Tony Hsieh

interesting concept. how are you guys handling the actual supplier integration? if the agents are "setting up suppliers" automatically, i'm curious about the vetting process. we've seen a lot of these auto-store builders lately, but they usually fail when the product quality or shipping times don't match the landing page. what's the logic behind the curation?

the "researching your market" part caught my eye. i've spent way too much time building stuff that nobody wanted. how deep does this market research go? does it actually pull real-time data or is it just giving me a generic persona based on the prompt? if it can actually validate a niche before I waste credits on the build, that's a huge win.

curious how this specifically stacks up against the native google voice typing on pixel phones? that's pretty much the gold standard right now with the tensor chip. does typeless handle the "polishing" (rephrasing/cleanup) locally on-device, or is there a round-trip to the cloud? latency is usually the dealbreaker for me on 3rd party keyboards.

I'm curious about the "bespoke digital business card" flow. The point of failure for most of these apps is usually the receiver. If I send a card to someone who doesn't use ConnectMachine, what do they see? If they have to download an app or sign up just to save my details to their phone, that's going to be a huge friction point for adoption.

Just dropped some feedback on a few projects below. Great work everyone. I’m building Cutout by DesignKit. We launched on Dec 16th and we're currently in the thick of finding PMF The Pitch: There are a million background removers out there, but most fail at the edges. We’ve benchmarked our model heavily—we believe we are arguably #2 in the industry overall, and #1 when it comes to complex...

Always hunting for these. Here are a few that have stuck in my rotation: Velja: A tiny menu bar app that forces specific links (like Zoom or Jira) to open in specific browsers. Lifesaver if you juggle Chrome for work and Safari for personal use. Keka: The only file archiver/unarchiver on macOS that doesn't feel like bloatware. Shottr: A pixel-perfect screenshot tool that's inexplicably free...

I love the focus on sustainability, Nika. I’m afraid I’m taking the exact opposite approach for Q1—loading up the queue to see what breaks. Here is my list: Work Designkit: Push for global PMF. Cutout.Designkit: Validate PMF (trying to replicate the success). Day Job: Lay the foundation for the internal globalization project. Personal Learning: Japanese AND Spanish (might be overkill, but why...

"Entirely free" is awesome for users but always makes me wonder about sustainability. If there's no cloud cost, I get it, but how do you plan to fund updates and bug fixes? Is this a lead magnet for a future "Teams" version, or will we see features gated later?

Love the Live Activities for static info (door codes are a perfect use case). But regarding "completely offline": does this mean there are no flight status updates? If my gate changes or the flight is delayed, I'm guessing the Lock Screen widget won't reflect that? That's usually the killer feature for travel apps like Flighty.

I love the chaos energy, but I'm curious about the long-term stickiness. Apps like Desktop Goose are fun for 10 minutes but get annoying fast. Does Kiki have a "serious mode" where the visuals are toned down but the blocking remains, or is the visual noise the whole point?

Regarding "Amnesia Mode browsing in RAM": how does this interact with macOS virtual memory/swap? If the OS pages that RAM out to disk (which macOS loves to do), isn't the data technically recoverable? Curious how "forensically clean" this actually is compared to a standard incognito window.

The "manual data porter" line actually hits home. I spend half my day curating context for Claude just to get a decent answer. Does Remio integrate directly into my existing workflow (like an IDE plugin or browser extension), or do I have to switch to your specific UI to query the knowledge base?

Honestly, the linear chat interface has been the biggest bottleneck for complex workflows. Trying to maintain state across a long conversation is a headache. If this actually lets me branch out ideas without losing the root context (or having to copy-paste into a new thread), it solves a real problem. Does the "logic-first" part mean I can define strict constraints for specific nodes in the...

The biggest frustration for me is memory without control. Most AI memory systems either remember too little (forcing constant context repetition) or remember too much in ways that are opaque and hard to correct. I often don’t know what is being stored, why it’s being recalled, or how to edit or expire it. A few concrete pain points: Low signal-to-noise: trivial details get remembered while...

For me, productivity at home comes down to structure + energy, not hours. A few things that work consistently: Hard start, hard stop. I set a clear start time and a non-negotiable end time so work doesn’t bleed into the whole day. One outcome per block. Each deep-work block has a single, concrete output. If it’s done, I stop — even if time is left. Environment cues. Same desk, same setup, same...

This really hits. The distinction between re-syncing and actually recharging is something many of us blur without realizing it. I’m trying to do less “strategic resting” this week — no KPIs, no roadmaps, no optimization disguised as reflection. Just stepping away enough for my nervous system to reset, not my to-do list. What I’ve noticed is similar to what you described: when the battery...

A mix of both — intentionally lighter, but not fully “off.” I use the break to slow the pace and zoom out: reflect on what actually worked this year, what drained energy, and what’s worth doubling down on next year. No heavy execution, mostly notes, loose planning, and connecting dots. At the same time, travel and unstructured time are part of the reset. New environments usually spark better...

For me, the biggest achievement was choosing consistency over intensity. Showing up even when momentum was low, making progress without perfect conditions, and finishing things instead of just starting them. Professionally, that meant pushing ideas from concept to real execution — from 2025 X-Design to Cutout.Designkit launching in December 2025. Personally, it meant taking better care of my...

The concept of using emojis as prosody markers is actually a pretty smart UX abstraction. Usually, trying to get AI voice models to sound "sad" or "hesitant" involves fiddling with complex tags or sliders that most users won't touch. I'm curious about the implementation though—is the model dynamically adjusting the inference (pitch, pace, pauses) based on the emoji's specific position in the...

It's definitely the "Lack of ownership," but specifically the lack of incentive. I’ve never seen a dev get promoted for having pristine documentation, but I’ve seen plenty get promoted for shipping half-baked features fast. Until docs are a hard gatekeeper for merging PRs (and actually enforced by culture, not just a checkbox), tooling doesn't matter. How do you solve the "boring work" problem...