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Yesterday's Tasklist launch didn’t exactly surprise early users. Turns out they spotted the feature weeks ago. So this time, we built something unpredictable. Something no one could guess. Something no one wanted. (Except one guy. As a joke.) We shipped it anyway. Power users found it early (again). And...

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