January 8th, 2026
Vibe-coding minus the bugs
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gm legends, happy Thursday.
Here’s today’s roundup: a spec-first AI app builder that makes you define what you’re actually shipping before it generates the Next.js and Tailwind for you, a keyboard-driven Mac browser that treats shortcuts and focus like core features instead of decoration, and a shared AI workspace that pulls all your model keys, usage, and team chats into one place so your AI stack finally feels like one tool instead of five tabs.
Ask first, build later

Capacity is an AI app builder that slows you down just enough to keep things sane. Instead of jumping straight into code, it walks you through a proper spec, asks the annoying but necessary questions, then uses that plan to generate a fullstack app that actually lines up with what you had in mind.
🔥 Our Take: The rush of watching an AI spit out an app in 30 seconds is fun until you are three days in, stuck untangling whatever it guessed. This leans into the boring but grown up part of building, where a clearer plan up front means fewer frankensites and less refactor regret later.

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Browsing but faster

Flakes is a native macOS browser built for people who live on the keyboard. You get quick nav, a command bar for everything, a clean UI that stays out of your way, and optional AI tools when you actually want them, not screaming at you from every corner of the screen. It feels closer to a focused work app than yet another chrome-heavy browser.
🔥 Our Take: This is for the crowd that already uses shortcuts for everything and side-eyes any browser that feels busy. If you spend all day in tabs and still feel weirdly cramped, trying something that treats the keyboard as the main character is probably overdue.
One AI workspace for teams

Intrascope is a shared AI workspace for your whole company. You plug in API keys for models like OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek, then everyone uses them from one place with shared manifests, projects and usage analytics. Admins get a clear view of who is using what, how much it costs, and which models are actually pulling their weight.
🔥 Our Take: Right now a lot of teams are running AI on personal cards, random chats and mystery browser tabs. Centralizing that into a single, boring, grown-up workspace means less duplicated work, fewer surprise bills, and a better chance your prompts and policies stay consistent across the company. Not glamorous, just necessary.
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Why you picked this thing

Mona Truong opened a thread explaining how she ended up building where she is now: it started as “I need a job and I like this product,” turned into a crash course in tech from a customer support seat, and eventually became something personal when the product started helping with her own mental health. That mix of survival, curiosity, and meaning is why she stayed.
She ends with a simple ask: what’s your version of that story? Why this company, why this product, and what made you decide “I’m going to put real time into this one”?
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