Manifesto

Letter from the Founder.

I’ve spent most of my career working at agencies, immersed in the chaos of feedback loops. Whether it was spreadsheets with endless tabs, long-winded email threads, or convoluted Figma comments that never seemed to capture the right context, something about the process always felt wrong. I remember thinking, there has to be a better way. Yet, every tool I tried either overcomplicated things, charged outrageous fees, or just didn’t work the way I needed it to.

So, I decided to stop waiting for someone else to fix the problem. Commentblocks exists because I needed it. I wanted a tool that would bring feedback directly to the source—on the live website—where it makes the most sense. I wanted something so simple that clients wouldn’t feel intimidated, and so straightforward that teams could actually enjoy using it. That’s what Commentblocks is: a tool born from frustration and built to solve my own problem.

Launching this product is personal for me. For years, I’ve dreamed about creating a SaaS product but always held back, wondering if it was the right idea or the right time. Commentblocks is my first step into the unknown—a simple tool that scratches my own itch. And honestly, even if I’m the only one who uses it, it’s a success. It’s shown me what’s possible when you put your head down and build something that matters to you.

But this is just the beginning. Commentblocks is more than a tool—it’s the start of a journey. I don’t have all the answers yet, and I don’t know exactly what the future looks like. What I do know is that I want to keep creating. I want to find problems that bother me, solve them in meaningful ways, and share those solutions with others who feel the same frustrations.

The Road Ahead
The roadmap isn’t carved in stone, but here are a few things I’m thinking about:

• Collaboration tools for small teams: Tools that eliminate unnecessary complexity and let people focus on what they do best.
• Streamlined client onboarding: Making the process of onboarding new clients faster and more intuitive.
• Simple project management: A lightweight, no-fuss alternative to bloated tools that overwhelm more than they help.

These ideas might evolve—or even be scrapped altogether—but the point is to keep creating. To keep solving problems that matter.

Commentblocks is the first chapter in this story, but it’s not the whole book. I’m building this for people like me, who value simplicity, clarity, and tools that just work. Thank you for joining me on this journey. I don’t know exactly where it will take us, but I promise to keep building, exploring, and sharing as I figure it out.

Here’s to creating.

Warmly,
Julian
Founder, Commentblocks

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