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The Biggest Productivity Killer in Startup Teams Isn't Coding
Building software isn't usually the hard part.
Losing context is.
In many startup teams:
• Frontend developers don't know what the backend is changing.
• Backend developers don't know what the frontend expects.
• New team members spend days trying to understand the project.
• Founders constantly ask for status updates.
While building Orion Helix, I've been exploring a different approach:
A shared workspace where every team member works inside the same project context, with AI that understands the architecture, database schema, tasks, and recent decisions before responding.
The goal isn't just better AI.
The goal is reducing communication overhead and helping teams move faster.
Still building and learning every day. 🚀
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I’m Yevhen, a full stack developer and founder of Hirnix.
I’m building Hirnix with a simple idea in mind: small businesses deserve clearer websites, better structure, and a digital presence that actually helps them grow.
Right now, Hirnix is moving toward a global audience, and that feels like the right next step for me. I want to keep helping small businesses present themselves more clearly, work more efficiently, and turn attention into real opportunities.
It’s a direction I care about a lot.
Simple. Practical. Useful.
If you want to talk, just message me.
Great vision, Yevhen! Helping small businesses grow with simple, clear tools is the way to go. Just don't let the startup life turn you into Jack from the meme too soon! 😂🚀
I've been steadily building a system to help me service my clients better and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
The biggest differentiator? It holds full context about who I am and what I do best. So when I open a terminal, find a project on Contra, and start outreach, the system already knows my voice, my work history, and what makes a good fit. I still make sure every proposal is on point before shipping, but the scaffolding is already there.
Beyond initial setup, I keep it lean: faster models for quick pulls (Haiku), smarter ones (Sonnet) for judgment calls. Built on top of Nate Herk's AIS-OS template and Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern, two frameworks that help LLMs hold context across sessions without losing the thread.
Today I asked Claude (and Gamma) to map out what we've built over about a week. See what it generated below.
Most of the connections to @Contra HQ and other tools run via MCP, basically live data pipes that let the system read my calendar, inbox, meetings, and revenue without me having to copy-paste anything.
This is the part I think is most underrated: two of the skills (/audit and /level-up) exist specifically to find gaps in the system and ship one improvement per week. It means you're building something that gets better the more you use it.
What do you think? What would you add to a setup like this?
Incredible
Amazing work!🙌
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