A few months ago I wrote about why I built Blake, my own CRM. Here is what happened next. It now emails each workspace a plain-language summary of the week every Monday, ending with a short list of the deals worth a look. It also got more reliable after I found and killed a bug that was quietly dropping real leads, and it finally grew a look of its own.

I have spent years working across startups, where lead generation is everything and a missed follow-up is a lost deal. Every CRM I tried was built for a ten-rep sales team and priced accordingly. So I built my own. You forward Blake a lead, it reads the thread, researches the company, and ranks it against your ICP: four tiers with a reason for each. No data entry. Blake is in closed beta, request a workspace at blakecloses.com.

Every World Cup I open a spreadsheet, convince myself I'm being rigorous, check the altitude of every venue, and still lose my poule to a colleague who picked her teams by jersey colour. This year I built wc.dcs.pm instead. Every team, venue and match has a page with the stats I'd otherwise hunt for. The 2026 tournament is split across three countries and overlaps with vacation season, so the site also converts every kickoff to your local timezone automatically.

We’ve rolled out several improvements to Lavvus, including bug fixes for embedded posts and a refreshed, more intuitive Markdown editor. Most excitingly, we’ve launched the Lavvus API, allowing users to programmatically create, edit, and delete blog posts. This new feature opens the door to powerful integrations—from Strava ride updates to fully automated publishing workflows.

I began with a simple vision: bring back the personal website. A place to write, to share, and to own your voice and keep it outside of the noise of platforms. The personal blog is the foundation. But how do you connect everything else?

Lavvus started small, it was literally born out of a simple urge to write again. I didn’t want daily posting pressures or professional expectations, just a space to jot down ideas, share a story, or reflect when the mood struck. I tried the usual platforms, but none felt just right.

Lately, I’ve been feeling the itch to start blogging again—no specific topic and no regular updates, just the occasional outlet. Since I couldn’t find a platform that fit all my needs, I decided to create my own. Welcome to Lavvus.