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Notes on remembering people, following up well, and what AI should and shouldn't do with your relationships.
How to remember every detail about the people you meet
The people who seem to remember everything don't have better memories. They have a system for the five minutes after a conversation. Here is what that system looks like.
26 August 2026 · 5 min read
A follow-up system for people who hate follow-up systems
Most follow-up advice assumes you enjoy admin. You don't. Here is the smallest set of habits that keeps relationships warm without turning your network into a spreadsheet chore.
26 August 2026 · 5 min read
Do you actually need a personal CRM?
Probably not, if a personal CRM means a database you have to feed. What you need is to walk into the room prepared. Those are different problems, and the second one is the one worth solving.
26 August 2026 · 6 min read
The best personal CRM apps in 2026, honestly compared
Dex, Mesh (formerly Clay), folk, Covve, Monica, a spreadsheet, and yes, bondai. We make one of these, we say so up front, and we tell you who each one actually suits.
27 August 2026 · 8 min read
bondai vs the personal CRMs: what an agent changes
Personal CRMs are databases you feed. bondai is an agent you talk to. Here is the honest side-by-side against Dex, Mesh, folk, Covve and Monica, including where they beat us.
27 August 2026 · 7 min read
What an AI agent should never do with your relationships
AI can carry what matters about the people you know and hand it to you at the right moment. It should never speak as you. Where we drew the line, and why it is the whole product.
26 August 2026 · 4 min read