Why good defaults beat good settings
A settings screen is a bill for work the software could have done itself. We would rather ship something that runs on the first day and let you adjust what actually matters to you.
The cost of asking first
Every question a tool asks before it will run is a decision someone has to make without context. On day one nobody knows which options matter, so the answers are guesses.
Those guesses then harden. Nobody revisits a setting they do not remember choosing, and the guess quietly becomes how the team works.
What a default has to earn
A default is not a shortcut around a decision — it is the decision, made once, carefully, by the people who have seen the most cases. That is a higher bar than a settings screen, not a lower one.
So the test we use is simple: if the default is wrong for most teams, it is not a default, it is a preference with a hopeful name.
Adjusting later, on purpose
Settings still exist. The difference is when you meet them: after you have used the thing and know what you want changed, rather than before you have seen it work.
Every setting says in plain language what it affects, so changing one is a decision you can make in the moment rather than a research project.
See it with your own work
Start a free trial and try this on something real. No card needed.
Start free trial