A developer who finishes a task in two hours through experience, automation, or better tooling can appear less hardworking than someone who takes the entire day. The reward for being efficient is often more work, while long hours remain the most visible signal of effort.
This creates the wrong incentive. People learn to look busy instead of improving how they work.
We re building Meridian to make the work behind outcomes visible, from commits and pull requests to Jira updates and meetings, without requiring developers to document everything manually. It s fully open source and free for individuals.
We re currently #1 on Product Hunt, which suggests this problem resonates with more people than we expected.
Finally an AI that translates "Fixed some stuff in the backend" into human words so i can actually write a changelog😅
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@eugene_chernyak exactly 😅 Meridian turns the messy reality of the workday into a clear update you can actually share. As one of Meridian’s makers, I’d love to know what you usually use for changelogs.
This is cool! I’ll be able to focus on the actual work instead of getting stuck in operations.
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@prarthana_kalal Glad to hear that! As one of Meridian’s makers, that’s the standard we’re building toward: less time spent writing updates, and more time focused on the work itself. What part of your daily workflow would you most want Meridian to handle?
From the positioning standpoint, this can someday also replace those time-tracking apps. Well done!
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@zerotox Yes, from day one, we’ve focused on helping individuals understand their work without turning Meridian into a monitoring tool. That’s why we’re starting with individual users first. Thanks for your support!
Great idea! End-of-day updates feel less like a task and more like something that just happens in the background. Definitely something I’d find useful in my daily workflow.
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@ananya_hegde2 Thank you! As one of Meridian’s makers, I’m glad this would fit your daily workflow. Which updates would you most want Meridian to handle automatically?
I have been using the product for more than 2 months now and I am one of the beta users, I love the product and how it's shaping up, great going!
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@sathvik_sathvik1 Thank you for being one of our early users and supporting us from the start! Really appreciate the feedback and encouragement.
I was always reluctant to post, but wanted to do Day 1, Day 2 kind of post for #buildinpublic,
With Meridian, finally I can do it , glad to discover the product.