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How to migrate from Confluence to Notion without losing anything

Moving off Confluence to Notion? The import is the easy part. Here's what actually breaks, what doesn't transfer, and how to migrate without losing a thing.

Knowledge management

10 mins

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Thinking about an Airtable to Notion migration? Read this first.

Airtable just got acquired and if you're already eyeing a move to Notion, here's our honest take on whether it's worth switching, what actually carries over, and what's likely to break along during a migration.

Notion

5 mins

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From a Blank Canvas to an AI-Powered Notion Workspace in 30 Days

Most teams build their Notion workspace one ad-hoc decision at a time. In this blog post we'll share our process that help teams go from zero to Notion hero in 30 days.

Notion

5 minutes

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Stop doing the same work twice: How to build Notion custom agents without burning credits

Notion custom agents automate recurring work (on a schedule or trigger), so it runs without you. This post shows how to build one worth the cost.

Notion

8 mins

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Notion AI vs Claude (and custom agents): A practical guide to AI in Notion in 2026

Notion AI, Claude, Custom Agents, Skills. Four AI surfaces inside Notion in 2026, each useful for different things and overlapping in places they didn't before. Here's a practical guide to what each does, where they overlap, and how to think about choosing.

Notion

7 mins

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Optemization placed 3rd at Notion's SF Hackathon! Here's what two days, four people, and almost no sleep looked like

Four team members, two days in San Francisco, and barely fifteen hours of sleep between all of them. Here's how a week-old platform, a jam-packed hackathon weekend, and an autonomous "second brain" turned into a third-place finish at Notion's SF Hackathon!

Leadership

10 mins

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Notion just shipped its Developer Platform — here's what it means for you

Notion's Developer Platform launched in May 2026 with new features: Workers, Agent SDK, External Agents API, ntn CLI. Here's what each piece actually means for teams using Notion, and who'll get the most out of it.

Notion

10 mins