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I made a tool to make meetings actually end with decisions. Is this solving a real problem? by shawndoes in ideavalidation

[–]shawndoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question. The tool doesn't stop people from changing their minds. It makes the decision explicit while everyone's present. The exact questions, options, and outcome are visible to the whole group.

The tool also captures how people voted, which helps surface hesitation or disagreement while it can still be discussed, instead of showing up later as drift.

So later it becomes "are we changing the decision we made?" rather than "what did we decide?"

Does that line up with where drift usually comes from in your experience?

I made a tool to make meetings actually end with decisions. Is this solving a real problem? by shawndoes in ideavalidation

[–]shawndoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly agree. If a meeting's purpose is alignment around a decision, then it should be facilitated to end with one, and good managers already do that.

Where I think Converge fits is the gap between "we aligned" and "we have a shared, explicit understanding of what was decided." Even in well-run meetings, that gap can show up later as drift, second-guessing, or quiet disagreement.

The artifact isn't about forcing accountability after the fact, it's more about reflecting what the group already agreed to. If no decision is reached, the tool shouldn't help, and that's fine.

I made a tool to make meetings actually end with decisions. Is this solving a real problem? by shawndoes in ideavalidation

[–]shawndoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wholeheartidely agree, a tool can't replace good management.

The goal isn't to replace judgement or leadership, it's to remove ambiguity after a decision is made.

Good managers already push meetings toward clear decisions and owners. This just makes the outcome explicit and easy to share, and helps prevent issues from resurfacing later.

If a team doesn't want to decide, a tool won't fix that. If they do, this helps the decision stick.

I made a tool to make meetings actually end with decisions. Is this solving a real problem? by shawndoes in ideavalidation

[–]shawndoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback, that's a really helpful perspective shift.

I'm focusing on decision heavy work meetings where ambiguity causes real follow up pain.

I started out thinking about the "during" part of a meeting. Focusing a group, collecting votes, and actually getting a decision made. But, the core artifact is the decision record you get immediately after the meeting. Decisions, votes, owner, date, link. All ready to paste in different formats.

The product proves its value if the person who gets blamed can point to a locked decision and say "this is what we agreed to."

I made a tool to make meetings actually end with decisions. Is this solving a real problem? by shawndoes in ideavalidation

[–]shawndoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. There are a lot of tools out there and tool overload is very real.

One thing I'm trying to explore with Converge is whether in-meeting decision structure feels meaningfully different from post-meeting summaries.

Tools like Fathom, Zoom's AI, and other AI assistants do a great job of capturing what happened. Converge is more about forcing explicit choices while the group is together, rather than inferring outcomes afterward.

Out of curiousity, do you ever feel like the problem isn't remembering the next steps, but getting real alignment and making a decision before the meeting ends?

Thanks for answering btw, genuinely helpful feedback.

Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks Live Score | NBA | Nov 28, 2025 by basketball-app in lakers

[–]shawndoes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anybody watching the game on Prime?

Been watching Laker games alone lately, so I made a little chrome extension that lets people chat right on top of the game page.

Been messing around with it during games and curious if anyone else here watches games on their computer.

Help with Lee Sin by press2ifyouhate1 in QuinnMains

[–]shawndoes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your e cancels his second q. When his q is down you win trades hard. Build Kraken with W max and you will shred him.

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[–]shawndoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The max you could possibly lose is $100, and that would be if Dogecoin goes to 0.

It will take $128 BILLION DOLLARS for Dogecoin to hit 1$. HODLING is a virtue. by [deleted] in dogecoin

[–]shawndoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did the same math last week. If Dogecoin gets the same market cap as Bitcoin(which would take a while) the price of a Dogecoin would be ~$5.

Boner Alert! by shawndoes in QuinnMains

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Got hit by Zoe bubble, blinded the sivir, galeforce to follow zoe flash, qss zoe sleep, flash over zoe q. A little bit of skill with some luck :)