Archive - Hexact's Newsletter

Point Second Brain at Your Documents Folder and Let It Run + Interactive Tour

The hard part of Second Brain was never the queries. It was the hour before them.

Aug 4 • Stepan Aslanyan

July 2026

Second Brain Update: Bigger Imports, Faster Pages, and the Cowork Question I Keep Getting

New build is live. Changelog is at the bottom. First, the question I keep getting about Claude Cowork: if Claude can already work through my files, why…

Jul 31 • Stepan Aslanyan

Your Second Brain Remembers Everything and Knows Nothing

You spent months building a second brain.

Jul 21 • Stepan Aslanyan

Your Lead List Was Dead the Day You Downloaded It

Anyone can scrape Google Maps now. The money is in what happens after the export, and almost nobody does it.

Jul 14 • Stepan Aslanyan

You Can Hand AI a Whole Project. It Still Decides Which Parts to Actually Read.

I did everything the right way.

Jul 7 • Stepan Aslanyan

June 2026

Web Scraping for Competitor Research and Market Intelligence: The Complete Playbook

The research use cases that move revenue, and the two approaches that cover every one of them.

Jun 29 • Stepan Aslanyan

The Only AI Edge Left Is the One You Already Own

Two years ago, knowing how to build a financial model or read a market was a skill that set you apart.

Jun 24 • Stepan Aslanyan

What's New in Second Brain: Smarter Imports, Batch Uploads, and a Cleaner Experience

If you’ve been building out your knowledge base in Second Brain, this update makes the import process faster and more organized.

Jun 16 • Stepan Aslanyan

Second Brain Update: Centralized Customer Record, Every Channel, Accessible From Anywhere

This update covers a lot of ground.

Jun 9 • Stepan Aslanyan

We Built a Language Learning Tracker Into Second Brain. Here's Why.

Second Brain now has a Learn section.

Jun 6 • Stepan Aslanyan

May 2026

What's new in Second Brain: expanded email archives, custom datasets, and fixes

We shipped a new version this week. Here is what changed.

May 31 • Stepan Aslanyan

Everything Second Brain Can Do Right Now

We just shipped a new version.

May 26 • Stepan Aslanyan

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