Jim Lau

Jim Lau

Context NoteContext Note
Solo maker, author of Flowing & Paperly
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Hello! I'm an independent developer who has been building tools for research productivity for the past seven years. I'm currently working on Flowing, a desktop AI writing tool for researchers. I strongly believe that your own research library should remain at the center of the writing process—whether you're revisiting knowledge, continuing a paragraph, or polishing a manuscript. I also launched Context Note on Product Hunt. Always happy to chat about productivity, AI, and academic workflows!

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Maker History

  • Flowing
    FlowingShape academic writing grounded in your references
    Jul 2026
  • sni-ppet
    sni-ppetDesign your own progressive snippets in VSCode
    Feb 2022
  • Context Note
    Context Notetake notes on the web with their context
    Sep 2021
  • Paperly
    PaperlyA paper reader to help you stay focused
    Nov 2019
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    Joined Product HuntNovember 11th, 2019

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1mo ago

Flowing - Ground your academic writing in your own papers.

Flowing is a desktop writing tool that keeps your research library in the writing loop. As you write, it highlights key terms, recalls relevant passages from your PDFs, and lets you ask, polish, and continue writing with suggestions grounded in your own papers, helping deliver better accuracy and alignment than generic AI assistants like ChatGPT. Research writing isn't just about generating fluent text. It's about staying faithful to your evidence. That's exactly what Flowing is designed for.
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5yr ago

Context Note - take notes on the web with their context

Context Note is a free chrome extension that help you take notes on the web with their context. With the context, we could understand and recall the details of the notes better while reviewing. A handy tag system is also provided to manage the notes neatly.
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4yr ago

sni-ppet - Design your own progressive snippets in VSCode

✏️ DIY snippet: write your own snippets in typescript so it can be totally flexible.
☑️ Progressive IntelliSense: more details can be customized during progressive selection to get more accurate code.
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