At Attendly, we’re not racing to ship features—we’re racing to understand what actually matters.
As CEO, I’m spending time with our clients doing something that might seem counterintuitive in the age of “move fast and break things”: we’re slowing down to ask more questions. AI isn’t helping us code faster; it’s helping us prototype faster, test ideas quicker, and dive deeper into the real workflows that make or break an afterschool program.
Building What You Actually Need
This year, we’re committed to building exactly what schools, teachers, and afterschool programs need—not what we think they need. The difference? Rapid prototyping with real users.
We’re working directly with administrators and teachers to:
- Prototype new features in days, not months
- Test workflows in real program environments
- Iterate based on actual usage, not assumptions
- Cover more ground without sacrificing depth
AI as a Question Multiplier
AI isn’t replacing human insight—it’s amplifying it. We can now:
- Explore 10 different approaches to a problem in the time it used to take to explore one
- Get feedback on prototypes before writing production code
- Understand edge cases we’d never have discovered
- Build tools that fit into existing workflows instead of forcing new ones
The Real Impact
This approach means when we ship something, it works. Not just technically—it works for the people using it every day. It solves real problems in real programs.
We’re not just building software. We’re partnering with educators to step into the next version of afterschool education. One prototype, one conversation, one real problem at a time.
Want to help shape what we build next? Let’s talk.
