The feature we recoded 16 times before making it a product

The activity log: the feature we've been recoding in every SaaS since 2020 Between 2020 and early 2026, we shipped 16 projects. SaaS and mobile apps combined. Some for us, some for our clients. Different verticals, different stacks, different sizes. One thing comes up every single time. After a few months in production, it's always the same need: we want to know who did what, and when. And we want to be notified on certain key actions. Typically on our own SaaS: successful payments, failed payme