feedback
Episode 8 — Early community impressions
Episode 8 shares the early impressions from the community — what resonated, what surprised people and how their feedback helped refine dotmap’s direction.
Latest
saas
Episode 7 — The challenges of discovery platforms
Episode 7 explores the core challenges of discovery platforms — network effects, the chicken-and-egg problem and why dotmap avoids social-style engagement loops.
design
Episode 6 — Branding, UI & the badge system
Episode 6 covers dotmap’s visual philosophy — minimal, calm and professional — and the meaning behind the Explorer, Pathfinder and Navigator badges.
productvision
Episode 3: What I chose not to build
Building Expensio wasn’t about adding features — it was about knowing when to stop. No invoicing, no accounting, no automation. Just a focused tool that fills the gap between spreadsheets and full accounting software.
laravel
Laravel + Claude Code: how I use it to clean up PRs without slowing down
I like shipping fast—but I hate messy PRs. Laravel’s official Claude Code plugin adds laravel-simplifier: a focused, behavior-preserving way to clean up recent Laravel changes before you open a PR.
generative ai
Progress Agentic RAG: The Future of AI-Powered Digital Experiences
Progress Agentic RAG combines autonomous AI agents with retrieval-augmented generation to deliver trustworthy, real-time insights from enterprise content—powering a new era of AI-driven digital experiences and generative CMS platforms like Sitefinity.
developers
Episode 5 — Why multi-stack matters
Episode 5 explains why dotmap is built for multi-stack professionals — and why visibility shouldn’t depend on which ecosystem you belong to.
buildinpublic
Two products, one theme: clarity
Two SaaS products. No launch dates. One shared idea: designing for clarity instead of noise. A short reflection on building Expensio and dotmap — and why calm interfaces matter more than features.
branding
Episode 2: Designing a straight-line UX
Most software becomes complex by accident. Expensio was designed as a straight-line experience: add expenses, bundle them, export a clean PDF. No setup, no onboarding, no clutter — just clarity.
saas
Episode 4 — Building the MVP
Episode 4 tells the story of building the MVP: the small breakthroughs, the unexpected challenges and the decisions that shaped dotmap’s first usable version.
mapping
Episode 3 — A map-first way to explore tech
Episode 3 explores why dotmap is built around a map-first experience. A simple, visual way to discover professionals and events without feeds, complexity or algorithms — just intuitive exploration.
buildinpublic
Episode 2 — Designing the concept
dotmap began with one principle: keep it simple. A map-first way to discover tech professionals and events, built around clarity instead of noise. Episode 2 explores how the core concept took shape and why simplicity became the hardest design choice.