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Guides and notes on changelogs, release notes, and shipping product updates people actually read.
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Why We Built Buoylog's GitHub App With Read-Only Access
The difference between a GitHub App and classic OAuth, why most changelog tools end up asking for more than they need, and what we did instead.
Aug 27 · 5 min read
Guide
What Is a Changelog? A Practical Guide for Small SaaS Teams
What a changelog is, why it's worth the ten minutes it takes, and the smallest version that's still worth publishing.
Aug 27 · 7 min read
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How Buoylog Turns Merged GitHub PRs into Release Notes
A walkthrough of what actually happens between merging a PR and a published changelog entry — the categorization, the rewrite, and the review step in between.
Aug 27 · 6 min read
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Aug 27 · 5 min read
Keeping Security Fixes and Internal Notes Out of Your Public Changelog
Not everything you track needs to ship to end users. A practical look at when to mark an entry internal-only, and when it should just stay public.
Guide
Aug 27 · 6 min read
In-App Widgets vs. Email Digests: Reaching Users Where They Are
Two channels for the same announcement, and why the right answer is usually both — not one or the other.