72 hours of research. One morning of building. That's how I prototyped a full operations CRM72 hours of research. One morning of building. That's how I prototyped a full operations CRM
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That's how I prototyped a full operations CRM for a customs brokerage last week. Everyone focuses on the speed at the end. Nobody talks about the three days of reverse engineering how the business actually works.
If you understand the work, the code writes itself. If you don't, you ship a prettier version of what already exists.
Then: 1 month, 1 template.
Now: 1 week, 15 templates.
Same designer, different workflow.
I wrote up how I built no-code.supply: fifteen website templates, each with its own brand, in HTML and React, and some in Framer too. Claude Code did most of the typing. I did the directing.
Working on Calyx, a dashboard for private medical practices. Honing my design workflow is what I have been doing those last weeks, with Claude assistance being absolutely ridiculous in helping me ship deliverables.
Built an n8n CRM automation system that captures leads, creates and updates CRM records, assigns tasks, sends team notifications, automates follow-ups and generates reports.