We’re a team of developers based in Lisbon who’ve spent years searching for the perfect workflow—one that keeps distractions at bay during meetings and makes information easy to find. We’ve tried countless tools to manage priorities, take notes, and stay organized, but nothing quite met our needs. So, we built our own.

The Struggle of Staying Focused

Being a software developer is one of the most mentally demanding jobs in the world. Every day, we juggle complex tasks, unexpected meetings, and shifting priorities—all while trying to stay productive.

Like many developers, we needed a reliable way to take notes throughout the day. But traditional digital tools didn’t work for us.

Apps like Notion and Obsidian are great for long-term knowledge management, but they can be a distraction during meetings. One shortcut, and suddenly you’re checking Slack or reading an email instead of capturing key decisions. Without a strict workflow, notes quickly turn into a scattered mess—spread across multiple files that require more effort to organize than to use.

That’s why we turned to pen and paper. Writing by hand helps us stay engaged, present, and distraction-free. But regular notebooks have their own flaws.

The Problem with Regular Notebooks

A developer’s day is unpredictable:
1. You start the day with a blank page for your TODOs.
2. You take notes while working on a complex task.
3. An urgent bug pulls you into a meeting—you switch to a new page for meeting notes.
4. You return to your previous task, but when you fill up your page, the next one is unrelated bug meeting notes.
5. Days later, you need those meeting notes but have no quick way to find them.

Over time, our notebooks became a maze of disconnected thoughts—scattered across pages with no way to link them.

So We Built The Original Developer Notebook

We knew there had to be a better way. That’s why we created The Original Developer Notebook, designed specifically for software engineers.

With this notebook, you can:
✅ Link your notes so you never lose context.
✅ Separate sections for tasks, meetings, and daily activities.
✅ Use free-content pages while keeping everything connected.
✅ Find notes instantly with numbered pages and an index.

No more flipping through pages endlessly. No more tangled notes. Just a structured, developer-friendly way to capture and retrieve your thoughts.

Built for Developers Who Need to Focus

If you’ve ever struggled with staying organized, The Original Developer Notebook will transform the way you work. It combines the clarity of a digital system with the focus of a paper notebook—without the distractions.

🚀 Ready to take control of your workflow?