Today's bake · bench journal

Your best loaf wasn't luck. Prove it.

CrumbNote is a batch journal for sourdough — every feed, fold, and crumb shot, tracked. So you finally figure out which variable made the difference.

We're building it now. The waitlist gets first slice.

BAKE #27 · FORMULA
FLOUR100%
WATER78%
SALT2%
LEVAIN20%
500g FLOUR · 78% HYDRATION · 24°C

Join the waitlist

FIRST SLICE · FOUNDING PRICE

Bake #12 vs. Bake #13

Same recipe, one week apart. Look at what actually changed.

Bake #12
FLOUR100%
WATER72%
SALT2%
LEVAIN20%

Dense, tight crumb. Barely any oven spring.

Bake #13
FLOUR100%
WATER78%
SALT2%
LEVAIN20%

Open crumb, real ear. The good one.

the only line that moved

You changed three things last weekend — a new bag of flour, a warmer kitchen, an extra hour of bulk. The loaf got better. So which change did it? Without the log, you'll never know — and you'll change all three again next time. CrumbNote exists so one highlighted line answers the question.

What we're building

Four tools, one bench. Here's what the journal will do.

Batch timeline

Every step time-stamped: feed → autolyse → bulk → shape → bake. Scrub back through any loaf and see exactly when each thing happened.

FEED 09:00 · AUTOLYSE 45M · BULK 4H30M

Hydration calculator

Type your flour and water; baker's percentage is computed live. Dial in a target before your hands hit the dough.

HYDRATION78%

Starter-feed reminders

Your starter, fed on time, with rise tracked feed to feed — so you bake when it's at peak, not whenever you remember.

LEVAIN · FED 12H AGO · 2.1× RISE

Side-by-side comparison

Put any two bakes next to each other; the variables that differ are highlighted automatically. The diff is the insight.

Δ WATER +6% · Δ BULK −45M
planned — not final

The price board

Free
3 ACTIVE BAKES
  • ·Full bake journal
  • ·Hydration calculator
  • ·Starter-feed reminders
Pro
$3.99/MO · $29.99/YR
  • ·Unlimited batches
  • ·Side-by-side comparison
  • ·Starter analytics
  • ·Photo timeline

Planned, not final — but waitlist members lock in the founding price for as long as they stay.

Notes from the bench

When does it launch?

It's in the oven now — CrumbNote is in active development, and there's no app to download yet. Join the waitlist and you'll be first to hear when early access opens.

What do I get for signing up?

Early access before public launch, the founding price locked for as long as you stay subscribed, and a vote on which variables we build tracking for first.

Does it handle baker's percentages natively?

Yes — baker's percentages are the core data model, not a bolt-on calculator. Every flour, water, salt, and levain figure is stored as a percentage of total flour, so any two bakes compare cleanly.

Can I track my starter separately from bakes?

Yes. Your starter is its own record — feed times, ratios, and rise — kept apart from individual bakes, so you can see how starter health tracks against your crumb.

Is it only for sourdough?

Sourdough first, because that's where variable-chasing hurts most. Yeasted bread, pizza dough, and other ferments are on the roadmap — same batch-journal discipline.

Track the variable. Tame the crumb.

Still in development. No app to download yet — the waitlist hears first, and gets the founding price.