Andrew Ezra

Andrew Ezra

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Exploring digital products and understanding what makes them useful in everyday situations. My interest lies in simple solutions, thoughtful design, and the small details that improve how people work. I like learning from different industries and keeping an eye on ideas that have practical value.

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3d ago

You don't have a tool problem—you have a "decision fatigue" problem

We went through this exact crisis when we were a team of five. We had Notion for docs, Slack for chat, Trello for tasks, Figma for whiteboarding, Loom for updates, linear for dev sprints, and three different analytics dashboards. Every single tool was "great," but together they created absolute chaos.

Here s the hidden tax we didn't calculate:

  • Information Fragmentation: Half our time was spent asking "Wait, did you link that specs document in Slack, Notion, or Linear?"

  • Shadow Costs: $30/user/month doesn't sound like much until you multiply it by 11 tools across the team. Suddenly, you're burning thousands annually on features you only use 10% of.

  • Onboarding Friction: Bringing on a contractor meant spending an hour provisioning accounts and walking them through our complex web of apps.

We did a hard reset: if a tool didn't replace at least two existing workflows or save us 5+ hours a week directly, we axed it. We ended up consolidating down to three core hubs. The relief was immediate.

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