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Product

We rebuilt tidi from scratch

tidi started as one product, drifted into another, and got rebuilt from zero in May. Here's what it is now: a visual canvas for thinking, with AI …

Two interfaces, one product: a human screen and an agent terminal side by side
AI

Agents are users now

An agent interface is any way an AI agent can use your product without a human clicking through your UI. Ship one, and your product gets pulled into …

Developer on a tropical island, ClawDeck crab sailing away in a boat
AI

ClawDeck is shutting down. The open source stays.

486 users, 3,800 tasks, almost 200 GitHub stars. The hosted service ends May 30. The MIT-licensed code is yours forever.

Small focused team building something ambitious late at night
Building

Small teams got dangerous

Obsidian is a $350M company with 7 employees. No VC, no meetings, no middle layer. AI is turning that from an anomaly into a template.

A laptop screen showing a live interface next to an open Figma file, side by side
Building

Figma is a sketchpad now

I have been designing products for twenty years. The way I work has completely changed, and I am seeing other designers and teams adapt the same way.

Developer's desk at night with a carefully designed interface glowing on screen
Building

Taste is still doing the work

AI removed the last excuse for solo builders. The code is cheap now. The judgment is what makes your product feel like someone actually built it.

lst.so task manager interface showing shared task list between human and AI agents
AI

Introducing lst.so: the missing piece was a shared task list with AI

I built lst.so because I needed one task list shared between me and my AI agents. No boards, no sprints. Just a list with an API.

Claude Code and Obsidian characters sitting together, representing AI and note-taking working as one system
AI

Claude Code + Obsidian changed how I work

I plugged Claude Code into my Obsidian vault and it changed how I manage five products at once. Here's the setup.

ClawDeck admin dashboard showing 486 users and 3,800 tasks
AI

ClawDeck is taking off

ClawDeck hit 486 users, 3,800 tasks, and almost 200 GitHub stars in just a few weeks. Here's what's happening with the open-source AI kanban board and …

Screenshot of the nod.so subscriber management dashboard
Product

We built nod.so to save us $3k in bills

I was paying $250/month across four email services I barely used. So I built nod.so in 48 hours and now pay $20/month.

Maxie, the OpenClaw AI bot behind ClawDeck
AI

Building ClawDeck

I built ClawDeck in a weekend. It's an open-source kanban board where your OpenClaw AI agent picks up tasks, moves cards, and reports progress on its …

Gratu gratitude journal app icon and interface
Product

Gratu goes to TikTok

Testing TikTok and Instagram Reels as a growth channel for Gratu. Volume first, optimization later.

Screenshot of tini.bio 2.0 visual editor showing bento grid layout builder
Product

Shipped tini.bio 2.0

A complete rebuild. Bento layouts, multi-page support, and a visual editor that actually makes sense.

Illustration of small business storefronts representing unexpected tini.bio users
Product

Small businesses showed up

Tini.bio signups jumped 150%. But the interesting part isn't the numbers.

Illustration representing building products instead of endless planning and discovery phases
Process

Just Build the Thing

Discovery phases are expensive guesswork. Shipping something real is faster, cheaper, and tells you more.

Abstract illustration representing the shift from Figma prototypes to AI-assisted development
Design

AI flipped my design workflow

From pixel-perfect Figma prototypes to sketches and prompts. The prototype is now the product.

mx.works studio announcement graphic
Updates

Hello World

Announcing mx.works, an AI-first product studio.

Illustration of building a website with AI assistance using Claude Code and Hugo
Development

Building This Site With AI

How I built mx.works as a one-person team using Claude Code, Figma, and Hugo. The actual process, not the polished version.

Abstract illustration of an idea taking shape, representing the origin of mx.works
Updates

A Forming Idea

The idea that became mx.works. Why now, and why this model.