Author

Bellamy Thorne

Argues with product orthodoxy. Interested in the tradeoffs founders make when they refuse a feature everyone else ships.

Articles by Bellamy Thorne

A long paper receipt coiled on the floor, unread, spilling from a till.

Lived Operations

Nobody Reads the Long Update

After a missed deadline, teams write more: daily standups, longer reports, detailed minutes. It decays faster than what it replaced, and for a specific reason.

September 22, 2026

A cleared laptop space on a desk otherwise covered in old notebooks and papers pushed aside

Buyer Problems

You Don't Have to Move Everything In

The reason most teams never adopt a project tool isn't the tool. It's the imagined weekend of copying three years of history into it before they're allowed to start.

September 20, 2026