Jan Heimes

Jan Heimes

NeedleNeedle
Co-Founder of Needle
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Is the future of SaaS inside AI assistants, not browsers?

I ve been following the MCP ecosystem closely and honestly, it always felt like something only big SaaS could take advantage of.

Zapier, Notion, ReadMe they all shipped MCPs early. (BTW, I had hunted the Zapier MCP when it launched)

LLM Memory with RAG... what's your take?

Trying to solve a problem: LLMs forget everything between conversations.

I keep re-researching the same API docs, competitor info, and company knowledge.

Tokens add up... Time wasted...

mina

3mo ago

What’s Your Vibe Coding Stack in 2025?

AI dev tools are evolving crazy fast , every few weeks there s a new must-try for vibe coders.

Some people are building full products with @ChatGPT by OpenAI and @Replit , others swear by @Cursor and @Claude by Anthropic , and a few are mixing @Lovable + @v0 by Vercel + @bolt.new to ship apps in record time.

I ve been refining my own vibe stack lately, trying to find that sweet spot between speed, control, and creativity.
It made me wonder ,what does your setup look like right now?

Alex Cloudstar

3mo ago

Do you think early users care about design or just function?

I ve been thinking about how much design quality actually matters in the earliest stages of a product.

Some users don t seem to mind rough edges if the tool genuinely solves a problem. Others instantly bounce if the UI doesn t feel trustworthy.

OpenAIp/openaiAshok Nayak

3mo ago

How do you approach Context Engineering when building with OpenAI models?

Lately, I have been experimenting with how to feed context into GPT models more effectively.

For example, when fine-tuning or working with larger context windows, I have noticed that the dilemma is in organizing the surrounding information, rather than the prompt itself. Last week, I came to know that it's called Context Engineering.

Launching Needle AI Agents Tomorrow

Hi everyone

We re launching Needle AI Agents tomorrow!

Our goal is to help teams automate processes and build AI Agents with context of their own data sources (Google Drive, Notion, Slack, etc.).

Rohan Chaubey

1yr ago

What’s your biggest challenge in managing data and workflows?

I ve been searching for a smarter way to manage and interact with my data across tools, and automate a few workflows. I have used Zapier, Make, BoostSpace, etc. in the past and they are great! However, I recently also discovered Needle when their founder reached out to me seeking feedback for their product. What I was impressed with was their API and ability to build context-aware agents. I also hunted Needle on PH today! I would love to understand what solutions you use to currently manage data and workflows across your tools? Please share in the comments as I am learning more about this space.