I like to think about "invisible AI" in apps. It's not a great term, but by "invisible AI", I mean the kind that works quietly behind the scenes instead of showing up as a chatbot.Back at Nylas, I built an OpenAI-powered email triage prototype that categorized your inbox without ever announcing itself as “AI.” It...

Our second Kyoto Morning Tech & Coffee brought together another great mix of builders, designers, and technologists living and creating in Kyoto.We kicked things off with open chat before diving into Pick/Ask/Give shares. Pick/Ash/Give is a quick, informal way for everyone to exchange ideas, questions, and...

The October meetup is scheduled for Thursday the 30th. If you're curious about the kind of stuff we talked about at the first one, I posted some links.It's a light, agenda-free meetup to help you meet people and chat tech before work. Current/aspiring/recovering developers, indie hackers, and founders welcome.You...

⚠️ This is written from the perspective of Ghost theme development. If you're an author/end-user, this information likely won't be helpful. Also, I'm pretty new to Ghost theme development, so it's quite possible I don't have the full picture. YMMV.I wanted full structured data coverage for HanaYou's website. Ghost...

Here's a really good post by Alikhil that probably resonates with a lot of us:One evening, I felt like I had finally cracked a tricky part of our infrastructure. I thought, “Just 20 more minutes and I’ll finish it.” Of course, those 20 minutes stretched into well over three hours. By the time I left the office, I...

After a decade away, I’m back co-organizing PechaKucha Night Kyoto. Volume 50 is this Saturday, Sep 27 from 8pm at UrBANGUILD.I’ll be presenting about why people in 2025 still care about vinyl records. It's a topic I have some bias about.Attached are some pics from my last couple of PK Kyotos back in late 2014, one...

The very first Kyoto Morning Tech & Coffee is a wrap! I'm looking forward to doing more of these soon.Here’s a roundup of the links that came up in conversation so you can dig deeper:AI + Coding ToolsOpenAI Codex IDE: AI-assisted coding directly in your editor.See also: Roo Code and Co-pilot.Codex Output Demo: A...

I'm on the ground in Kyoto and back at it. And here's a quick update about the Kyoto Tech Meetup kickoff.Who the meetup is forIf you’re a current/aspiring/recovering developer, indie hacker, or founder who likes starting the day with fresh ideas (and caffeine), come through.What the meetup isA drop-in, agenda-free...

If you're interested in the goings-on of Collxn, I just launched a new blog called Connxn, and with it an article that talks about what's new today.For the most part, I'm going to keep the more developer-y topics on this site. Here's an example about an MVC pattern for programmatic email I use in Collxn.The updates...

Every morning, Collxn surfaces one record from your vinyl collection and sends it to your inbox. The feature’s called Daily Drop, and under the hood, it's powered by a stack that's simple to read, quick to tweak, and safe to run in preview environments.Here’s how it all fits together.System ArchitectureThe system...

As a solo founder, I wear every hat: strategy, UX, data, code, infra, support, and more. To stay fast and coherent, I keep a lightweight product system inside my monorepo and pair it with a role-specific AI assistants that let me “switch hats” on demand.TL;DR setup:Four core docs live in wiki/product/ and connect...

I’m excited to announce the Kyoto Tech Meetup: a weekly, early-morning coffee hang for anyone building software or hardware in Kyoto.Why mornings? Over years of co-organizing Founders Friday and Astoria Tech Meetup in NYC, I've found that a predictable slot on the calendar makes it easy to drop by without a major...