Why we don't show streaks
Streaks punish you for one bad day. We don't believe in punishing people for being human.
The Ensaria blog
Notes on freelancing, time, money, and the calm internet.
Reference-class forecasting for freelancers
How to estimate without lying to yourself. A primer on the technique that powers our Reality Engine.
The case against AI productivity coaches
Deterministic tools beat probabilistic ones when the user already has the context. Here's when AI helps and when it doesn't.
What an effective rate actually is
Every freelancer has a number they tell people. That number is almost never their effective rate. Here's how to find yours.
Implementation intentions: the most under-applied finding in productivity
Gollwitzer 1999. 25 years on, still under-applied. Why first actions matter and how Ensaria uses them.
Calm by default — what we mean by it
Calm isn't the absence of features. It's the absence of demands on your attention. Here's our checklist.