Van de Vouchy

Hey Mathijs, that frustration of needing to show your iPhone in a demo and nothing looking right is so relatable. Was there a specific presentation or meeting where you were trying to show something on your phone and the setup just looked janky or unprofessional?

Congrats George! How are you doing marketing for obooko?

Hey Tyler, that realization that the AI was doing exactly what you asked but you just weren’t asking for the right things is a humbling moment. Was there a specific prompt where you said something casual, watched the AI do exactly that, and then spent the next 20 minutes undoing the damage?

Hey Junu, that reframe of UI issues being unchecked assumptions rather than visual problems is really sharp. Was there a specific design you shipped that looked great but totally flopped because of a wrong assumption about users?

Hey Brandon, that line about validating intent against what the team actually decided, not generic rules, is a good insight. Was there a specific PR where you approved something that looked fine in the diff but totally missed context from a Slack thread or ticket?

Hey Milo, that frustration with flat mesh networks where you can see too much is a real security headache. Was there a specific moment where you were setting up remote access and thought why do I have to expose this much just to let someone reach one app?

Hey Adrian, that line about billing feeling like building a second product is too real. Was there a specific moment where you looked at your billing setup and realized you’d spent way more time on invoices, proration edge cases, or retry logic than on your actual product?

Hey Josh, that frustration of trying to upload a video to Discord and hitting the size limit is so annoying. Was there a specific video you really wanted to share, tried one of those sketchy websites or bloated apps, and just thought why is this so painful for something so simple?

Hey buyung, that line about covering 90% of use cases without turning into a monster system says a lot. Was there a specific WhatsApp API or automation tool you tried before that just had way too much stuff you didn’t need?

Hey Alon, building a time machine for your wife’s birthday is such a sweet origin story. I’m curious what was the moment she realized MTV wasn’t MTV anymore?

Hey Allan, that part about AI dictation tools just transcribing and hoping for the best is so true. Was there a moment where you dictated something, watched it get cleaned up into something that didn’t sound like you at all, and thought why do I have to fix this every single time?

Hey Masatoshi, that moment of making your daughter wait just to capture a quick thought before it disappears really paints the picture. Was there a specific idea you lost to that loading screen?

Hey Tullie, that Frankenstein stack image is painfully accurate. Was there a specific team you talked to where you saw them drowning in that glue code and thought this is way too complicated for what should be a solved problem?

Hey Haibin, that frustration of wanting something Mac-like on Windows and just not finding it is real. Was there a specific moment where you tried yet another photo app, realized it was either bloated or couldn’t handle Live Photos, and thought fine, I’ll just build it myself?

Hey Melvyn, 30-45 min per thumbnail is brutal when you’re doing it over and over. Was there a specific video where you spent forever on the thumbnail, then saw an AI-generated one outperform it and thought okay, what am I even doing?

Hey Sawyer, that feeling of losing a task because it only lived in your head is too relatable. Was there a specific thought you lost that really stung? Like an idea or to-do that vanished before you could capture it and you just never got it back?

Hey Asti, that line about important conversations being easy to lose once the call ends is so true. Was there a specific phone call where you hung up and immediately thought wait, what did they say exactly?

Hey Valeri, that idea of strategy, research, and execution all living in one place sounds like it came from real pain. Was there a project where you had research in one tool, drafts in another, assets scattered somewhere else, and you thought why am I stitching this together manually every single time?

Hey Chris, that line about the real challenge being delivering the right info at the right time, not implementing the protocol, is a good reframe. Was there a specific project where you had MCP working technically but the agent still wasn’t getting what it needed when it needed it?

Hey Tarun, that line about keeping up without stealing your attention is the whole problem with feeds right now. Was there a day where you opened an app just to check one thing and 45 minutes later you’re like wait what just happened?