A line from Dune has been sitting with me lately: "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." In the age of AI, the real risk may not be machines becoming too intelligent, but humans quietly giving up the act of thinking. So how do we build an AI that doesn't replace our most godlike capability: the prefrontal cortex, where we plan, reflect, and choose? This is the direction I want Life Note to take. After 2 years of building — and zero marketing on X — Life Note is now sustainable, profitable, and growing organically with the right people. It's also why, these past few months, most of my energy has gone into something users may never see, but that matters deeply: The "Wisdom Source" behind more than 1,000 historical mentors — the brightest minds in human history. We're building the world's most extensive library of these voices: Aristotle, Laozi, and a thousand more. This was not a decision driven by user data. It was a choice of values. We believe AI should be built around humanity — not the other way around, with humans gazing up at it like some all-powerful god.

traveling in chiang mai, vibe coded an app for the trip, both me and my wife can collaborate and plan the trips, and after the trip, it can turn our memories into a beautiful site as souvenir! using my phone to ship new features and ship updates as we travel lol

Just landed in Chiang Mai let’s goooo!

AI is turning everyone into answer machines. It should be turning us into deeper thinkers. Introducing Wisdom Source in Life Note — now when you journal with history’s greatest philosophers, spiritual teachers, and scientists, you can trace their guidance back to the original source. Stand on the shoulders of giants and learn from our roots!

Wispr Flow's voice recognition has gotten so much worse as it tries to be so smart to re-write things for you, and oftentimes it gets it wrong... trying typeless now.

AI is making it increasingly likely that humanity will master physical reality. The real question isn’t whether we can. It’s what we’ll sacrifice along the way.

HTML > Markdown. I vibe-coded a local app for high-volume reading called Long Drive. 1. html-first 2. Obsidian Web Clipper 3. Karpathy-inspired, curiosity-driven knowledge base 4. A visual vocab design system 5. Knowledge graph qmd Thanks to @trq212 for the inspiration!

Claude design is pretty great and has a lot of potential. vibe-coding for 2 years i never need to use figma, but claude design is delivering a lot of value here.

This is probably the best “Vibe Marketing” outreach I’ve seen recently. A few days ago, someone pitched me a UGC collaboration. But instead of sending another generic AI-written email, they made a whole webpage called: Life Note Proposal: lifenote-proposal.vercel.app As a founder, hard not to click. The page used Life Note’s brand colors. They clearly listed 3 TikTok formats they could make, included actual reference videos view counts, and explained: • why this content would work • why it fits Life Note • how they’d execute it I’m not going to work with them, but I genuinely appreciated the effort. Since AI became mainstream, my inbox is full of “personalized” emails that feel completely generic. This one actually provided value. Maybe that’s the future of outreach: - Don’t use AI to fake personalization. - Use AI to make the first interaction genuinely useful.

An app is a way to do something. An agent is a way to want something.

huge part of entrepreneurship is about youthful optimism.

"A diary is the most powerful technology for updating your unconscious OS." @tanashin115 wrote the essay on his journaling practice that took 5 months to take shape, and how he got hooked into journaling! Honored Life Note is part of it, and full Japanese localization is coming to the app soon!

Nature. People. AI. To learn fully, learn from all three.

AI doesn't have good taste on its own but when it sees good taste, AI recognizes it and immediately makes it incrementally better when guided.

Life note has been an awesome app to maintain my streak of journaling. While I also journal on paper, I use life note to quickly write when I’m overwhelmed or going through feelings in the moment and need some perspective. Being able to introspect with philosophers is serene

A world kickboxing champion and Hollywood actor just told me Life Note is "by far my favorite app." He uses it every morning after meditating. Said his audition feels more connected. Then he booked a recurring guest star role on a major CBS series. "I truly believe Life Note played a part in that. It's delivering." Inner work leads to outer results. Jerry is proof!

The most important mindset shift for founders, this is a must-read for people building an agentic business.