Hey there!
I wanted to give a quick status update on what Q1 2025 is looking like for Little CRM.
Tl;dr:
- It’s not going anywhere! I’m loving working on it, and seeing the path to 1.0
- I’m taking some time to get past a hurdle in my other craft, making music
- I’m still going to be tackling immediate bug fixes and hard blockers
- If you’ve got things that you’d really need for the first 3 months of 2025, let me know ASAP and we’ll come up with a plan
- If you need to pause your subscription, or hold off, that’s A-OK! We’ll figure out a plan
- I’m telling you this because I value transparency (especially in alpha/early stage products), and because the focus on sustainability and juggling multiple skills that Little CRM was designed for is a core part of the workflow here.
A bit more context/details
The back-half of 2024 has been a slog. The short list includes:
- One dog requiring double ACL surgeries, which was a 16-week intensive recovery period
- Hurricane Helene grinding my city to a halt for over a week
- Breaking my wrist cleaning up from said hurricane
- ✨Life✨
So, not a lot of free time for myself.
If you’re like me and have learned a new skill during adulthood; you’ve likely had to deal with the very long tail of getting into the zone. For example: it takes me approximately 2-3 hours to get out of my own head and “past the suck” when I take time to make music. For comparison, I can get into the zone ~15m, on average, for code.
My working theory is that since I’ve been programming for 18 years, the base skill set is just there.
As you can see, music had to be put on pause. Thankfully, I could continue to chip away at Little CRM, but the deal I made with myself was:
When this is all over, you swing the pendulum the other way. The work’s not gonna stop, so you got prioritize the things that got deprioritized to balance things out, then find the path forward.
That skill gap has bugged me for years, and I know the only way out is through (sheer practice hours clocked). I’ve gotta rip the bandaid and do that.
I want Little CRM to work for you; and things to be done fairly. I’ve seen too many alpha projects wither because the team got burned out, with customers left wondering what’s gonna happen to them. If you desperately need specific features in the next 3 months, let me know. It’s also totally okay to hold off signing up, or pausing your subscription. Little CRM ain’t going anywhere.
Because it’s me, I likely won’t be able to cold-turkey stop work on Little CRM during this “break”. It’s simply too much fun, and I’m eager to keep things going. Obviously, bug fixes and immediate blockers will get fixed ASAP! This is just a short-term, intensive focus change.
If you’ve got any questions, need anything elaborated, or want to chat more; I’m here! And thank you so much for your support of Little CRM. It has been affirming & the shot in the arm I needed.
