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.
nobody is going to believe that I actually got something done while just being at my macbook all day long. :)
Meridian
We’re live today! I’d love your honest feedback, especially on the onboarding, activity timeline, and drafted work updates. Every comment helps us improve Meridian.
Three months ago you quit your job to build this. It's MIT-licensed and free for individual developers, a lot to give away on day one. Congrats on shipping it.
Meridian
@lucasjpols Thank you! Leaving my job to build Meridian was a big leap, so the support means a lot. Making it MIT-licensed and free for individual developers felt like the right way to ensure developers can trust it, audit it, and benefit from it without barriers.
You quit your job three months ago to build this, and it's MIT-licensed and free for individual developers. That's a lot to give away on day one. Congrats.
Meridian
@ben_kahan Thank you! Leaving my job to build Meridian was a big leap, and making it MIT-licensed and free for individual developers felt essential to earning developers’ trust and making it accessible from day one.
Netlify
Such a smart and needed tool for career growth. Congrats on bringing this to life!
Meridian
@thisiskp_ Thank you for the support! As one of Meridian’s makers, it means a lot to hear this from someone who helps founders bring products to life. We’d value your perspective on what could make Meridian even more useful for career growth.
Humalike
Congrats on the launch!
Meridian
@mcarmonas Thank you! Really appreciate the support.
Congrats Adithya and Akarsh! The local-first approach and automatic Jira/GitHub updates solve a real developer pain point. Looking forward to seeing Meridian grow. 🚀