Writing
- Engineering, 9 min read
Rewriting the sync engine without a feature freeze
We ran the old and new engines side by side for six weeks and compared every write.
Engineering9 min read
- Design, 5 min read
What an empty inbox should say
Three rounds of copy tests on the screen people see most on their first day.
Design5 min read
- Company, 4 min read
We raised a Series A, and here is what changes
Short version: more people on support, the same pricing, and no plans to sell your data.
Company4 min read
- Engineering, 7 min read
How we got search under 80ms at p95
A smaller index, a warmer cache, and one query planner bug that cost us a month.
Engineering7 min read - Design, 6 min read
One layout, three densities
Why compact mode is a spacing scale and not a separate set of components.
Design6 min read - Engineering, 8 min read
On-call for a team of eight
The rotation, the runbooks, and the rule that nobody gets paged twice in one night.
Engineering8 min read - Design, 6 min read
Designing for people who never touch the mouse
Every action in the app now has a shortcut. Here is how we chose them.
Design6 min read - Company, 3 min read
Notes from our first offsite in Lisbon
Four days, twenty-two people, and the planning doc that came out of it.
Company3 min read