We built a CRM that works like texting your co-founder. Natural language. No dropdowns. Revolutionary, right? Turns out, AI UX comes with a problem we didn't see coming... we have one week before launch day. we said we'd wait 72 hours before sharing anything. It's been less

You gave feedback, we built. Excited to see people signing up for trials! Last 24 hours of shipping: 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄: 1. 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: Advanced filtering, sorting, and display customization with drag-and-drop 2. Search configured exactly

2 users asked me the same question this week. I had no good answer. Today I redesigned our pipeline page because I finally understood. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺: Our old pipeline page showed you had pipelines. It showed stages. It showed... settings stuff. But when you opened it,

The goal was 5 AM. Somehow, I woke up at 3:30. After months of crashing between 2-3 AM and dragging myself through days fueled by coffee and adrenaline, I actually did it. I woke up early. And I cooked breakfast. Look, the chicken got overcooked, maybe I fried it too long. The

Today I watched a user struggle to use our support section. That's when I knew: we're doing this wrong. The Problem: Our support lived on a separate page. You had to navigate away from what you were doing, fill out a form, then wait. It wasn't broken. it was just friction. And

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high agency is the most important quality you'll ever look for in people. It's the difference between someone who sees a locked door and walks away, versus someone who finds the key, picks the lock, or builds a new door. Here's what I've learned about high agency and why it

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I threw up twice the morning I left Duke. Not from fear of dropping out. From knowing I was about to break my mother's heart, and the weight that came from disappointing the one person who believed in me most. I wrote about that 2 a.m. decision, the weight of it, and why

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When I talk to AI founders, I ask them one question: "If Open AI ships everything you do tomorrow for free, would you still have a business?" If the answer is no, you're not building a company, you're building a feature request. But if you can point to your data flywheel, your

The premiere doesn’t happen without design that makes people fall in love. Hats off to you for making Octolane shine 💎✨❤️

success without family isn't success at all

in America, your starting line doesn’t determine your finish. Your background doesn’t define your future. Your hunger does. Your hustle does. Your heart does.

Every great product hides a thousand small decisions. Details matter because that’s the difference between a product people tolerate and a product people love. What looks simple “Run once, run forever,” is actually layers of careful system design. Presets like Safe, Standard,

At @octolane_ai, even something as small as drag and drop can’t be “just good enough.” It has to feel fast, fluid, and obvious. That’s the minimum bar. Think about how Linear makes a dropdown feel instantaneous, or how Notion makes drag and drop blocks feel almost weightless.