Most AI apps eventually hit the same wall. They forget users unless you build a ton of infrastructure first. This means every AI dev eventually will end up building this infra to provide the best user experience needs for their agent and app.
What rolling your own really means:
Vector DBs + embeddings + tuning
Extracting memories from conversations (and resolving conflicts)
Designing user profile schemas and keeping them in sync
Managing long chat history + summarization pipelines
Juggling different formats across OpenAI, Claude, etc.
I m currently working on Clugg OS, an early-stage AI-powered study tool for students (grades 6 12).
The core problem I m trying to solve is something I see repeatedly: Students often spend hours studying but still feel:
unsure if they re studying the right things
anxious before exams
overwhelmed by unstructured notes and syllabi
Instead of focusing on more content, I m experimenting with:
turning existing notes into revision-focused quizzes
helping students create clear, realistic study plans
keeping the experience simple and non-intimidating
This is still very early, and I m intentionally keeping the scope narrow while learning from real usage.
I d really value community input on:
If you ve built for students or education what mistakes should I avoid early?
How do you balance AI automation with user trust?
What signals helped you know you were solving a real problem?
Not here to sell genuinely here to learn and improve what I m building.
Thanks for reading, and happy to answer questions.
Hot off the press! OSS AI coding assistant @Kilo Code just announced a $8 Million raise in seed funding.
@scobreit wrote in their blog announcement:
This funding accelerates our roadmap: smarter multi-agent collaboration, enterprise-grade tooling for technical leaders, and a feature set that continues to accelerate the AI flywheel for development teams using Kilo.
No dev degree. No traditional background. Just me, Cursor, Claude, and AI... figuring things out together.
Rick Rubin said it best: "In the past, for music, you had to go to the conservatory and study for years... then when punk rock came along... if you had something to say, you could say it." He calls vibe coding the punk rock of coding.
Building and launching is hard, and sometimes we all miss our target audience. So let s create a small circle of support right here share your product in the comments, and I ll check it out, upvote, and be one of your first supporters.
Here s mine: Retour a simple feedback button for any website.
As devs, we all know the struggle with code security scanners:
Switching between IDE and clunky dashboards to check vulnerabilities
Wasting hours sifting through false positives
Getting vulnerability alerts with zero guidance on how to actually fix them
I stumbled on an IDE extension (ZAST Express for VS Code/Cursor) last week that s amazing for my workflow. The Proof of Concept (PoC) feature is what sold me instead of just flagging issues, it gives runnable snippets to validate the problem, plus clear fixes right in my editor. No context switching, no guesswork, and it s free to start.
Taskade started as a real-time collaboration tool for planning and productivity. Then we added memory, agents, and automations. Soon it stopped feeling like a static tool and started acting like a real living workspace that could handle parts of the work on its own.
I'm excited to share that we've shipped new features on the Blimp platform. Blimp V2 has now moved from a simple workflow automation platform to a full AI-native productivity suite. We have a context-aware calendar, an AI email client, a project and task management suite, and real-time Slack-like team communications, and much more. Check out the new updates at https://getblimpy.cloud
FYI, if you have already created an account with Blimp V1, you can just log in.
Don't forget to upvote Blimp to get it into the hands of more folks!
Hey everyone! Some of you supported Email Buttons when it launched (thank you! ). Just wanted to share that I launched my second product today - SEO Copilot. Different space (Chrome extension for SEO analysis), but wanted to let you all know. Appreciate any upvotes if it's relevant to you!
