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    <description>What LotPro is learning while building a dealership communication and decision layer.</description>
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      <title>Why we moved Agreement Sheets from Prints to Quote</title>
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      <description>The business reason for moving a familiar dealership document—and the screen-to-PDF details the move exposed.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Share the choice—not the dealership’s private screen</title>
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      <description>Why remote collaboration needs a separate customer surface instead of a cropped employee workspace.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why one dealership context needs more than one screen</title>
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      <description>How the web workspace, CRM companion, and Android dialer divide the job without discarding the record.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How LotPro Companion uses CRM fields without becoming another CRM</title>
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      <description>Why the extension reads a narrow set of page fields, keeps the lead in place, and varies by supported CRM page.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What multi-SIM Android phones changed in LP Phone</title>
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      <description>The line history, call-state, and post-call details that turned a call button into an Android dialer project.</description>
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      <title>Why LotPro is being built for keyboard, controller, and TV</title>
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      <description>The foundation for spatial focus and shared-screen operation—and the difference between direction and finished coverage.</description>
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      <title>Four dealership calculators, one shortcut</title>
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      <description>Why ordinary math, date, amortization, and income questions belong beside the conversation that needs them.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Calculator · Build story</category>
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      <title>Translate the message without breaking the merge fields</title>
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      <description>How language support protects placeholders, original text, and cross-tab freshness.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Communications · Pioneer preview</category>
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      <title>Accessories that fit the vehicle—and the conversation</title>
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      <description>How trim compatibility, visual choices, dealership pricing, and the customer sheet became one Honda workflow.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A vehicle card should answer the next question</title>
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      <description>Why inventory actions belong on the selected unit instead of in another utility menu.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Compare the decision—not the spreadsheet</title>
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      <description>How a dense payment matrix brings terms, cash due, products, and warnings into one live comparison.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chat should bring the context with it</title>
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      <description>Why a dealership conversation needs the vehicle, document, knowledge, and next task close by.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The shortlist should follow the salesperson</title>
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      <description>How pinned inventory moved from one browser moment into a store-scoped employee tool.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Build the operating board your dealership actually uses</title>
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      <description>Why Workspaces combine live grids, sources, column access, and inline decisions without pretending every spreadsheet is safe.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A template library is dealership strategy—not canned text</title>
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      <description>What preserving more than 180 working templates taught us about reusable follow-up decisions.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Communications · Build story</category>
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      <title>Sync the feed without surrendering local judgment</title>
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      <description>Why a workspace should show the change before imported data becomes the new truth.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A short link that still knows which vehicle you meant</title>
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      <description>How dealership scope and the active inventory source make a compact link more useful than a shortened string.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Short URLs · Build story</category>
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      <title>One inventory view, regardless of where the feed comes from</title>
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      <description>Why provider differences belong behind a shared inventory boundary instead of inside every product module.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Inventory · Build story</category>
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      <title>Follow-up should become repeatable work—not another reminder</title>
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      <description>How task blueprints, recurring instances, and visible ownership turn a decision into execution.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Tasks · Build story</category>
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