webcam-mic-test
Webcam and Mic Test Online — Free, No Signup, No Install (2026)
The fastest, no-friction way to test your webcam and mic before a call — browser-native, free, nothing uploaded, nothing installed.
JOURNAL
Words on recording well.
Tips, tutorials, and thoughts on making videos people actually watch.
webcam-mic-test
Webcam Not Working in Chrome? Here Are the 6 Actual Fixes (2026)
Chrome webcam access fails for six distinct reasons — here they are ranked fastest-fix-first, with separate steps for Mac, Windows, and ChromeOS.
screen-recording
The Slack Screen Recorder Stack: Record, Share, and Unfurl Without a Meeting
The difference between metadata unfurls and Loom-style inline-player unfurls in Slack, and which screen recorders actually deliver each one.
comparison
Clipy vs Cap.so: An Honest Comparison Between Two Indie Screen Recorders
Two indie Loom alternatives compared: Cap.so wins on open source and native desktop, Clipy wins on browser-first recording and zero-install sharing.
screen-recording
Screen Recorder With No Watermark (And What 'No Watermark' Actually Means in 2026)
A taxonomy of the five kinds of watermark — visible logo, end-card, audio bumper, viewer-page branding, metadata branding — and which tools use each.
screen-recording
Screen Recorder With No Signup — Record, Get a Link, Move On
Recorder-side and viewer-side signup are two separate problems — here is the matrix of which free tools fail each test, and why viewer-side is fatal.
screen-recording
Free Screen Recorder Online — No Download, No Watermark, No Signup
Most browser-based screen recorders break at least one of: no watermark, no time cap, no signup wall, no library cap. Here is the honest scorecard.
no-signup
8 Best Loom Alternatives That Don’t Require an Account (2026)
Eight Loom alternatives ranked by whether you can record without an account AND your viewers can watch without one — most tools fail one half.
screen-recording
Best Free Screen Recorder With No Watermark (2026): Honest Comparison
We tested every popular free screen recorder for hidden watermarks across video, end-card, audio, share page, and viewer UI. Here's what's actually clean in 2026.
async-standup
Async Standup: Replacing the Daily Standup With a 2-Minute Video
A 30-day pilot for replacing daily standup with a 2-minute async video — the format, what it preserves, what it loses, and how to mitigate.
slack-video
How to Share a Screen Recording on Slack (The Right Way in 2026)
Uploading MP4s to Slack burns free-plan history and blocks your client — paste a hosted recorder link instead, and let Slack render the preview card.
bug-reports
The 30-Second Bug Report: How Engineering Teams Save Hours With Screen Recording
A four-line script for filing reproducible bug reports as 30-second screen recordings — setup, repro, expected, actual — plus a ticket template.