Software engineer of 25 years and engineering leader

Brian L  • Peerlist

Most 1:1 tools are built around the meeting. Confab is built around the manager.The real work of managing a team doesn't happen in scheduled reviews. It happens in the quick Slack message, the hallway conversation, the idea you want to bring up next week. But when your 1:1 rolls around, all of that context is buried in Notion pages, random notes apps, and your own memory.Confab fixes that. It's a single place to capture everything that matters: notes from quick check-ins, talking points for upcoming meetings, feedback you want to remember, and observations you'd otherwise forget. When your next 1:1 arrives, you're not scrambling. You're prepared.Built by a manager who spent three months using it daily before sharing it with anyone, Confab was designed to reflect how small-team management actually works. Not the enterprise HR dream of quarterly performance cycles and cascading OKRs, but the real day-to-day of staying on top of your people, your conversations, and your own organizational chaos.What makes Confab different:<ul><li>Capture across every interaction, not just 1:1s. Log notes from any touchpoint throughout your week.</li><li>AI-powered insights that surface patterns and talking points without digging through your notes manually.</li><li>Built for small teams with no enterprise overhead, no rigid workflows, and no features you'll never use.</li><li>One place for everything. Stop splitting your manager context across Notion, your calendar, and whatever 1:1 tool your company pays for.</li></ul>If you've ever walked into a 1:1 and thought "I know I had something to bring up," Confab is for you.