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Last month’s Creative Mornings at the Mercantile Library was so refreshing. Thank you to Creative Mornings Cincinnati for organizing and Kristen Brademeyer for grounding the start of our day with a children’s book and sharing your growth path to Keep Cincinnati Beautiful.

One of the upsides about it getting darker earlier on these cold fall days is getting to see this interactive installation beating in action outside of our office. This was already a great piece, but seeing it as it was designed to be seen is clearly a superior user experience ❤️

Launch Scout turned sweet 16 this month!  Cheers to the founders, the teamwork, and the Busken Halloween cookies fueling us today. 🎃

We rethought how we start new projects: shorter discovery, tighter collaboration, and visible progress from week one. Here’s what it looks like in practice →

StartupCincy Week is officially underway! 🎉 We can’t wait to see what ideas, connections, and caffeine-fueled conversations this week brings. If you see Tim, make sure to say hey and share what you’ve been building!

Boo!  Sorry, we didn't mean to scare you. Today marks the annual tradition that long-time friend of Launch Scout Lauren Woodrick started many years ago. This dancing pumpkin person means the official kick off of spooky season.

Elixir Meetup = success! Thanks to everyone who joined us (online + in person), and shoutout to Brian Meeker for sharing his wisdom on testing. Janky tests, be gone! Bonus points for the adorable non-developer who joined us 🐾 .

Two days of storymapping magic!  Nothing beats in-person sessions for really diving into ideas… with a little help from our Chief Happiness Officer, naturally.

We're catching up with Chris Nelson after returning from this year's Elixir Conf, hearing about the keynotes from Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and the other fantastic speakers in this year's lineup. We love the selfies Chris snags along the way. Hello friends! Justin Searls, Josh Wood, and Jason Stiebs

ElixirConf: We're ready for you! Join @superchris.launchscout.com this week on Thursday, August 28 for his talk "Extending Elixir with WebAssembly Components." We're looking forward to a great week with awesome people. https://elixirconf.com/talks/extending-elixir-with-webassembly-components/

Our output may be pixels and code, but our process is grounded in real space. A little tidying/coffee/prep before a client meeting day goes a long way. Our espresso machine is always ready for you ☕ (Unofficial barista is on rotation. Hope for Chris or Tim.)

We’re proud to have partnered with our client to deliver a high-performing MVP with zero bugs. Check out some of the work we’ve been doing: https://launchscout.com/our-work

This artwork went up recently in the alley alongside our office. College Hill CURC is doing a great job of bringing art to the exterior of buildings and businesses in the area. We are thankful to be able to enjoy them! Check out their projects here: https://chcurc.com/current-projects/

It's Cincy Ruby Brigade's turn for a summer break ☀️ Check back in August for the next Ruby Brigade Meetup!

Real users. Real feedback. Real results. See how we turned a clickable prototype into insights that made our product truly work for real people—and why user testing matters for building products clients (and users) love. https://launchscout.com/blog/the-process-of-getting-real-user-feedback

Stuck on a tricky tech problem? You’re not alone. Trevon from SafeWave was too — until we worked together to tackle it. Appreciate the kind words, Trevon!

Curious - what’s been your biggest tech headache so far this year? A) Streamlining workflows B) Engaging customers better C) Scaling up for growth Drop your vote or share more in the comments!

Cinci JS is taking a summer vacation this week ☀️ Check back in August for the next Cincinnati JavaScript Meetup!

When you're weighing the pros and cons of tool options and one person says, "You know what, let's just try to spin it up really quick and see how far we get."

Thank you to all who weathered the [literal] storm last week for @superchris.launchscout.com talk about helping teams adopt AI. What we liked best was that it felt like a true meetup. It ended with everyone sitting down, chairs turned toward the center, honestly sharing and listening to each other.

Tomorrow evening @superchris.launchscout.com will share his experience helping real software development teams effectively adopt AI on real projects. Listen and chat over some pizza at Alloy Development Co starting at 5:30PM! Register (it's free) here:

Class reunion meets blind date: New friends, old friends, and a whole lot of good conversation. The team had a great time at last night’s Cincinnati Web/Tech Drink Up at Brewdog!

@superchris.launchscout.com will be sharing practical insights on how we're collaborating with tech teams in his in-person talk, "Beyond Vibe Coding: Lessons from helping teams effectively adopt AI," at 5:30 PM on June 18 at Alloy. Register at

It’s Friday (finally!!), and around here, that means coffee—at least for some of us (we didn't know when we hired them, jk). We all have our go-to orders, and we thought it’d be fun to share a few. How do you take yours? Let us know in the comments!

Episode 3 of The Practical Product Designer is live! Watch as Kati Best creates a project from scratch, adds data points, and links users—all in under 15 minutes. Check it out here: https://launchscout.com/blog/practical-product-designer-ep3

We had a great time at Product Camp Cincinnati this weekend, listening to great talks and meeting new people. Thank you to Carlos Martin and the #ProductCampCincy2025 team for putting this event together!

We are getting excited for ProductCamp Cincinnati this Saturday. Pumped to sponsor this idea inspired unconference and thrilled to be in person. We are bringing a throwback "from the vault" for your enjoyment 😂 Find us there!

Join us this Thursday, May 15, at 12 PM for the Cincinnati Ruby Brigade meetup.  More info at https://cincyrb.com/

Join us May 14th at noon for the Cinci JS meetup. Chris Nelson will be doing an encore performance of his Stir Trek talk. Let us know if you'd like to join in person at the Launch Scout office! meetup.com/cincinnati-javascript-user-group/events/303912536/ #CincyJS #JavaScript #DevCommunity

It has been fun to watch this paint can heart installation come to life outside of our office in College Hill. (Especially looking forward to seeing it light up at night!)

Clean code, strong teams, and fewer fires—our dev starter pack. Books that shape how we build (and think): Test Driven Development: By Example –Beck Extreme Programming Explained –Beck & Andres Growing Object-Oriented Software –Freeman & Pryce Thoughtful code isn’t an accident.

Clean code, strong teams, and fewer fires—our dev starter pack. Books that shape how we build (and think): Test Driven Development: By Example –Beck Extreme Programming Explained –Beck & Andres Growing Object-Oriented Software –Freeman & Pryce Thoughtful code isn’t an accident.

We asked the team what they thought a theme song would be for Launch Scout. Day 1 of DJ Launch Scout (should we make that a thing?) we are listening to "The Underdog" by Spoon / youtube.com/watch?v=p50JG49loH8 What is your team's theme song?

Episode 2 of The Practical Product Designer is up! Watch as Kati builds a dashboard, updates it with new seed data (hello chaos 😅), and adds an event feature. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/U1AC0xRRNuM

For those who will celebrate this weekend: May the 4th be with you!  Love our Chief Happiness Officer, Rocket Dog

Curious about how AI stacks up against traditional story mapping? Check out our latest blog post where we dive into the results of using ChatGPT and Deepseek alongside our story mapping process.

April Ruby Brigade Recap! Join Bill Barnett as he dives into the Chat interface of a parcel app. He discusses workflows, RAGs, MCP servers, and LLM integrations. Catch up on the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/87Xl_CXbOwc

🚀 Kicking off The Practical Product Designer series! Watch Kati Best dive into using Cursor to manage data and create seed data for a project management app in under 15 mins!  Check it out: https://launchscout.com/blog/practical-product-designer-ep1

@superchris.launchscout.com is at it again! He will be presenting "WebAssembly Beyond the Browser: A Better Way to Build Extensible Software" at Stir Trek in Columbus, Ohio. on See you May 2 at 1PM. Register here: https://stirtrek.com/

We've been using Cursor on real projects—here’s what helped, what didn’t, and what surprised us. A quick convo with Katie & Chris on bringing AI into the dev process:

At Launch Scout, we don’t just build products—we build relationships. Our go-to starter pack for thoughtful collaboration: ✨ User Story Mapping – Jeff Patton ✨ Getting Naked – Patrick Lencioni ✨ Crucial Conversations – Patterson Great work starts with great convos.

Haley Moore dug up her blog post about our favorite local coffee shops. We frequent Luminary by La Terza, and College Hill wasn't on the list. Who is missing? Don't worry, the office espresso machine still flexes. https://launchscout.com/blog/For-the-Love-of-All-Things-Cincinnati-Coffee

We helped Parker Dewey redesign their employer experience—making Micro-Internships easier to launch, repeat, and measure. Less time drafting, more time hiring great candidates. Read the full case study : https://launchscout.com/our-work/parker-dewey

Join us this Thursday, April 17 at 12 PM for the @cincyrb.com  meetup! This month, Bill Barnett will expand on last month's session by adding a workflow class that simplifies the addition of AI agents, all accessible via a new chat controller. https://cincyrb.com/

Doug and Haley sat down for some coffee talk in front of the mic, this time about building a Discord bot. They discussed dungeons, dragons, and Pythonx (oh my!).

Join us on April 9th at 12:00 PM for the Cinci JS meetup! 🎉 Connect with local developers, discuss JavaScript, and code together. Fewer slides, more coding! 🚀 💬 Follow the Discord Server for event information: https://discord.gg/8enKaa6egs #CincyJS #JavaScript #DevCommunity

Wasmex is a library that lets us host WebAssembly Components in Elixir so we can benefit from all the OTP goodies to build bullet proof WASM. Listen in on @superchris.launchscout.com talking more about it from the WASM I/O 2025 conference: https://youtu.be/F-VyDJKWG_k?feature=shared

How do take notes? You'll usually find Haley Moore with a large sketchbook during meetings. "When I write by hand, I need extra margins to note questions, risks, quick wire framing, and maybe a doodle or two. They are never straight." Evidence from Tim Mecklem's talk on building AI-ready solutions.

@superchris is back from Wasm I/O in Barcelona, Spain! It was a fantastic experience, and while it was a conference trip, there was still time to take in the sights. We hope attendees enjoyed "Supervising your WebAssembly Components with Wasmex" while they were there.

@superchris.launchscout.com  is back from Wasm I/O in Barcelona, Spain! It was a fantastic experience, and while it was a conference trip, there was still time to take in the sights. We hope attendees enjoyed "Supervising your WebAssembly Components with Wasmex" while they were there.