- April 10, 2026·2 min read
Building a tool for ten years.
No VC, no hypergrowth, no pivot every six months. The math of 500 delighted users vs 50,000 frustrated ones.
- April 7, 2026·2 min read
Surveillance never made anyone better.
The research is clear: keystroke monitoring lowers output. Why the manager who trusts gets more.
- March 19, 2026·2 min read
Why 14 days, not 7, not 30.
Sablio's most debated product decision: how long does the journal keep raw traces? Here's the reasoning.
- March 8, 2026·2 min read
You don't need a little trophy.
A plumber doesn't get confetti when they finish a job. Why should your work app throw any at you?
- March 2, 2026·2 min read
Scores killed work.
The day a studio sent its 'focus report' to a client, the team spent three weeks defending itself instead of working.
- February 28, 2026·2 min read
The workshop journal, in 400 words.
What it holds, what it doesn't, when it erases, and why it's the central piece of Sablio.
- February 22, 2026·2 min read
The minute of retreat.
Why Sablio waits 60 seconds before wiping your data when you click 'Delete everything'.
- February 18, 2026·1 min read
Silence as a feature.
We spent three weeks debating whether to add a Pomodoro bell. The answer was no. Here's the reasoning.
- February 4, 2026·2 min read
Time tracking is a craft, not a dashboard.
Carpenters, writers, and developers don't track time the same way. Most software pretends they do. We're trying to remember they don't.