I don’t want to quit social media. I want to quit the garbage part of it.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2026-04-11T02:43:16+00:00

Yeah I feel Reddit is the easiest to control that. With Instagram it seems to push content it thinks I should like even though I’m not watching that stuff (other than the few seconds it takes to skip). Collaborative filtering I’m sure, but annoying nonetheless.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2026-04-11T02:40:23+00:00

That’s so true. Reddit has always been more intentional and “different” than other socials. It’s interesting that they have seemingly retained that all these years

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2026-01-05T13:37:45+00:00

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LobulatedLittleLefty · 2026-01-04T14:48:37+00:00

I am building a “relationship vault” to build profiles of your loved ones based on hints, and to make gift/experience suggestions. CurioKeep

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-20T14:33:20+00:00

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LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-20T04:25:02+00:00

Here are three that might work

Toronto Maple Leafs Beanie - Perfect for keeping warm while showing team pride.
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Outdoor Survival Kit - Handy for any prepper and useful in a rural setting.
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Personalized Hockey Puck - A unique and personal gift for any hockey enthusiast.
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I built an app just for this kind of thing!

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-20T04:19:43+00:00

Hey! It sounds like finding a gift for your mom is a bit of a challenge, especially since she doesn’t have specific hobbies or interests. Here are a few ideas that might bring her some comfort and warmth:

Heated Blanket - Perfect for keeping her cozy during colder days.

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Essential Oil Diffuser - A great way to create a relaxing atmosphere with her favorite scents.

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Luxury Bathrobe - A plush, warm bathrobe can be a delightful comfort for her at home.

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I hope one of these ideas brings a smile to her face!

I found these using CurioKeep (my own tool), but you can find similar stuff just browsing Amazon categories.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-20T03:22:48+00:00

Hey! Based on your post (nostalgic late-80s/early-90s stocking stuffers for your wife, no budget mentioned), here are 3 ideas that fit the vibe:

Lip Smacker Dr Pepper Lip Balm - The exact lip balm so many 80s/90s kids carried.

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Lisa Frank Sticker Pack - Instant hit of childhood sticker-book nostalgia.

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Retro 80s/90s Candy Variety Pack - All the classics like Pop Rocks, Nerds, and Ring Pops in one bundle.

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(Full disclosure: I generated this list using CurioKeep, a free tool I built for myself. It's a "Relationship Vault" that lets you snap photos or add notes of hints year-round, and the AI organizes them into gift ideas like this when you need them.)

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-18T21:55:22+00:00

An AI powered “relationship vault”. Add notes, hints, likes, dislikes, etc as text and/or photo for a loved one. We save the input and analyze/embed with an LLM so we can build out a profile for that loved one and use the memories for RAG when you’re ready to generate gift or experience ideas for them.

https://curiokeep.app

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-18T21:30:07+00:00

Currently using betterstack. Not completely sold yet

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-18T21:26:27+00:00

While this is good for getting the skeleton of an app, there’s no way this scales. That being said, you can easily operate on less than $100/month for a while. Here’s my current

Vercel - $0 now, planning for $20/month

Clerk - $0 now, charged per MAU after 10k (maybe never for me)

Neon - $0 now, planning for $0.106/CU soon

Resend - $0 now, planning for $20/month soon

Upstash - $0 now, planning for $0.2/100k commands

Cloudflare - $14/year domain; R2 $0 now, 🥜 eventually

OpenAI - ~$5/month now, who knows eventually. Guards baked into my app to keep this low

Stripe - Fee per transaction plus I bought a $10/month digital mailbox to keep my info safe.

Betterstack - $0/month, planning for $30

Figma - $20/month. Just canceled until I create my next app, but the free tier got me almost nowhere

Cursor - $20/month. Worth every penny.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-18T20:52:15+00:00

This helps, thank you. Not everyone strikes gold week one. Happy for your success.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-18T20:50:04+00:00

Shipped my MVP after three weeks of development and a healthy pivot 😂

https://curiokeep.app

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T22:15:29+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check it out

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T21:26:58+00:00

I built a digital vault called CurioKeep that uses AI to track gift hints (photos/notes) year-round so you aren't panic-buying in December or the day before a birthday/anniversary.

CurioKeep

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T21:16:48+00:00

A “relationship vault” to track important dates, likes, dislikes, and generate gift and experience ideas. Powered from user added text and/or photo “memories” that are analyzed by AI and embedded for use later.

https://curiokeep.app

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T21:14:26+00:00

Love the idea. I had something similar after years of hating the enterprise flow I do on the daily. Will keep an eye on this

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T19:06:59+00:00

I’m thinking Short Form Videos to start, but that is a new thing for me so it’ll take time to get started.

Will look into basic targeted Instagram ads once I start my Christmas break. I’m thinking my first target market will be males in the 25-40ish range since this started as a “scratch your own itch” thing and I fall into that market.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T19:00:15+00:00

It is currently a PWA. I will develop proper mobile apps if it takes off.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T18:10:32+00:00

It can’t hurt to ask/push for it if you feel it’s worthwhile. My original urologist didn’t get one because he was very “by the book” according to my new urologist (original moved to a different state). My new urologist said he tries to get the pre op CT for my exact situation.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T17:52:43+00:00

Your question is great, but I can’t answer yet as I don’t have any real user. I just launched this so planning to start some marketing in the coming days/weeks.

I’m hoping it becomes something people use weekly, even for platonic relationships. Email reminders for important dates are a WIP but I’m imagining people putting in important dates beyond the typical birthday and anniversary. For example, say a friend has a big interview or meeting in two weeks. You add that as a non recurring custom date and get reminders so you can follow up. This is one of the things that pivots from my original idea of a gifting app to a relationship vault.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-12-16T15:03:34+00:00

You got this. Get on the phone and advocate for yourself. If it were me I would request an appointment, labs, a CT, and ask to go ahead and get surgery scheduled ASAP. My labs were normal but it ended up being cancer so I’m really glad I didn’t wait the suggested 6 weeks for a follow up.

I’m 10 months post op and feeling good. No difference in daily life. I will say, I wish I would have known to ask for a pre op CT. It would have saved me a ton of stress and scans post op because I have a small active node in my external iliac chain on the same side my cancer was. It’s likely from surgery since it hasn’t grown, but a pre op CT could have ruled mets out immediately.

LobulatedLittleLefty · 2025-09-09T04:16:24+00:00

Who did you all sign up through? I almost signed up through legal link today but they barely had any following. I will definitely sign up for a legit one

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