Oct 13, 2025 IN Startups
5 Years of Startup Learnings At Murmur Labs
Reflections on 5 years at Murmur Labs. What we built, what worked, what didn't, and how I'd approach starting something new.
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The High Throughput Zero-Writing Documentation System
Walk and talk into Voice Memos. Brain dump everything. Ship transcripts to Claude. Get structured output.
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A 2x2 Framework for Navigating AI Disruption
Not all change requires the same response. A new framework for diagnosing which kind of disruption you're facing—and choosing the right strategy.
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The Workflow Builder You Deserved (Magic Mode)
We built it in a week last year. Prompt a workflow into existence, see changes in green and red, accept or reject modifications, then click into nodes to refine. Chat-driven generation that doesn't lock you out when you need the details.
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The New Maker Schedule Isn't About Making
AI agents are turning makers into directors. Our leverage now comes from orchestrating systems, not executing tasks.
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Is One the New Many?
AI has made it possible for one person to do what once required entire teams, fundamentally rewiring who can build, compete, and win in the modern economy.
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How To Modify Approvals in Claude Code
Guide to configuring Claude Code's permission and approval system for commands
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AI Isn't Magic
The Technological Pragmatist's Perspective
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When AI Makes Us (Think We’re) Experts
The Dangers of AI and the Double Dunning-Kruger Effect.
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The Joy of Playful Work
Discover how 'serious play' can transform your work approach. Learn to balance creativity and productivity, fostering innovation and enjoyment in your daily tasks.
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The Art of Constant Reinvention: Lessons from a Seasoned Starter
Learn the art of being a 'Seasoned Starter' and how embracing change, building solutions, and combining diverse skills can lead to success.
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Founder Mode or Manager Mode? I think neither.
My "hot take" on the founder mode or manager mode debate.
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How Quadrant Charts Can Revolutionize Your Thinking
Divide and conquer confusion by mastering quadrant charts for instant clarity.
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Setting up Rapid Logging for Obsidian on iOS and MacOS
Technical guide to implementing rapid logging with Raycast, iOS Shortcuts, and Obsidian.
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Resolving the ESLint Error: "File ignored because of a matching ignore pattern"
Learn how to resolve the ESLint error for lint-staged for "File ignored because of a matching ignore pattern"
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My List of Why I Love Lists
The ultimate guide to the power of lists and how to use them.
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My Obsidian Setup
A round up of all the plugins, hotkey overrides, tips, tricks and settings I use for Obsidian.
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Apple Screentime Settings
I use Apple Screentime to help me be conscious of how much time I spend on certain sites and apps on my devices. Here is how I have mine setup.
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How I Publish Obsidian Files to the Web
How I publish my Obsidian Markdown Notes to the Web with NextJS and a simple script.
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Markdown
Learn why Markdown is your key to simplified text editing and how to use it.
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Obsidian
Extensible, locally hosted, markdown-based knowledge management tool for building interconnected personal knowledge bases.
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Get all links to the current file with Obsidian and Dataview
How to get all links to the current file with Obsidian and Dataview.
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Find messages in Slack based on a date or date range
Two quick ways to find a conversation in Slack based on a known date or date range.
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Install dig and nslookup dependencies on Docker Containers
How to install dig on Ubuntu, ArchLinux, OpenSuse and Alpine.
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Friction - A Secret Tool for Successful Habits
Design your environment to make good habits easy and bad habits hard.
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2025
Greatest Hits
2025-10-13Curiously ChasePhilosophies
2025-10-12Curiously ChaseAI Builder's Club
2025-10-06AI Builder's ClubSolving Customer Chaos with Smarter Routing
2025-08-12AI Builder's Club- AI Builder's Club
- AI Builder's Club
- AI Builder's Club
- AI Builder's Club
Solving Inbox Overload with Layers of Logic
2025-07-08AI Builder's ClubSolving Meeting Prep with the Perfect Brief
2025-07-01AI Builder's ClubWelcome to the Club
2025-06-26AI Builder's ClubBuried, Built, Reborn
2025-05-24Curiously Chase Newsletter- Curiously Chase Newsletter
How AI Might Change the Way We Think
2025-02-01Curiously Chase NewsletterThe Nine Minds of AI
2025-01-18Curiously Chase NewsletterThe Secret Power of Role-Based Prompts
2025-01-12Curiously Chase NewsletterStart Stupidly Small
2025-01-04Curiously Chase NewsletterWhy You Should Explore AI In 2025
2025-01-04Curiously Chase Newsletter
2024
FigJam
2024-09-21Curiously Chasev0
2024-09-21Curiously ChaseWispr Flow
2024-09-18Curiously ChaseCleanshot X
2024-09-07Curiously ChaseScreen Studio
2024-09-07Curiously ChaseCalendly
2024-09-06Curiously ChaseRocket
2024-09-06toolsVanilla
2024-09-06toolsApple Downtime
2024-09-05Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase Newsletter
Perplexity
2024-08-31toolsClaude
2024-08-30toolsSpotify
2024-08-30tools- YouTube
Future Fluent Framework (Alpha)
2024-08-17Curiously ChaseHumanizing Our Future Fluency
2024-08-17Curiously Chase Newsletter- Curiously Chase
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Bet on the Future of Software
2024-06-29Curiously ChaseThe Siren's Call of Custom Modularization
2024-06-29Curiously ChaseCursor
2024-06-18toolsWarp Terminal
2024-06-18tools
2023
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Adafruit Trinket
2023-11-26Curiously ChaseAdafruit Macropad
2023-11-24Curiously ChaseRust Error for mach-o section specifier requires a segment and section separated by comma
2023-11-23Engineering- Curiously Chase
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How I'm Using MidJourney and ChatGPT
2023-09-27Curiously ChasePlumb
2023-08-16Curiously ChaseWhat Is An Algorithm?
2023-08-02Engineering- Engineering
AudioPen.AI
2023-07-24toolsMy Notes on ChatGPT
2023-07-24toolsWhy I Write What I Learn Down
2023-07-22Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
- Engineering
Metadata Menu
2023-07-13Curiously Chase- Engineering
The Power and Simplicity of Webhooks
2023-07-03EngineeringHomebrew: Your MacOS Magic Wand
2023-07-02Curiously ChaseHow I Use AudioPen.AI To Write Content
2023-06-29Curiously ChaseGetting Started with Dotfiles
2023-06-20Curiously Chase- Engineering
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Fly.io
2023-06-15toolsFramer
2023-06-15Curiously ChaseGood AI Prompts Are Fences Not Maps
2023-06-15Curiously ChaseNotion
2023-06-15tools- Engineering
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Understanding Git Submodules
2023-06-13EngineeringHow I use Git Submodules to Deploy My Blog
2023-06-13Curiously ChaseMDX
2023-06-13Curiously ChaseMinnehaha Falls (Georgia)
2023-06-13PersonalNetlify
2023-06-13tools- Curiously Chase
Astro (JavaScript)
2023-06-11Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
I ported my NextJS blog to Astro
2023-06-09Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Organized With Obsidian
2023-06-06Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Set a Custom Screenshot Path in MacOS
2023-05-31Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Ultimate Guide To Learning About AI (GPT)
2023-05-08Curiously Chase3 Ways to Find a Notion Database Template
2023-05-07Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Should my team hold remote design sprints?
2023-04-29Curiously ChaseThe Curiously Chase Newsletter Model
2023-04-21Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Around
2023-04-20tools- Curiously Chase
5 Types of Meetings Everyone Hates
2023-04-18Curiously ChaseHow I Use The Metadata Obsidian Plugin
2023-04-18Curiously ChaseWhat Is a Remote Design Sprint?
2023-04-16Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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My Heuristic For Notes and Tags In Obsidian
2023-03-26Curiously ChaseCode Review Process
2023-03-23EngineeringSwipies - Reusable Paper
2023-03-20Curiously ChaseSnipd
2023-03-10toolsLaunchList
2023-03-09Curiously ChaseNo Code Tools for Building MVPs
2023-03-07Curiously ChaseDaily Free Writing
2023-03-05Curiously ChaseMy Settings in Apple Downtime
2023-03-03Curiously ChaseWhat Is Autonomy At Work?
2023-03-01Curiously ChaseIf Only I Could Code
2023-02-17Curiously ChaseSetting Up Your Work From Home Office
2023-02-15Curiously ChaseBox util for Stitches CSS in JS
2023-01-24Curiously Chase2023 W02 Weekly Review
2023-01-12Curiously ChaseLEGO Treehouse
2023-01-12Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
Startup Learnings
2023-01-12Curiously ChaseStyling the MUI Linear Progress Bar
2023-01-12EngineeringTypes of Power (6 Types)
2023-01-12Curiously ChaseWeekly Review
2023-01-12Curiously ChaseUsing PostHog Toolbar (Heatmap)
2023-01-11Engineering- Engineering
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Slack API
2023-01-03Curiously ChaseWhy Most of Your Meetings Suck
2023-01-03Curiously ChaseVercel
2023-01-02tools
2022
PostHog
2022-12-21toolsChase Is Typing
2022-12-19Curiously ChaseColemak Keyboard Layout
2022-12-19Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
Karabiner Elements
2022-12-19Curiously ChaseGitHub Actions
2022-12-18Curiously ChaseWorking From Home
2022-12-16Curiously ChaseBash
2022-12-15Curiously ChaseUseful Digital Tools
2022-12-15Curiously ChaseAnker 577 Thunderbolt Docking Station
2022-12-10Curiously ChaseAnker Docking Station Bracket
2022-12-10Curiously ChaseKeyboardIO Atreus (Mechanical Keyboard)
2022-12-10toolsTooling for a Personal Operating System
2022-12-08Curiously ChaseGitHub
2022-12-07Curiously Chase- Engineering
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Emacs
2022-11-24Engineering- Curiously Chase
React (JavaScript)
2022-11-24EngineeringChecking if two dates match with MomentJS
2022-11-13Engineeringdate-fns
2022-11-13Curiously ChaseIf I could have any super powers...
2022-11-13Curiously ChaseMomentJS
2022-11-13EngineeringTop 10 Strengths from StrengthsFinder
2022-11-13Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Dotfiles
2022-10-27EngineeringHomebrew
2022-10-27Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
HTTP Status Codes
2022-10-27Engineeringinstalling pip with Homebrew
2022-10-27EngineeringLiterate Programming
2022-10-27EngineeringNextJS
2022-10-27toolsObsidian Styles
2022-10-27Curiously ChaseOne File to Generate Them All
2022-10-27EngineeringSpeed, Quality and Cost
2022-10-27Curiously ChaseTangling Markdown (Literate Programming)
2022-10-27EngineeringThe Internet
2022-10-27Curiously ChasePlate (JavaScript)
2022-10-26EngineeringSlate (JavaScript)
2022-10-26Engineering6 Simple Machines
2022-10-22Curiously ChaseCoffee
2022-10-22Curiously ChaseSegmented Control
2022-10-22Curiously ChaseDataview (Obsidian)
2022-10-21Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
Markdown Footnotes
2022-10-21Curiously ChaseUTM - Urchin Tracking Module
2022-10-21Curiously ChaseAdding iFrame to Obsidian Note
2022-10-20Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Obsidian Publish
2022-10-20Curiously ChaseGrunt
2022-10-18Curiously ChaseHow I Publish Content to curiouslychase.com
2022-10-18Curiously ChaseHusky (JavaScript)
2022-10-18EngineeringLoom
2022-10-18toolsMacOS
2022-10-18Curiously ChaseNotion Calendar
2022-10-18Curiously ChaseRaycast
2022-10-18toolsSlack
2022-10-18toolsChrome
2022-10-17Curiously ChaseCofer Adams Building Center
2022-10-11Curiously ChaseDocker
2022-10-11EngineeringGo (programming language)
2022-10-11Curiously ChaseRock, Paper, Scissors Marketing
2022-10-11Curiously ChaseSoftware and Programming Languages I Use
2022-10-11Curiously ChaseTypeScript
2022-10-11Engineeringgit
2022-10-09EngineeringiTerm2
2022-10-09toolsBeach Factor (term)
2022-10-07Curiously ChaseBus Factor (term)
2022-10-07Curiously ChaseFigma
2022-10-06Curiously ChaseSlack Messages as Todos
2022-10-06Curiously Chasechaseadams.io
2022-10-04Curiously Chasecuriouslychase.com
2022-10-04Curiously ChaseJavaScript
2022-09-30Curiously ChaseMy Desk Setup
2022-09-30Curiously ChaseMy Home Office Setup
2022-09-30Curiously ChaseRegular Expression
2022-09-30Curiously ChaseMy Digital Tool Stack
2022-09-29Curiously Chase- Engineering
YOYO - you're only young once
2022-09-26Curiously Chase- Engineering
Configuration as Code
2022-09-24EngineeringFound things...
2022-09-24Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
Namecheap
2022-09-24toolsRad Fonts
2022-09-24Curiously ChaseTemplater
2022-09-24Curiously Chase!Obsidian Structure
2022-09-23Curiously ChaseQuick Add
2022-09-22Curiously Chase- Engineering
VS Code
2022-09-20Curiously ChaseUser Guide
2022-09-19Curiously ChaseChild like wonder. Child like fear.
2022-09-11Curiously ChaseFear
2022-09-11Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
Exercise Plan
2022-09-06Curiously ChaseRevbalance 101 v2 Board
2022-09-01Curiously ChaseCalisthenics
2022-08-27Curiously ChaseImprovMX: Custom Email Handling
2022-08-25toolsMurmur Labs
2022-08-25Curiously ChaseThe Iron Yard
2022-08-25Curiously ChaseWalmart Labs
2022-08-25Curiously ChaseWebflow
2022-08-25Curiously ChaseZappos
2022-08-25Curiously ChaseClimbing
2022-08-21Curiously ChaseGrounding Technique
2022-08-21PersonalPlant-based Lifestyle
2022-08-21PersonalColorado Springs, CO
2022-08-20Curiously ChaseUkulele
2022-08-20Curiously ChaseMongoDB
2022-07-23Engineering- Curiously Chase
StrengthsFinder Exercise
2022-03-19Curiously ChaseWords that describe me (my personality)
2022-03-18Curiously ChasePersonal Emoji & GIF Usage Guide
2022-02-01Curiously Chase
2021
- Engineering
Other Philosophies
2021-05-23Curiously Chase- Engineering
Lorem Ipsum Roundup
2021-02-04Curiously Chase
2020
Joining Murmur
2020-10-01Curiously ChaseMurmur
2020-08-13Curiously ChaseHow to REALLY enable word wrapping in Emacs
2020-06-14Engineering- Engineering
Gingin Joyce
2020-03-26Personal- Curiously Chase
3D Printing Journey
2020-02-27Curiously ChaseHow to Give Awesome Peer Feedback
2020-02-21Curiously Chase- Engineering
2019
Disable Slack Keyboard Flyup
2019-11-20Curiously ChaseUse lsof and ps to Find Running Services
2019-11-11EngineeringTesting out writing articles in Coda
2019-11-09Curiously ChaseSRE Escape Rooms and Reinforced Learning
2019-11-03EngineeringInstall NPM Dependency From GitHub URL
2019-10-25EngineeringBack to Writing Content in Dropbox
2019-10-24Curiously Chase- Engineering
Setup iTerm2 - Infinite Scrollback
2019-10-24EngineeringLessons for Adults from Curious George
2019-10-21Curiously Chase- Engineering
On Team Productivity, Tools & Flexible Data
2019-05-07Curiously ChaseFix Docker Error: Failed Port Allocation
2019-05-06Engineering- Engineering
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- Engineering
- Engineering
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- Engineering
Disable ESLint Rules with Comment Syntax
2019-03-05Engineering- Engineering
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Writing Drafts In Gatsby
2019-02-09EngineeringDelete Command from Bash History
2019-01-31Engineering- Engineering
2018
GPG Sign Commits
2018-12-14Curiously Chase- Engineering
Joining Webflow
2018-10-28Curiously ChaseMost Common Programming Case Types
2018-08-05Engineering- Engineering
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Golang - What is Truth?
2018-04-01Engineering- Curiously Chase
2017
Guest on GoTime - Go at Walmart (at scale)
2017-08-17EngineeringGetting Started With Emacs
2017-01-04Engineering
2016
My 3 Words - 2017
2016-12-31Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
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Remote is Dead, Long Live Distributed
2016-11-14Curiously ChaseA Systematic Approach to Managing Oneself
2016-11-10Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
2015
My 3 Words for 2016
2015-12-22Curiously Chase- Engineering
The Final Paragraph in My Zappos Chapter
2015-07-23Curiously Chase- Engineering
Celebrate Your Employees
2015-07-14Curiously ChaseRustic Industrial Minimalist Task Desk
2015-07-11Curiously ChaseSeparation of Work & Life
2015-07-09Curiously ChaseFrontend Engineering Tools of The Trade
2015-07-05Engineering- Curiously Chase
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Choosing Fonts For Web Projects
2015-06-20Curiously Chase
2014
Remap Caps Lock to A Useful Modifier Key
2014-11-19Curiously Chase- Engineering
Silently Adjust The Volume On Your Mac
2014-10-20Curiously ChaseBuilding A Rustic Industrial Standing Desk
2014-10-07Curiously ChasePapa Roy
2014-09-07Personal- Curiously Chase
Exploring "What is Culture?"
2014-05-30Curiously Chase- Personal
You May Never Become A Developer
2014-02-24Curiously ChaseWhy I Say No
2014-01-27Curiously Chase- Engineering
Alfred Theme - Flatland
2014-01-16Curiously Chase- Curiously Chase
2013
Set An Anchor Link On An Image In Markdown
2013-12-26Curiously Chase5 Grunt Plugins for a Better Workflow
2013-11-17Engineering- Engineering
Using Grunt For A Better Workflow
2013-11-07EngineeringDear Developer - Use tools, don't be one
2013-11-06EngineeringPlanning & Researching For My Blog (2013)
2013-10-31Curiously Chase- Engineering
3 Resources For Sharing Code Snippets
2013-10-06EngineeringEmulate What You Want To Replicate
2013-09-30Curiously Chase