Archive - Matt Gardner

Why isn't there a Superhuman for Fastmail?

There should be an amazingly productive email client for things other than Gmail or Outlook

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Building a Platform That Doesn’t Suck: Lessons from Scale and Beyond

If you don’t build apps on your own platform, it’s just code. Here’s how to do it right.

Jun 20 •

Analyzing my Writing

After a bit of reflection on my posts over the past year, I came to some conclusions.

Jun 16 •

May 2025

Building Tomorrow, Today.

I'm working on a camp for kids to learn programming, computer skills, programming Minecraft, and more. It's called Teen Tech Camp, and in this post I…

May 23 •

JobTracker - An update

Now supporting native LinkedIn jobs and rich text editing!

May 15 •

1:24

I got sick and tired of trying to track job applications, so I scratched my own itch.

Why I built a browser extension instead of another feature

May 12 •

AI Is the New Intern—Only Smarter, Faster, and Doesn’t Take Coffee Breaks

Here are some ways smart people like you are leveraging AI to help with the monotonous parts of work.

May 7 •

How I Helped an Insurance Broker Save 10+ Hours/Week with Smarter AI Messaging (No Developers Required)

Saving time is much simpler than you think.

May 6 •

Starting a company is hard... really hard

I Started a New Company. Here’s What We’re Building—and How You Can Help.

May 5 •

April 2025

From Chaos to Clarity: How AI Turned a 5-Hour Spreadsheet Nightmare into a 15-Minute Win

We took a messy spreadsheet with tons of financial data, mis matched columns, and lots of confusion and turned it into a success story that made them…

Apr 30 •

The overnight success that wasn't

It felt too good to be true, and it was.

Apr 26 •

Prepping for Beta, Building With Customers, and Avoiding the Guessing Game

Getting closer with Job Tracker, beta signups, and bespoke AI demos for customers.

Apr 5 •

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