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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.
Read articleHow 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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.