Talk for 60 seconds. Shipped pulls out what you actually got done — automatically. So when your review comes around, you have receipts.
"I think I did a lot this quarter" isn't good enough.
Performance review · Q4
Shipped proposal + onboarding redesign in the same week — unblocked sales.
Kept up running through a high-pressure quarter. Called home regularly.
Addressed a standing issue with manager before it became a problem.
3 months of shipping
Free to start. Your record is yours.
Why this matters
Not because you're careless. Because memory fades fast — and the fix is simpler than you'd expect.
Memory fades fast
Research on memory shows we forget the majority of daily events within hours — not days. Without an external record, most of what you did simply disappears.
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve, 1885
Offloading works
Cognitive offloading research shows that people naturally rely on external tools to reduce memory demands. Writing things down — or talking them out — frees up mental space for actual work.
Risko & Gilbert, cognitive offloading research
Progress is fuel
Tracking small wins has a measurable effect on motivation. Seeing what you actually moved forward — even on hard days — changes how you feel about the work.
Amabile & Kramer, The Progress Principle
"The single most important thing that can boost motivation during a workday is making progress in meaningful work." — Teresa Amabile & Steven Kramer
Everything you logged, ready when you need it.
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October 29
November 14
Verified when it can be. Flexible when it can't.
Q3–Q4 Performance Summary
Technical delivery
Shipped 4 production features including the auth refactor and a critical payment bug fix. All verified against GitHub commit history.
Product milestones
Launched beta to first 10 users in October. Closed 3 support tickets. Presented Q3 results to leadership in November.
Health & consistency
Ran first 10K. Maintained a 14-day meditation streak. 5K logged in September.
Personal
Showed up for people outside work. Called dad for his birthday. Small things that never make it into standups.
You did the work. We kept the receipts.
Free to start. Your record is yours.
Your day, captured
Shipped auth refactor to staging
Ran 5k before standup — new PR
Finished chapter 4 of DDIA
Called mom — actually talked
First verification coming