Notes from the build

What we’re shipping, what we’re learning, and the tooling we wish existed.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Open-World Software (Or, The Breath of the Wildification of SaaS)

Our first version was, as one user put it, 'insanely complex.' AI let us build everything, so we tried to show everything. Then I stripped it all down and…

Ben Gregory

Your Prototype Is Only as Good as Your Prompt

AI prototyping tools are everywhere. Lovable hit $400M ARR. v0 has 2 million users. But most people are getting generic outputs because they…

Non-Determinism Isn't a Bug. It's Tuesday : Why Product Managers Were Built for AI (They Just Don't Know It Yet)

Engineers get all the AI headlines, but product managers have been training for this moment their entire careers. Cross-functional navigation, comfort…

Stop Thinking of AI as a Coworker. It's an Exoskeleton.

Companies that treat AI as an autonomous agent are disappointed. Those that treat it as an exoskeleton—an amplifier of human capability—are seeing…

Transparent Pricing: How We Calculate AI Credits

We believe in transparent pricing. Here's exactly how we calculate credits, convert tokens, and price our AI features—including our ~11% margin above cost.

Everything as Code: How We Manage Our Company In One Monorepo

Frontend, backend, marketing website, documentation, blog content, investor site, Chrome extension, Google Docs add-on,cloud functions, demo repos—all in…

How We Built a Self-Enforcing Design System with Claude Code

Building fast with AI risks inconsistent UX. Here's how we created a design system that Claude Code actively enforces during development—giving us speed…

MCP for Documentation: The Use Case Nobody's Talking About

Everyone's excited about MCP for tool use. But the killer use case might be something simpler: always-current documentation for fast-moving dependencies.…