Google OAuth Verification

NeatDrive slide about third-party app access in Drive, showing sharing panel roles and blocked apps like PDF Converter Pro and AI assistant

Google Drive Third-Party App Access: How to Audit What's Connected

Sharing audits miss it entirely: every OAuth token your team has ever granted still works. Here is how to review Google Drive third-party app access, what to flag, and how to make it a standing check.

NeatDrive Team

Aug 113 min read

NeatDrive build-in-public card: a six-month timeline from first commit to public launch, with month four marked "three bugs, one week" in red.

Building in Public: My Journey with NeatDrive

Most build-in-public posts show the wins. These are the three that stopped me cold: a scan that kept restarting from zero, a stale-file check that dated everyone's photos to 1980, and an accessibility pass I had to learn from scratch.

NeatDrive Team

Jul 233 min read

NeatDrive building-in-public slide titled The Week Nothing Went According to Plan, beside a week grid with three tasks crossed out.

The Week Nothing Went According to Plan While Building in Public (And What We Did About It)

The launch was set for July 15 — until Google verification, a stuck deploy, and an iOS snag all hit at once. Here's why it slipped, and why I'm okay with it.

NeatDrive Team

Jul 113 min read

Dark NeatDrive status card summarizing six months of progress: CASA Tier 2 assessment underway, iOS and Android coming soon, early access July 8-10, launch July 15.

Building in Public: Six Months Building NeatDrive - What Nobody Tells You About Shipping a Security Product

The honest version of six months building a Google Drive security tool: OAuth approval, CASA Tier 2 security assessment, accessibility compliance, and what it actually takes to ship something you can stand behind.

NeatDrive Team

Jul 64 min read

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