Product blog
Product blog
Product updates, field guides, and field notes—each with links to docs and the hub where relevant. High-level milestones also appear on the changelog.
Topic
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
The email automation flows every small store needs
The core automated flows — welcome, abandoned cart, post-purchase, and win-back — what each one does, why it recovers revenue, and how to set them up without a big team.
- Welcome & abandoned-cart flows
- Post-purchase & win-back
- Set once, runs in the background
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
Designing a fair free tier: where the usage limits go
A practical guide to designing a free tier that works: why it is a product decision rather than a giveaway, what a free tier is actually for, the difference between crippling it to force upgrades and making it genuinely useful, where to place limits — by usage, feature, or scale — so they track the value rather than punish the user, and how to protect your costs without making the free tier feel like a hostage situation.
- A free tier is a product decision
- Useful alone, not crippled
- Limits should track value, not punish
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
From a podcast to clips and visualizers
A workflow for turning one recorded podcast episode into clips, audiograms, and captioned vertical videos.
- Audio → captions → visual
- Audiograms & clips
- Export every aspect ratio
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
Audit every tool, not just the broken one: the "all-tools" doctrine behind our refactors
Why a bug reported in one place is almost always a pattern that lives in several, and the discipline of fixing the pattern everywhere at once.
- One report, many instances
- Fix the pattern, not the example
- Prevents whack-a-mole regressions
Engineering
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
Keeping monthly overhead low while running a portfolio of apps
The infrastructure cost discipline behind running a multi-app portfolio solo, and why the architecture is what keeps it cheap.
- Lean software stack
- Client-side architecture = near-zero marginal cost
- New apps add little recurring spend
Operating model
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
How to make a Spotify Canvas video (free, in-browser)
A step-by-step guide to producing a vertical, looping Canvas video from your own track without any desktop software.
- Vertical Spotify Canvas preset
- Beat-synced and looping
- Client-side export, you own it
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
A release-day workflow: from track to platform-ready visualizer set
A creator playbook for turning a single track into a complete, platform-ready visualizer set in one sitting.
- One session, every aspect ratio
- Platform presets built in
- Consistent look across formats
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
JPG vs PNG: when to use which
The core difference between JPG and PNG, when each wins, why transparency is the dividing line, and a simple rule for choosing every time.
- Photos → JPG
- Graphics & transparency → PNG
- A simple decision rule
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
Perceived performance: skeletons, optimistic UI, and the feel of fast
Why perceived speed diverges from measured speed, the toolkit for closing the gap (instant acknowledgement, skeleton screens, optimistic UI, progressive and prioritised loading), when each technique helps and when it backfires, and the honesty line you must not cross when making slow things feel fast.
- Felt speed vs measured speed
- Skeletons & optimistic UI
- The honesty line
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
How big are in-browser AI models (and why size matters)
Why an on-device model is tens to hundreds of megabytes — and why that download is worth it.
- ~80 MB Fast, ~180 MB Best
- Downloads once, then cached
- Size is the price of privacy
NSS Background Remover