Blog
Engineering insights, product updates, and stories from the Blue team.

Introducing Instant Queries
Big Blue workspaces now open in the blink of an eye. Included with Pro.

How We Ship Every Day
Three engineers. No staging environment. 946 commits to production in 30 days. How we made shipping safe enough to do constantly.

The Business Model Is the Product
A software company's business model shapes what it builds. Here's ours, rebuilt.

We Rewrote Our Legal Foundation
24TB of pirated content, 19,000 customers, and a V2 coming. Why we rewrote Blue's legal foundation.

How We Replaced Our Search Engine With a Cache
We killed MeiliSearch and moved search entirely to the browser. It's faster, simpler, and free.

How We Handle Database Backups
A three-tier backup system, automatic failover, and the split-brain problem — all managed by three engineers.

Why We Left the Cloud
How a 3-person team migrated to dedicated servers.

Building Our Own Frontend Cache
Designing a high performance three-tier caching system for Blue.

From Projects to Processes
90% of our customers weren't using Blue for projects. That changed everything.

Blue Live: Finance & B2B SaaS Strategy
Financial sustainability, SaaS economics, and advice for founders.

Blue Live: Product, Strategy & Vision
Discussing product, strategy, and the future of Blue with LoudEgg.

Hello World
Why we built Blue, and what we're setting out to do.