Google Keep vs Apple Notes for freelancers when nothing looked wrong but nothing worked either

Google Keep vs Apple Notes for freelancers when nothing looked wrong but nothing worked either

Freelancers have an uncanny knack for spotting friction in tools marketed as “simple” 🙂. I’ve jumped between Google Keep and Apple Notes more times than I’d like to admit, often because something tiny broke a routine that was working perfectly… until it wasn’t. Both apps seem lightweight on purpose, but once you try pushing them…

Sending automatic Slack notifications from Make when eCommerce gets weird

Sending automatic Slack notifications from Make when eCommerce gets weird

Every time I think I’ve finally nailed my Make to Slack workflow for an eCommerce client, something randomly falls apart on a Thursday afternoon and I can’t reproduce the bug in staging 🙃. If you’re running any kind of online store — Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, even Stripe-fed Notion setups — automating Slack messages for things…

Affordable CRM tools for startups that do not break your Zapier flows

Affordable CRM tools for startups that do not break your Zapier flows

If you’ve ever had a Zap that used to fire flawlessly off a CRM trigger but now… nothing happens — welcome to the club. I’ve tested over a dozen allegedly startup-friendly CRMs in the past two months. Most of them broke something quietly. One forgot webhook mapping after a minor update. Another randomly applied a…