Work log

Julius Behr · April to September 2026
19 apps live9,664 accounts installed an app since May, 94% of voters said Useful
3,886 mockupstagged with a new taxonomy; Mockups on Dashboard shipped Aug 19
$1,500 → <$50yearly cost of the help center, rebuilt on our own stack
312 subscriptionsfrom the Printify campaign page, plus the joint Monotype launch

33 work items across 8 projects, 23 shipped.

Work items by status:Shipped 23 live or deliveredReady 3 built, waiting on an approval or a reviewIn progress 3 being builtScoping 4 being shaped or waiting on a go

Apps

Owned the apps program from strategy to launch: 19 apps live and 8 more waiting on platform approval, 9,664 accounts installed an app since May, one analytics setup for every app, and the ways users find apps in the editor.
9,664accounts installed an app
94%of 1,190 voters said Useful
27apps built or rebuilt
Effort: 246 PRs merged, 217 review comments from people

Partnerships

Closed the Printify co-marketing deal and ran the joint Monotype launch, plus the partner pipeline behind them.
312subscriptions from the Printify page
241subscriptions with a Printify code
Aug 5Monotype joint launch

Mockups

Rebuilt mockups around a new taxonomy: all 3,886 mockups tagged, a new dashboard experience shipped Aug 19, custom mockups from your own photos, and public mockup pages for acquisition next.
3,886mockups tagged
784Custom Mockups users
86review comments
Effort: 14 PRs merged, 86 review comments from people

Help center

Replaced the planned help center subscription with our own build, cutting the cost from about $1,500 to under $50 a year, and moved everything off Prismic (the old website CMS) without breaking a link.
$1,500 → <$50cost per year
89articles
146 of 146internal links resolve
Effort: 41 PRs merged, 45 review comments from people

Editor

Fixed the crash that kept the new Elements panel (the editor's left panel for graphics) switched off for about six weeks, plus shortcuts, search and the Uploads on Dashboard project.
+24.6%search to use, Elements panel A/B
6 weeksthe panel had been off
Effort: 2 PRs merged, 14 review comments from people

AI adoption

Helped six developers and other teams adopt AI tools through one-on-one sessions, shared skills and a company walkthrough, and wrote the plans for AI Day and a pilot.
6developers onboarded one-on-one
3.7xCodex usage after the April hackathon

Analysis

Data analysis for marketing and leadership: two Google Ads reviews, a BigQuery review, an acquisition audit and the growth model update.
5analyses delivered

Team

Demo days for the company and hiring for the apps team.
2demo days