Chris Jackman

Chris Jackman

Classroom-born PM @ GradeFlow automating

About

From Classroom to Code 📝 Spent 10+ years teaching—living every educator's nightmare: Sunday grading marathons, spreadsheet battles, rubric recreation at midnight. Breaking point: 11 PM, 47 essays left, wondering "there has to be a better way." The problem: EdTech tools built by people who never experienced the "Sunday sacrifice." They didn't understand assessment is conversation, not calculation. The solution: GradeFlow—born in classrooms, not boardrooms. Built by teachers who survived the red pen trenches. My mission: Transform "Sunday grading panic" into "Grade less, teach more." Help educators reclaim weekends while providing better feedback. Ready to retire your red pen? 🚀

Work

Education Software Systems

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Forums

Faseeh Yasin

1mo ago

What’s your mental framework for deciding the first step in a new project?

I ve been thinking a lot about how chaotic the first phase of any project is especially for early-stage founders.

You get the idea, you get excited and then you freeze.

  • Do you validate?

  • Do you sketch out a landing page?

  • Do you research competitors?

  • Or just build something to get feedback?

Personally, I ve been experimenting with different ways to make that early direction clearer I ve journaled, built mini systems, even started working on a validation tool with a few people to help test ideas faster.

Pocket is shutting down. Best read-it-later alternatives?

Mozilla recently announced that they're shutting down Pocket. I used to use Pocket a lot back in the day, but I don't find myself regularly saving articles that much now.

For those that are still using Pocket, what are you planning to switch over to?

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