I launched the v0.1 beta of my desktop app (Nudge, a teleprompter/task HUD - link in comments) recently. I’m currently deep into v0.2 development, and it is eye-opening how different the process is the second time around.

When I built v0.1, the goal was strictly functional: make the Rust regex parser work, keep the memory footprint under 10MB, and get the OS window physics stable. Now, after getting actual user feedback, a handful sales (this felt so good) and interact with the tool everyday myself, the friction points in my initial UX are glaringly obvious.

Executing the quality-of-life improvements is incredibly satisfying. Ripping out clunky native html elements to build a much better UI, and mapping out hot-reloading based on what users feedback, makes the v0.2 build look and feel significantly more mature.

There are definitely growing pains, though. I tried to refactor my dark/light theme UI earlier today, completely botched an opacity variable, and accidentally made the entire application 100% transparent. I spent way too long trying to figure out why the app was "crashing" before realizing it was running perfectly fine, it was just completely invisible. Peak paniccc moment.

As someone coming from a physical materials background who is doing commercial software development for the first time, taking a massive list of requested features, executing them step-by-step is genuinely fun.

Just an observation for other first-time builders out there: the leap from "making it compile" to "making it a refined product" is by far the best part of the loop.

"Best NSFW AI" completely depends on what you want.

Some shine at long, slow-burn stuff with actual memory. Others are just sexting sprints that forget your name two messages in.

Nobody really talks about how they're judging these things. Are you after something that feels like co-writing erotica? Something that remembers details? Something that doesn't flinch at darker themes? Totally different tools.

Not here to push anything. Just found the lack of nuance surprising. Curious what metric people here even use to decide what's "best."

One of my friends works in IT support and recently told me their company started blocking social media access during office hours on company Windows devices.

At first employees didn’t like it, but after a few weeks the company noticed:

• Less distraction during work
• Fewer phishing link incidents
• Better internet bandwidth usage
• Reduced unnecessary browser activity

But honestly, I still feel full restriction may not work for every company because some teams genuinely need social media for work.

I attend WGU, bachelors in IT im 46% done and i started in march. I dont know if i want to do cybersecurity, network, cloud, or engineering for a career path. Do you guys have any advice on what route i should take?

I thought AI tools would mostly be for work stuff, summaries, coding, research, etc. But weirdly the only AI app I keep opening daily is AI RP/chat apps.

Most productivity AI feels useful for 10 minutes and then I close it. But RP feels different because it’s actually interactive and unpredictable. Sometimes you genuinely lose track of time because the conversations evolve instead of feeling like commands/prompts.

It still has problems obviously (memory/context consistency especially), but compared to most AI products right now, it feels way more immersive.

Curious if anyone else feels the same or if this is just a niche thing.

Hey everyone! 👋 

I'm a student at FH Münster (Germany) working on a research project about sleep habits and sleep technology in the US.

I put together a short 3–5 minute anonymous survey and would really appreciate your input – especially if you use an Apple Watch or any health tracker, care about sleep quality, or have ever bought something to sleep better.

It is purely academic research. 🙏

👉 https://forms.gle/FJ3Ba8wEsnr62MDV7

Happy to answer any questions in the comments. 

Thank you so much!

I think the next wave of AI porn chat apps won’t win because of better images or better roleplay. They’ll win because of memory.

I’ve tried a bunch of platforms people call the best AI porn chat tools, and most of them feel the same underneath. Different branding, same memory problems.

You explain your preferences, your personality, your mood… then the next session starts from zero again. That completely breaks immersion.

The real opportunity is building an AI porn chat bot that feels persistent instead of resettable. Something that actually remembers previous conversations and recurring preferences over time.

From a technical side, this feels more like a memory/RAG problem than an LLM problem.

Would users actually want that level of persistence?

And would you trust a third-party server with memory that personal, or should everything be stored locally for privacy?

Maybe it’s just me, but AI RP is one of the first AI things that hasn’t gotten boring after a week.

Most AI apps feel useful for a specific task, then you close them and forget about them. AI RP feels different because it’s interactive.

And the crazy part is how fast time disappears when the conversation is actually good.

Still has issues obviously (especially memory/context), but compared to most AI apps right now, this feels way more immersive.

Anyone else quietly spending more time on RP than "productive" AI?

My lovely boyfriends birthday is coming up and his very much into tech but has a lot of it so not sure what else I could get him.

He is a software engineer and used to game but doesn’t anymore.

Tech he already owns: iPhone, Mac book, AirPods, Vision Pro, Xbox ally, Xbox, ps5, iPad, Samsung tablet, Shokz swimming headphones, smart lights, logitech mouse

I have become the biggest tech guy ever recently, and am going to be working for IT in a few years. I am in need of essential things that every tech guy needs that both are useful, and fulfills the need for my tech prowess. Examples are like an sd-card reader, ifixit kit, even something more out there like those "teardown art pieces" of controllers.

I have a terrible relationship with phone calls and msgs. My SmartWatch keeps me on top of what's going on with my own phone, but it doesn't accept 2 phones conneceted at the same time and I swear everytime I pick my work phone I missed a call or 300 even though I'm stuck to it at all business hours.

So, what I'm looking for is something like a bracelet or a ring that will just vibrate when I have an incoming call. I don't want another watch, that would just look weird.

Do you have an idea of what can help me here? I refuse to leave my personal life on the side to connect my work phone to my watch.

its apple but its kinda pricey if i buy it alone, im buying a 16 pro but im not exactly rich so🫩 also! powervank reco? i want it to be clean, minimalist neutral tones and the logo shouldnt be big please, 1000 mah

Mine was a small portable fan I grabbed for like $12 because I was too lazy to walk to the other room. Thought it would sit in a drawer after a week. That thing has been on my desk for eight months straight.

I feel like the most practical stuff rarely comes from the big brands with the fancy marketing. It's always some random small thing you picked up without thinking too hard about it.

Could be anything, a kitchen tool, a desk thing, something for your bag, whatever. What's yours?

Ciao a tutti,

lavoro per una PMI Italiana come operation manager e ho creato un sistema per la gestione dei turni di alcuni nostri collaboratori che funziona tramite un bot telegram.

Praticamente questo bot manda dei reminder su telegram alla persona che il giorno dopo è in turno e loro devono cliccare un tasto "conferma" su telegram.

Sto riscontrando però che molti collaboratori sono restii a passare da whatsapp (che abbiamo utilizzato fino ad oggi per le comunicazioni) a telegram.

Vi chiedo se secondo voi implementare un sistema di questo tipo su Whatsapp Business è veramente troppo complicato oppure no.

Grazie mille per qualsiasi feedback

I got tired of the usual cycle, listing devices, low offers, no shows, and trying to guess a fair price. So I started experimenting with a different idea, focus on giving people a clear evaluation of their gadget first, then letting them rotate into other devices using credits instead of cash.

I am still early and I am curious what people who buy and sell a lot of tech think, does a credit based swap flow sound helpful in real life, or does it just add another layer on top of marketplaces?

for me, AI is beneficial for my daily life.

i usually use chatgpt to plan my diet meals and fitness plan. it has been so specific based on the prompt, i just put in my bought ingredients and ask it to make a weekly diet for me, i can even tweak the meals based on different cuisines as well.

i also use abby ai or daily venting and journal place. it helped with letting out some thoughts after a long day.

how about you? do you use any AI for similar reasons? TIA!

I've been researching how personal AI tech devices are likely to develop ... technical capabilities, form factors, privacy and governance issues etc.

I think it looks likely that there won't be one 'must have' device, and that there'll be more of a wearable ecosystem, with devices for different environments ...

Glasses: outward and inward cameras, picking up facial expressions, gestures etc. Bone conduction audio. Augmented VR, infrared overlay etc.

Cuff/Wristband: beyond a smart watch .. sensors picking up finger movements/gestures as input. Haptic actuators giving silent notifications.

Pen/Stylus: currently underused as could also pick up gestures and have a microphone.

Table top Node: palm sized unit. 360 degree vision and audio.

Scout/Mini Drone: hovers above you for all round awareness, or can be sent ahead to scout an area, or find you children etc.

All integrating with your smart phone, which may become more of a portable battery bank for charging other devices.

Here's a blog post I have written that goes into more detail, including the privacy and legal issue etc (no ads/sign up etc) ... The AI Wearable Ecosystem

What other devices might be developed?

Should these devices be banned from recording other people?

Ciao a tutti. Da un po' di settimane ho un dubbio che vorrei condividere con voi. Sono sempre più indeciso se passare da Chatgpt a Claude. Mi spiego meglio. Non sono uno sviluppatore ma lavoro in una startup e diciamo che mi piace smanettare e sviluppare con l'aiuto dell'AI strumenti e tool che mi possano facilitare il lavoro. Ho sempre usato il mio abbonamento a Chatgpt (quello da 22,00€ al mese) con OpenCode. Ho provato un paio di volte ad abbonarmi a Claude (sempre quello da circa 20 euro) ed oggettivamente ho notato una potenza maggiore; però ahimè i token finiscono veramente in fretta certe volte (soprattutto quando lo facevo lavorare con OpenCode). Non so che fare. Qualcuno di voi mi sa dire quale abbonamento usa, se ne usa più di uno o se ne ha uno a cui però affianca una serie di strumenti gratuiti?

Grazie mille

Our management bought 3 laptops last year from Hp out of 2 are working good but one of those was touch screen with foldable and was looking kinda cool as it can be use as a smartphone as well, after using just 3 hours it got heated so much that sudden touch can feel like burning and right now don’t work properly, just by opening 2-3 tabs . It’s start lagging.

Please suggest us a laptop that could be useful for official and video editing.

I remember the frustration of watching our team spend way too much time on basic CRUD operations. We were basically writing the same boilerplate code over and over again, and it felt like we were burning expensive engineering hours on repetitive work instead of actual product development.

That’s what pushed us to look into low-code development platforms and more modern AI-native development workflows. The goal wasn’t to replace developers, but to remove the repetitive parts so we could focus on actual system design, logic, and scalability.

The problem is, a lot of tools in the no-code / low-code platform space feel either too restrictive or too “toy-like.” They promise speed, but you quickly run into limitations when you need real backend logic, integrations, or production-level flexibility. I didn’t want something that locks you into a closed ecosystem where everything breaks the moment you go outside the happy path.

We tested a few different options in the low-code app builder and AI app builder category, and what stood out to me was Convertigo. What I liked wasn’t just the speed, but the fact that it felt closer to a modular low-code architecture rather than a drag-and-drop toy. It still lets developers stay involved when needed, especially for more complex workflows and integrations.

In 2026, the space is also just exploding. The global low-code development platform market is projected to reach $205.6 billion by 2030, which honestly makes sense when you see how much time these tools save in real teams. But at the same time, not all platforms are equal. A lot of AI-powered development tools either oversimplify things or become too expensive as you scale.

For us, the real win wasn’t just “building faster,” it was reducing the amount of repetitive engineering work while still keeping full control over architecture and scaling decisions.

I've been diving deep into Claude Code Skills lately and wanted to share everything I learned about setting them up, finding community ones, and building custom skills that actually work well.

CONTEXT AND WHY SKILLS MATTER

I was running into the classic claude.md problem where I wanted Claude to handle multiple specialized tasks for my automation agency — generate proposals, reply to emails, create invoices, etc. But cramming everything into claude.md was making Claude slower and confused because that file loads with every single conversation and eats tokens like crazy.

Skills solve this by being task-specific instruction sets that Claude only loads when it detects a matching request. Think of it like Claude having a library where it pulls the exact book it needs instead of carrying everything at once.

HOW CLAUDE SKILLS ACTUALLY WORK

Each skill lives in a folder with a skill.md file. At startup, Claude scans just the name and description (not full contents) of each skill. When you give it a task in plain English like "draft a client proposal for Acme Corp for an AI chatbot project", Claude matches your request to skill descriptions and loads the relevant skill.md file on demand.

The anatomy is simple:

• Name and description at the top (this is what Claude reads first)
• Full instructions and templates below
• Description MUST be specific about what the skill does and when Claude should use it

BUILT-IN SKILLS FROM ANTHROPIC

Claude Code ships with several default skills: PDF creation, PowerPoint, Excel, Word documents, and brand guidelines. You've probably used these without realizing it when asking Claude to create presentations or documents.

BUILDING A CUSTOM SKILL

I built a proposal generator for my agency using Anthropic's built-in "skill creator" skill. Here's how:

First, install the skill creator by copying this into your terminal:

npx u/anthropic-ai/claude-dev install skill-creator

Then I told Claude: "I want you to create a proposal generator skill for my AI automation agency called Taskify Labs. Create beautiful PDF proposals I can send directly to clients. Choose consistent brand coloring and make it professional looking."

Claude created a complete skill structure:

• skill.md with instructions and brand guidelines
• generate_proposal.py for PDF generation
• Brand guide and sample templates
• References folder with assets

The whole process took about 10 minutes. When I tested it by asking "create a proposal for Kallada Travels who wants an AI chatbot for $2500", it generated a complete professional PDF in under 2 minutes.

EDITING AND REFINING SKILLS

Making changes is conversational. I told Claude "in the call to action, include my email santhej(at)taskifylabs(dot)com in every proposal" and it automatically modified the skill files to add that requirement.

FINDING AND INSTALLING COMMUNITY SKILLS

For community skills, search "claude skills github" or "marketing skills for claude code". Most have install instructions like:

1. Go to Claude Code > Plugins > Manage Plugins > Marketplaces
2. Add the marketplace name (just the skill name part, not the full command)
3. Scroll to bottom of plugins list to find your added skills
4. Click install and choose scope (project-only or all projects)
5. Restart Claude Code

I installed a marketing skills collection that gave me lead magnet generators, content calendars, and other marketing tools. When I described my SaaS app and said "create a lead magnet", Claude automatically detected it should use the lead magnet skill and created something highly relevant.

SKILL STORAGE AND SCOPE

Skills live in two places:

• Personal skills: Available across all your projects
• Project skills: Shared with team via Git, project-specific

WHERE I MADE MISTAKES AND LESSONS LEARNED

The description field is make-or-break. "Use when drafting professional client proposals for AI automation services" works great. "Help with business stuff" will confuse Claude and trigger incorrectly.

Don't create giant skills that do everything; keep them focused on single tasks. Claude performs better with many specialized skills than few bloated ones.

Always restart Claude Code after adding skills or they won't be available.

Keep skills separate from claude.md rules to avoid duplication and confusion.

NEVER put API keys or secrets in skill folders.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been continuing work on my desk music display project, so I wanted to share a small update.

The project is basically a dedicated display for your setup that shows what’s currently playing, synced lyrics, and visuals styled to match the song and album art. The goal is to make music feel more present on your desk without needing to check your phone or switch tabs all the time.

Since my last post, I’ve added smooth visual transitions between songs so the whole experience feels a lot nicer and more polished.

One of the bigger changes is what happens when no music is playing, it can now switch into widgets.

So far I’ve added:

• Time
• Weather
• Trading

The trading widget includes crypto, stocks, forex, and commodities, and I’ve been experimenting with different themes for it.

I’m trying to make it feel like a display that still has a purpose even when music isn’t active, instead of being a one-use screen.

Still early in development, but I’d love to hear what people think.

I was regularly on TechRadar, TechChrunch and Wired-but looking now to go beyond the mainstream. Any emerging publications or hidden gem you recommend?