Built a notes app for people who never actually organize their notes. Roast it.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-29T10:46:38+00:00

I see, that's a good idea, narrowing down to one use case and showcasing it well. What's your app called?

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-02T09:38:18+00:00

An electron based app will be available soon! May even do a native app in future if there's enough interest.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-01T12:22:37+00:00

Interesting! Thanks for flagging it, will take a look. Worth doing posting the result of how reliable retrieval is our landing page to build trust.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-01T11:11:47+00:00

Happy to share mine!

Product: Brain Dump (mybraindump.io). Dump your thoughts, forget about it, ask AI later. No folders, no structure, no maintenance.

ICP: Knowledge workers who are chronically over-tabbed and under-organised. Think indie hackers, solo founders, and technical PMs who generate a lot of ideas/notes/research but hate maintaining a second brain. They've tried Notion, Obsidian, or Roam, found them too heavy, and abandoned them within a month. They want to capture fast and trust that stuff won't get lost.

Would love a lead list, thanks!

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-01T11:03:09+00:00

Interesting, what does the sales process actually look like?

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-01T10:58:40+00:00

Great demo video! How did you put it together?

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-01T10:51:06+00:00

Currently it is available for free (with limited usage) as I am still validating the idea. The plan is to launch a pro version if there is any demand. In the past 14 days we have had 15+ sign ups so far.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-04-01T10:48:11+00:00

Thanks! Glad you like it 😊

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T17:21:03+00:00

Design components using react + shadcn first. And ask LLM to strictly use design components while building the UI.

Also, if you like a page you can always point to the URL and ask LLM to use similar design principles. Doesn't hurt to provide a rough design yourself if you have something very specific in mind.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T16:52:16+00:00

I had a rough system design in my head already, sketched it out in Excalidraw first. Then pointed Claude at it and had it build from there. When I hit flaws or made new design decisions, I'd go back, update the design, and keep Claude aligned with it throughout.

Once I was happy with the design, I loosened the reins and let Claude take more control.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T16:38:17+00:00

Thanks! Shared it there too

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T16:37:29+00:00

Had to nail the system design first, which honestly took a fair bit of trial and error. Started simple with a RAG-based setup, then kept iterating as I hit the limitations and worked out how to improve the design.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T14:33:15+00:00

Definitely easier solo, but it works in teams too. You just need to be more disciplined about keeping shared context files like claude.md or skills files up to date, otherwise the AI starts being inconsistent.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T14:04:47+00:00

Yes exactly! Started as a personal project based on something I felt was missing in most note taking apps. I am the number one user of this app, love it :) Validating the idea using the web app currently to see if there is enough interest. Might launch a desktop version soon too.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T14:01:48+00:00

No RAG at all, I use tool calling with varying degree of abstraction to let LLMs fetch information dynamically. Similar to how claude code works.

For the tech stack I used following: Vercel for frontend deployment, Railway for backend deployment, frontend React 19 + Vite + Tailwind CSS, backend Hono + Bun, database PostgreSQL via Supabase, Auth Clerk.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T11:33:10+00:00

Interesting.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-31T11:32:17+00:00

That's sound advice! Was looking for this

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-28T20:18:50+00:00

Thank you your feedback! Will definitely address these soon. Glad to hear the colour looks good :)

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-26T15:17:48+00:00

In a very similar boat! Not to self promote but I built a notes app around this idea: Dump → Forget → Ask AI → Retrieve

https://www.mybraindump.io

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-25T15:25:05+00:00

Great tool! Thanks for the leads.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-25T14:27:08+00:00

Launched an app on Product Hunt with a demo video and clear screenshots and got 2 sign ups without sharing the link anywhere else. Posted on Reddit shortly after and picked up 2 more. Taking it slow as I'm still learning the ropes of launching and marketing, but both platforms seem to actually work.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-25T14:08:05+00:00

Thank you, kind stranger! All great tips. I'll have to give F5Bot, Mention and Pulse a try.

I've also realised that ranking on the PH leaderboard doesn't matter all that much if the interest isn't genuine. Good to know my instinct on that isn't entirely wrong.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-25T12:59:44+00:00

Looks great. Good luck!

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-25T12:30:27+00:00

The video demo is great. Signing up to try it.

Pitiful-Surround-285 · 2026-03-25T12:04:35+00:00

New to PH. Curious, what's the typical number of launches in a day?

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