Alec Harrison
Software Engineer, Speaker, and Tech Community Builder
Latest Blog Post
I Left HubSpot Over One Feature and Built My Own CRM
November 3, 2026
HubSpot started charging $7 a month per seat to email a file after a form submission. That's not much money, but I'd rather build the CRM with my $20 Claude subscription than justify the ROI of another one. Here's what I built, what was harder than it looks, and who should not copy me.
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Inside Microsoft’s Secret to Scaling New Ideas W/ Taylor Black
December 17, 2025
What does it really take to turn bold ideas into real impact...
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