Builder notes
Learnings from the work.
Ideas that survived contact with an actual product, written down while the details are still fresh.
- A structured alternative to a product-launch spreadsheet Learn how to replace your stale product-launch spreadsheet with a structured, verifiable JSON dataset. Explore a scalable architecture for tracking launch directories, PR metrics, and link status.
- Data-Quality Checks for a Launch-Directory Catalog Discover a structural approach to catalog data quality. Learn how to separate private metadata from public directories and enforce strict schema checks without a traditional database.
- Free vs paid product directories: how to decide An evidence-based guide on evaluating free versus paid product directories for SaaS discovery, based on real portfolio management and catalog curation strategies.
- How to identify real submission routes in launch directories Stop wasting time on dead links and scraped lists. Learn how to identify verified submission routes for SaaS launch directories.
- How to plan follow-up dates after a product submission Learn how to establish actionable follow-up and verification plans after submitting a product to directories.
- Importing and exporting a launch campaign with CSV and JSON Learn how to manage your product launch campaign using standard formats like CSV and JSON, integrating structured data directly into your workflow.
- Keeping a launch workspace private in browser local storage Learn how to build a private, local-first launch workspace using browser local storage, with concrete examples from LaunchDesk.
- Matching a Launch Channel to the Product Being Launched Learn how to match your product's architecture, audience, and goals to the right launch channel using concrete examples.
- When to Quarantine a Dead or Contradictory Launch Listing Learn how the quarantine pattern isolates suspect launch listings and conflicting metrics without silently erasing historical data.
- Why every launch destination needs source attribution Discover why provenance-honest source attribution is critical for evaluating SaaS launch destinations, and why explicit unknowns beat invented metrics.
- Why launch tracking should not become automated submission spam Discover why careful, manually tracked launch submissions using tools like LaunchDesk drastically outperform automated directory submission spam in SaaS.
- Skills should declare capabilities, not model names Why portable agent skills need provider-neutral intelligence and reasoning requirements, and how Fleet is testing the idea.