I'm brand new to Notion, so I wasn't sure how easy it would be to get started with BuildFast. But honestly, it was stunningly easy—I had my first blog live in literally 15 minutes. It felt like discovering some kind of blogging superpower.

What really sets this apart for me is the easy Notion automations, which make using Notion as the backend for a CMS so ingenious. Being able to effortlessly push content straight into Notion using Pabbly / Zapier is a massive time saver, and I'm building a streamlined workflow I didn't even realize was possible before this tool.

I also really love how clean and modern the blog style is right out of the box—no headaches trying to tweak designs or code.

But what truly blew me away has been the phenomenal support from the founder. Not just quick responses, but genuinely thoughtful and helpful guidance that's above and beyond. Plus, the roadmap looks incredibly promising.

Thoughts on the roadmap: I'd really love to see (a) the ability to mark posts as "published but invisible" instead of just "the binary "published" and "draft" (apparently this is going to be built; (b) much more flexibility and ways to insert CTAs (this too is getting built) and (c) link redirects (ie, my blog can have blog "posts" that do not open, but when clicked on the blog redirect to a new link. This should simply be a column in the Notion article db, so we can send readers directly to a paid substack, gumroad, video, signup, etc.)

If you want to see what I am building using BuildFast, check out ltdcat.com—a resource I'm creating for lifetime deal buyers to do due diligence on companies and founders. It's definitely still a work in progress, (lol, only one article up so far) but I have wanted to do this idea forever and it's been sitting on the back burner because there was just no way I would've gotten around to launching it if I had to mess with WordPress or pay for Ghost. Buildfast to the rescue!

Definitely five tacos—highly recommended and absolutely worth checking out!