…

    SASana Novak1 min read
  • 2026 Q3 in review: granular email preferences

    It was the first thing our new hires tripped over. Even a read-only version would unblock us. What changes We would move our whole team over if this landed. The workaround breaks as soon as a second…

    LALars Delgado1 min read
  • Field notes from the Northwind rollout

    Right now this costs us roughly two hours a week. Screenshots are attached in the thread below. Next steps. Our response times would improve without adding headcount. This has com…

    NONoah Moreau1 min read
  • What we learned shipping keyboard shortcuts

    This is table stakes in every competing product we evaluated. Customers ask about this on nearly every onboarding call. We hit this every Monday during the weekly review. Step by step The workaround…

    NONoah Moreau1 min read
  • What we shipped in 2025 Q4

    Even a read only version would unblock us. A rough first version would already be a big improvement. Two people on the team have independently asked for this. Limits. This is the…

    FAFake Co Owner1 min read
  • Hiring: engineers for saved views

    This is the difference between a nice to have and a daily driver. The current flow takes six clicks; it should take one. Our response times would improve without adding headcount.…

    SASana Novak1 min read
  • Rethinking the changelog

    We hit this every Monday during the weekly review. Right now this costs us roughly two hours a week. Our response times would improve without adding headcount. Next steps Two people on the team have…

    BRBruno Okafor1 min read
  • Introducing a Chrome extension

    This has come up in three separate customer calls this month. We have a Zapier hack doing this today and it breaks weekly. We are working around it with a spreadsheet, which is no…

    DMDmitri Reyes1 min read
  • What we learned shipping an RSS feed

    Even a read only version would unblock us. Our support volume would drop noticeably if this shipped. Next steps. Our support volume would drop noticeably if this shipped. Even a r…

    IDIdris Kaur1 min read
  • Three questions the changelog should answer

    It would pay for itself in the first month. Our response times would improve without adding headcount. What changes It would pay for itself in the first month. We hit this every Monday during the…

    DMDmitri Reyes1 min read
  • Postmortem: the Thursday outage

    Our support volume would drop noticeably if this shipped. The current flow takes six clicks; it should take one. Before you start Even a read-only version would unblock us. Happy to test a beta build…

    DMDmitri Reyes1 min read
  • How Aperture cut triage time in half

    The current flow takes six clicks; it should take one. Our ops team has a runbook step purely to work around it. Common pitfalls. The workaround breaks as soon as a second person…

    LELena Petrov1 min read