Changelog
The corrections that survived.
What changed in Sidekick Log, and why.
Find one consequential conversation.
The starting bet was that an inbox could contain plenty of information without making the important conversation easy to spot. The first goal was to pull that conversation out of the noise.
Early 2026
Keep the work in Gmail.
The product narrowed to a read-only Chrome extension. It would find a conversation worth reviewing, then send the user back to Gmail to act.
A missed reply was only one kind of miss.
Early tests surfaced old introductions, invitations and buying signals alongside forgotten replies. The question widened from “what do I owe?” to “what am I overlooking?”
Track the conversation between messages.
A thread could stay active without moving forward. The model expanded beyond reply/no-reply to track whose move it was, what changed and what was still waiting.
May 25–30, 2026
A useful signal still needs a reliable scan.
Large inboxes exposed storage pressure, interrupted scans and account-isolation problems. Recovery and privacy work became part of making the radar useful, alongside signal detection.
A reply does not close a commitment.
“Let me check and get back to you” is a reply, but the promise remains open. The question became whether a commitment or decision had progressed.
Now · v0.13.0
Test what deserves attention.
The current experiment asks whether Sidekick Log can repeatedly surface something consequential before the person notices it themselves. Forgotten obligations, latent opportunities and patterns across conversations are parts of that question; the broader thesis still needs proof.