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Chronicle Weekly
hello@chronicle.email · Friday, Feb 21, 2026
This week’s interview
Ryan Matsuda
Codeblock · $4,800 MRR · 6 months
Ryan had been a staff engineer for seven years when he started building Codeblock on Saturday mornings. He never told his manager. He launched on a Tuesday during his lunch break and got his first paying customer before his afternoon standup...
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