<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Less Miserable Tech Field Notes</title><description>Practical field notes and conversations about making business technology less painful for real people.</description><link>https://lessmiserabletech.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Event Plugin Had a Thousand Features. She Needed Six.</title><link>https://lessmiserabletech.com/field-notes/event-plugin-had-a-thousand-features/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lessmiserabletech.com/field-notes/event-plugin-had-a-thousand-features/</guid><description>She didn’t need more features. She needed the common path to stop fighting her.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>small-business</category><category>practical-fixes</category></item><item><title>The Goal Is Not to Build My Cockpit</title><link>https://lessmiserabletech.com/field-notes/goal-is-not-to-build-my-cockpit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lessmiserabletech.com/field-notes/goal-is-not-to-build-my-cockpit/</guid><description>My weird personal system is not a template. It’s evidence that tools should fit the person doing the work.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>human-first</category><category>workflow-design</category></item><item><title>Sometimes the First Problem Is Figuring Out What the Problem Is</title><link>https://lessmiserabletech.com/field-notes/problem-before-the-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lessmiserabletech.com/field-notes/problem-before-the-problem/</guid><description>Before you pick the tool, name the thing that keeps making the work harder than it needs to be.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>workflow-design</category><category>small-business</category></item></channel></rss>