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Thinking on productivity, privacy, and building tools for complex lives.

Why your task manager is failing you

You've tried Notion, Todoist, Linear, and a dozen others. They all work — until your life gets complex enough that no single app can hold its shape. The problem isn't the apps. It's the model underneath them.

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The case for zero-knowledge encryption in productivity tools

Every productivity tool knows your business. Literally. Your meeting notes, your revenue targets, your personnel decisions — they're stored in plaintext on someone else's server. Here's why that needs to change, and how to do it without destroying the user experience.

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How we built a 3D graph of someone's entire life

When we first sketched out the graph view on a whiteboard, we weren't sure it would be useful or just impressive. After testing it with real users juggling five companies and three continents, we got our answer. A deep dive into Three.js, force-directed layouts, and the surprising design challenges of making infinity navigable.

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