Superthread 2021 Wrapped

2021 was a milestone year for us at Superthread — the year we went from building quietly in the background to launching publicly for the first time. It was the year of first changelogs, first customers, first feedback loops, and a whole lot of firsts we’re incredibly proud of.

📅 July: Our first public changelog

While we were building long before July, that’s when we flipped the switch and started shipping in public. Our very first public changelog update went live that month — and it kicked off a rhythm we’ve stuck to ever since: weekly changelogs.

From July through the end of December, we published 21 updates, and they weren’t just cosmetic tweaks. Over that time, we:

• Squashed 68 bugs

• Delivered 34 improvements

• Shipped 43 brand new features

That’s an average of 2 new features per week — not bad for year of still trying to figure things out.

🚀 Stuff we shipped (that we’re proud of)

Here are some of the biggest features we shipped in our first half-year of being public:

• Inline comments — so you can leave feedback right in the doc.

• Mentions + notifications — @yourself into accountability.

• Markdown support — for the plain text purists.

• Favorites — star what matters, ignore the rest.

• File uploads — drag, drop, done.

• Board redesign — new look, less chaos.

• Tags — organize your mess like a pro.

• Drag-and-drop everything — yes, finally.

• Public pages — share docs outside your team.

• Universal search (Cmd+K) — find it before you forget it exists.

• A new website — because the old one… let’s not talk about it.

⚡Performance-first, always

Every decision we made in 2021 came through a single lens: keeping every interaction under 50ms. Whether you were opening a board, dragging a card, or tagging a teammate, we wanted it to feel instant — because speed is a feature.

🌍 The team behind it

We also grew — fast. By the end of 2021, we were a 10-person remote team, spread across 4 countries, and somehow still mostly on the same page. Using our own tool, Superthread, to co-ordinate everything

Together, we completed 624 cards — some small, some massive, all meaningful.

🧱 Our foundation year

2021 was our foundation year. The first time we showed the world what we were building. The first time we got feedback from real users. The first time we felt the rhythm of shipping every single week.

There’s still a ton more to do — but this was the year Superthread became real.

If you were part of the early journey — using the product, sending feedback, filing bugs, cheering us on — thank you. We’re building this with you, not just for you.

Here’s to even more shipping (and fewer bugs) in 2022.