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We Built a Loom Replacement Into Loadout
Why we stopped paying for Loom and built a self-hosted video posting system with auto-generated intro slides, FFmpeg processing, and zero external dependencies.
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BuildOn: How Har-Tru Lets Customers Design Custom Courts in the Browser
Building an interactive court customizer with layer-based color selection, logo uploads, and PDF generation via Adobe's API.
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Building TourChamp: A Crew Portal That Runs Itself
How we built a self-service crew portal so tour managers stop playing email tag with 50 people about passport scans.
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Syncing Unleashed Inventory to Shopify: How brands Stays in Stock
Building a real-time inventory bridge between Unleashed warehouse management and Shopify for a multi-warehouse retailers.
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Solar-Asteroid Part 2: Intelligent Inventory & Warehouse Management
Picture this: You have three warehouse locations. A customer orders 20 panels from your Shopify store. Your team checks one location—out of stock. They check another—only 12 in stock. By the time someo...
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Solar-Asteroid Part 4: Shipping, Transfers & Fulfillment
You've sold a $50,000 solar installation. Your customer is thrilled. Your team has assembled the panels, inverters, batteries, and mounting hardware. Everything's packaged and sitting in the warehouse....
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Why We Built TourChamp: The Hidden Complexity of International Touring
When you watch a major concert tour, you see the lights, the sound, the spectacle. What you don't see is the nightmare of keeping 50+ crew members legally compliant across 20 countries in 90 days.
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From Spreadsheets to Software: How Tour Managers Track Credentials Today
Before TourChamp, tour managers used Excel, email, and wall calendars. Here's why that system breaks—and how to do better.
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Web Components: The Framework-Free Renaissance
Why Web Components are bringing back the simplicity of vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
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Technical Writing for Developers
How we approach technical writing for developers at Loadout.
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A/B Testing Without Third-Party Tools
How we approach a/b testing without third-party tools at Loadout.
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Password Storage: Best Practices
Everything we've learned about password storage: best practices in production.
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