Celso Pinto

I write about digital products, tech and general life stuff. 2x founder (Pixie | SimpleTax). Sign up below if you'd like to get notified when new stuff goes out, mostly on startups or tech...

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December 5, 2025

I wonder if...

Right now I’m looking at Claude Code running in the console. I’m watching it churn through stuff. For a few different reasons, this week has reminded me of a couple of old projects that were pretty intense and kind of fun in hindsight. The first one was about 25 years ago. We were building a CRM for the Nokia 9210. We were doing it in ...
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May 1, 2025

Voice to post

I came across Granola and it's been absolutely fantastic for handling my meeting notes and organising them into neat, structured content. It excels at converting scattered thoughts into organised notes, capturing action items, and even helping with follow-up emails. But here's where it gets really interesting (for me)... I really don't...
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January 11, 2024

Hey there

I guess it's been a while since I blogged anything, and even more of a while since actively being on the ball. Nearly 17 years... The hiatus is nearly old enough to go to university. There's so much to unpack (2 venture backed startups, being part of a few interesting teams in the in-betweens), and having dug so far into the past I cou...
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