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Notes from the Clustra team.

Field notes from the Clustra team on shipping, workspace design, engineering process, and the tools that make teams work.

Jun 29, 2026 · 8 min read

Docs that stay alive: writing specs your team actually reads

Most engineering specs are dead the day they ship. Here is how we write specs at Clustra so they stay useful three months later — and why "living docs" is a wiring problem, not a writing problem.

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Jun 22, 2026 · 7 min read

How to run a sprint retrospective that actually changes something

Most retros produce a list of complaints nobody acts on. Here is the format we use at Clustra to turn every retro into two concrete process changes the following week.

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Jun 15, 2026 · 6 min read

Async standups: a template that actually saved us hours a week

Daily standups eat 30 minutes and produce 3 useful data points. Here’s the async standup template we use at Clustra, why it works, and how to run it in Plan and Chat.

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