How we automated stand-up meetings (and why you should too)

Stand-up meetings. Love 'em, hate 'em, they're on your calendar every week. 

If you've ever been in a stand-up meeting, it goes one of two ways. Either you mumble "no updates from me" and pray nobody asks questions... or you spend 20 minutes writing an update from scratch, trying to remember what the hell you actually accomplished. 

If you're a developer, product manager, or anyone doing daily or weekly stand-ups, you know exactly what I'm talking about. 

We’re gonna save you some time, and share one thing that took a long time to learn — this meeting is NOT just a status update. Your manager is listening. Your team is forming opinions about your work. And whether you realize it or not, your stand-up updates are massively shaping your career. 

Today, we’re going to show you how we automated the entire stand-up process with a single click, and why this has been one of the best moves I've made for my career.

The one-click solution

The breakthrough came when we started using our own product – Pieces. 

Instead of scrambling every morning to remember what we worked on, we would literally just ask: 

"What did I work on yesterday, and what's blocking me?"

What comes back isn't just a task list, it's the complete story of the work.

You get the full context: what research led to the current approach, what specific decisions were made and why, what blockers were identified, and how everything connects to the bigger project goals. 

The first time this happened, we literally sat there staring at the screen. This wasn't just tracking what we did; it was telling the story of the thinking process and why certain decisions were made.

How it actually works

The easiest part is to set it up: 

Step 1: Enable Long-Term Memory in Pieces.

Step 2: Work normally for a few days.

Step 3: Ask for your stand-up summary.

Or watch this demo and follow the lead:

Once you're done, just let Pieces observe your actual work patterns (that's literally how we built our OCR technology in the first place):

• Your Git commits and code changes

• Your project updates and deliverable changes 

• Browser research sessions and competitive analysis

• Design iterations and creative process documentation

• Meeting notes

• Slack conversations about project challenges and solutions

• And so much more. 

One piece of advice: don't perform for the AI. Let it see your real workflow, whether it’s the 3 PM coffee crash, the breakthrough at 11 PM, the moment you finally understood that obscure documentation, whatever is there – just let Pieces be your assistant. 

Tracking your progress over time 

Here's where things get really powerful. 

After a few weeks of letting Pieces capture your work, start asking different questions beyond just daily updates. 

The system learns your patterns well enough that you can unlock your entire work narrative and see the bigger picture: 

• Custom Date Ranges: "Show me everything from the last sprint" suddenly revealed patterns we'd missed entirely.

  
  

  

• Track your decision-making: "What choices did I make this month?" helped to see how problem-solving improved over time and gave concrete examples to share with the manager. 

• Understand your real impact: "Who am I working with?" showed how some of us were contributing to way more projects than I realized,  helping with code reviews, joining discussions, and solving problems for teammates.

  

• Spot what slows you down: "What keeps blocking me?" was eye-opening. Beyond the obvious stuff (meetings), we could see patterns like switching between projects too much and waiting on approvals that kept breaking the focus.

We went from someone who "gets tasks done" to someone who "solves problems strategically." 

When promotion time comes, you don’t just have a list of completed work; you have proof of growth, better thinking, and real impact on team success. Your work doesn't just get tracked; it becomes a story of professional growth that writes itself.

Make your performance reviews easy 

If you keep using Pieces to save your work memories for a month or two or three, something great happens when review time comes around. 

For us, that's twice a year, but bigger companies do it every quarter. Instead of spending weekends going through old projects, trying to remember what you actually did, you can just ask Pieces, "What were my biggest wins this quarter?"

You'll get the full picture – specific projects you finished, problems you fixed, teammates you helped, and real results you can point to.

Want to see what you've actually been working on? Ask Pieces for free.