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If your release notes say “Bug fixes and minor improvements,” you’re doing it wrong.
The right release notes can boost morale, surface hidden wins, and make your product look alive. Here’s proof.
Aug 9
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Steffen Finsland
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If your release notes say “Bug fixes and minor improvements,” you’re doing it wrong.
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May 2025
Now on the Mac App Store: AI that writes your release notes
The dreaded question: “What’s new in this release?” appears just as you’re ready to launch a new version. Your mind goes completely blank, as if someone…
May 15
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Steffen Finsland
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Now on the Mac App Store: AI that writes your release notes
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March 2025
Commit Messages Should Say Why, Not What
The ChatGPT integration seemed brilliant when I first wired it into Gitonium's commit flow in early 2023. Automatic commit messages. Like finding cheat…
Mar 26
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Steffen Finsland
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Commit Messages Should Say Why, Not What
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New Ideas and Freak Accidents
Recently, as I wrapped up a quality-of-life update for one of my apps, I once again faced the dreaded empty "What's New" field. I was ready to submit…
Mar 14
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Steffen Finsland
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New Ideas and Freak Accidents
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How Clean Code Silently Corrupts Your Git History
And How to Fix It
Mar 4
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Steffen Finsland
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How Clean Code Silently Corrupts Your Git History
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January 2025
The Feature That Took Years
(and One Rainy Monday) to Build
Jan 30
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Steffen Finsland
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The Feature That Took Years
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November 2024
Have you been having a lot of headaches lately?
Have you been having a lot of headaches lately?I've had migraines my whole life. My mom has them, and so does my grandmother.
Nov 29, 2024
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Steffen Finsland
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Have you been having a lot of headaches lately?
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October 2024
How to Write a Good Ticket (and Stay Sane Doing It)
Trying to fix bugs without enough context is like searching for a contact lens at a Metallica concert—an exercise in futility.
Oct 5, 2024
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Steffen Finsland
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How to Write a Good Ticket (and Stay Sane Doing It)
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September 2024
More Fun with Ollama
Save on OpenAI Costs and Get a Free File Analyzer
Sep 25, 2024
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Steffen Finsland
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More Fun with Ollama
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Apple's Missed Opportunity
How the New AI Features Let Developers Down
Sep 13, 2024
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Steffen Finsland
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Apple's Missed Opportunity
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August 2024
Echo Chambers and Real Productivity
In this issue Gitonium gets a new update, and I gain some insight.
Aug 1, 2024
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Echo Chambers and Real Productivity
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May 2024
Serenity, Savings, and Sanity
I was a software engineer working for one of the big tech companies. I spent my time sitting in endless meetings scattered throughout the day. I had…
May 21, 2024
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Steffen Finsland
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