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Field notes

Short pieces on small software, quiet tools, and doing the work.

We write when we have something to say. Expect build notes, design essays, and the occasional deeply annoyed rant about calendar APIs.

NOTE 01

Against the daily standup

ESSAY · QUENTIN · MAR 18

Against the daily standup

Every PM tool is optimised for the manager. Here's what we built for the person doing the work.

CHANGELOG

Shipped: Google Calendar two-way sync

BUILD NOTES · SAM · FEB 28

Shipped: Google Calendar two-way sync

It took us nine months and three rewrites. Here's why it's worth it — and what still sucks.

CRAFT

The quietest AI we could make

DESIGN · MAYA · FEB 11

The quietest AI we could make

On choosing not to talk back. A small design essay about when features should shut up.

FIELD

What 400 solo founders taught us about Mondays

RESEARCH · MAYA · JAN 22

What 400 solo founders taught us about Mondays

We ran the interviews ourselves. A surprising number of people start the week by writing a single sentence.