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Building for One

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We spent a month building a custom feature for one customer.

After she used it for the first time, she messaged us:

“Dang I need a badge and a glass of wine to celebrate.” 🍷

There’s nothing better than building something people genuinely enjoy using.

Thank you, Alyson!

Building for One: Re: Welcome to Receipt-Al, alyson<br> I think I'm starting to get it Queenie!!!! I've been able to reconcile 2 of the million visa bills for April! | have 2 green checkmarks. Dang I need a badge and a glass of wine to

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