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June 2026 — Field notes from the build — Updated daily

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CRM Migration: Leaving HubSpot or Pipedrive Cleanly

Migrating off HubSpot or Pipedrive feels daunting, but data loss is a planning problem — not a technical one. Here's how to run a clean CRM migration without losing what matters.

Jun 03, 2026 · 8 min read

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Business Systems Jun 02, 2026 · 8 min read

SMB Inventory Management: Why Generic Tools Fall Short

Generic inventory platforms cover the basics competently. But when your business has multiple locations, kitti...

SaaS Jun 01, 2026 · 7 min read

SaaS Churn: Building Retention Loops That Actually Work

Churn is almost always a product problem, not a marketing one. Here's how to build retention loops that create...

Marketplaces May 31, 2026 · 8 min read

Marketplace Escrow with Stripe Connect: Protecting Both Sides

Stripe Connect isn't a licensed escrow product — but it gives you the primitives to build one. Here's how fund...

CRM May 30, 2026 · 7 min read

CRM Custom Fields: How Complexity Creep Kills Adoption

Adding one more CRM custom field feels harmless. After a year, you have 60 fields nobody fills in and reps wor...

Business Systems May 29, 2026 · 8 min read

Audit Logs: The Business System Feature Nobody Plans For

Audit logs get skipped in almost every system until someone urgently needs them. Here's what to build, what to...

Business Systems May 29, 2026 · 7 min read

Custom Reporting for SMBs: Fewer Charts, Better Decisions

Most SMBs have plenty of data and almost no visibility into it. The problem isn't data volume — it's that gene...

Marketplaces May 29, 2026 · 8 min read

Marketplace Multi-Currency Is Three Separate Problems

Currency display, settlement, and payout are three different things — and regional pricing and tax are separat...

API Development May 28, 2026 · 8 min read

API Monitoring That Catches Problems Before Users Do

Most APIs go dark after launch. Here's how to build real visibility into what's failing, what's slow, and why...

CRM May 27, 2026 · 8 min read

CRM Activity Logging That Happens Without Manual Entry

Most CRMs are only as useful as what gets logged — which is why most of them are half-empty. Here's how to des...

Business Systems May 26, 2026 · 7 min read

Internal Admin Panels: Filament, Retool, or Custom Code

Choosing how to build your internal admin panel is one of the highest-impact decisions in your ops stack. Here...

SaaS May 25, 2026 · 8 min read

SaaS Incident Handling: Keep Users Calm When Things Break

When something breaks in your SaaS product, how you communicate matters as much as how fast you fix it. Here's...