# Platform roundup: realtime notifications, instant sign-in, cookieless analytics
URL: https://lsd.tools/blog/platform-roundup
Updated: 2026-07-17

> A roundup of three platform improvements — realtime notifications so you hear about collaboration and jobs as they happen, instant sign-in that drops the friction of getting into the app, and a first-party, cookieless analytics layer that measures the product without tracking you across the web.

## Three small things that add up

Not every improvement is a headline feature. Here are three that quietly make LSD better to use.

## Realtime notifications

The platform now tells you what's happening **as it happens** — collaboration activity, background jobs finishing, account updates — instead of leaving you to refresh and hope. Fewer dead-ends, more flow.

## Instant sign-in

Getting *into* the app should never be the hard part. We cut the friction of authentication for development and demos so you can go from opening LSD to a working session in a single step — and get on with the actual work.

## First-party, cookieless analytics

To improve the product we need to know how it's used — but not at the cost of tracking you. So we built a **first-party, cookieless** analytics layer: no third-party trackers, no cross-site profiles. It measures the product, not the person. Privacy-respecting by construction, and it keeps working even with third-party cookies long dead.

## More soon

Grab [LSD](/get), read the [docs](/docs), and [subscribe via RSS](/rss.xml) to follow the next round of updates.

## FAQ
### What triggers a notification?

Platform events you care about — collaboration activity, background job completion, and account updates — delivered in realtime rather than discovered on a refresh.

### How does instant sign-in work?

It removes the usual friction of getting into the app for development and demos, so you can go from launch to a working session in one step.

### Is the analytics tracking me?

No. It's first-party and cookieless — no third-party trackers and no cross-site profiles. We measure how the product is used to improve it, not who you are.


## References
- [Get LSD](https://lsd.tools/get)
- [LSD docs](https://lsd.tools/docs)