Designer-founder of Pistacio. 10 years in design. Currently learning (and fixing) what I was wrong about.
What changed when we started using our own product
Replaced
- Mite → Pistacio (time tracking)
- Absentify → Pistacio (vacation — smart Thursday-bridging)
Started doing properly (no real system before)
- Inventory management
- Subscription tracking
- License tracking
- Insurance tracking
Reverts this week: 2
- Ema was pitching a client all morning and noticed her report PDF still had our logo in the footer. Shipped a Branding panel that night so Pro workspaces can put their own logo, colors, and footer on every export. Free tier still pays in pixels — Pro pays in money.
- Pablo counted seven items in our Reports sidebar and asked which one to use. Three of them did almost the same thing. Collapsed them into one Hours report that flips between 'last month' and 'month-to-date' depending on the day — because that's the only thing his accountant ever asks for.
Events
- Confirmed for Bits & Pretzels Munich, Sep 2026. First public showing.