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Self-filing issues: how triage went from asking the user to copy and paste
Errors used to wait for someone to describe them. Now production files its own issues — 65+ fixed so far, each closed with the full root-cause write-up attached.
Manny-style template — a rendering format borrowed from Aureen Highlights
A formatting template inspired by the IEObserve export style — cover, section divider, drop cap, serif body, side metadata. Content is illustrative, not borrowed.
Notes on a team canvas for small R&D teams
A small R&D team produces more signals than anyone reads. I designed a one-page canvas that pulls those signals together -- and, more importantly, declares what it cannot measure.
From a sales spreadsheet to a single project lifecycle
Threading sales pipeline, project tracking, and finance into one workflow — ~134 endpoints, three controllers, one lifecycle. From PRD to production.
Notes on a small team's deployment pipeline
How a six-stage flow with clear ownership at every step changed the way a small software team thought about shipping.
Three departments, zero visibility. Here's what I built.
When three departments each had their own spreadsheet, timeline, and definition of done, nobody could see the full picture. Roadmap was the system I built to connect all the dots.
20 tabs open, nothing organized. So I built Aureen.
I was drowning in comparison tabs -- gear specs, prices, reviews across Yamano-michi, Montbell, Decathlon, Klattermusen. Aureen is the browser extension I built to capture, compare, and decide without losing my mind.
Redesigning a work instruction for people who actually have to use it
Most factory work instructions become invisible the day after they are laminated. I rebuilt one by separating four jobs into four layers.