Unlike Campfire, where we shared a zero-history copy of the codebase, Fizzy's public codebase has the entire life of the product development

kept by eddie dec 02, 25

37signals released Fizzy's full product development history publicly with 1,792 pull requests, contrasting with Campfire's zero-history codebase.

37signals Isn't Smarter Than You, But They Are Different
37signals achieves clean code by keeping teams small, cutting scope, and hiring top engineers, a strategy most companies cannot adopt due to feature-driven revenue models.
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Vanilla CSS is all you need
37signals builds complex web apps with vanilla CSS, no build tools, proving modern CSS features are sufficient for production.
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37signals shares emerging patterns from internal sessions on building software agents, noting some patterns stabilize while others fade quickly.
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$5300 in $100s: The verdict
Jason Fried reports a $100 refundable‑ticket event drew 55 sign‑ups, 50 attendees (90% show‑rate), doubling the prior free event’s attendance and yielding $500 for donation.
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