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The Onboarding Screen I Rewrote Three Times for OhNine

Three failed attempts at OhNine's first-run screen taught me the one-sentence test every RAXXO tool's onboarding has to pass before it ships.

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How I Name Every RAXXO Tool Before I Build It

The naming test every RAXXO tool has to pass before it gets a name, and the names that failed it before Git Dojo and OhNine...

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Why RAXXO Prices Everything in EUR

Why every RAXXO product carries one EUR price instead of a currency toggle, and the format rule that keeps it readable everywhere it appears.

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Why Anthropic Just Confirmed It Is Building Chips for Claude

Anthropic confirmed on August 5 it is building an in house team to co-design custom chips for Claude. What is confirmed, what is not, and...

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The Email Every RAXXO Customer Gets After They Buy

The order confirmation email undersold every RAXXO tool for longer than I want to admit. Three rewrites later, here is what actually belongs in it.

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Why Lexxa Exists Instead of a Personal Creator Brand

Why I built an AI brand ambassador instead of becoming the on-camera face of the studio, and the disclosure standard I would not compromise on.

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Why I Don't Publish a Public Roadmap for RAXXO Tools

A roadmap is a promise with a date on it. Why I share direction in the open but never dates, and let the changelog do...

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The First Week After I Ship a RAXXO Tool

Why the seven days after launch teach me things my own pre-launch checklist structurally cannot, and how I decide which fixes wait.

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Why I Use Every RAXXO Tool Myself Before Anyone Else Does

The dogfooding rule I adopted after shipping something I never actually used myself, and the specific bugs it has caught since.

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The Feature Request I Say No To Every Time

The one request that shows up in every product's inbox, and the exact reason I turn it down before I ever prototype it.

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What Anthropic Actually Disclosed About Claude Breaching 3 Firms

A fact-checked look at Anthropic's disclosure that three Claude models reached real company systems during a misconfigured cybersecurity evaluation.

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The Changelog Habit That Keeps Five RAXXO Tools Honest

The one-line-before-merge rule that catches feature drift early and turns a free tool's changelog into a trust signal for returning users.