Designer-founder of Pistacio. 10 years in design across four countries and seven cities. Worked in everything from startups to enterprise. Currently learning (and fixing) what I was wrong about.
When we put ourselves on Pistacio
Replaced
- Mite → Pistacio (time tracking)
- Absentify → Pistacio (vacation — finds the days that maximize your PTO)
Started doing properly (no real system before)
- Inventory management
- Subscription tracking
- License tracking
- Insurance tracking
Reverts this week: 2
- Ema asked why our app had ambient glowing orbs in the background. I didn't have an answer that wasn't "it looked cool." Ripped them out, flattened the shell, self-hosted the fonts, and collapsed a radius scale that had quietly grown to eleven values. Pistacio looks less like a vibe and more like an operations tool, which is what it is.
- Alex opened /reports on the first of the month and the page tried to show him hours for a month that was four hours old. Built a Monthly Review that sits above the Hours report and only speaks during the month-close window. Pace-aware so it tells you what your team actually has time for, not what looks good on a chart.
