Farhan Hossain

Travelling Pen Salesman | Building for Humanity

I care about objects that last, honest work, and a life spent building more than consuming.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

@heyBlueX won the @reddot Design Award 2026.

It's an honor. But the people who deserve recognition are the team.

Hundreds of prototypes to get here. Congrats to the team.

[Blue @heyBlueX]

You can now automate almost anything you can do on your iPhone with Blue.

Now, every night at ~2 am, @OmarAbcXyz123 has set up Blue to go through any work credit card expenses he has, find the receipt in the Gmail app, Amazon, Uber, etc., and upload it to the expenses app w/ a note on whatI bought!

What will you automate?

https://t.co/4yFA2gw5Bw

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

Ramadan Kareem 🌙

[Tom Babb @TBabb02]

just got the @heyBlueX and it's going to be everything I wish Siri was 🔵

Very interesting product by @ycombinator @OmarAbcXyz123
@FarhanBuilds

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

@TBabb02 @heyBlueX @ycombinator @OmarAbcXyz123 Really inspired by you!

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

People in wheelchairs could finally get around. But so could parents with strollers, travelers with luggage, workers with carts. When you solve for one person's friction, you often solve for many.

Waleed is one of our first users of Blue.

He has used Blue for dozens of hours.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

I recently learned about the "Curb Cut Effect."

In the 1970s, people fought for wheelchair ramps. They poured concrete themselves since the government wouldn't.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

I learned to make a silver ring this weekend.

Here's what it taught me about the future of AI.

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[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

A reflection on what it takes to make consumer HW...

https://t.co/b9v7eQqioW

[Robert Scoble @Scobleizer]

I met @ProductHunt’s CEO coming out of @jowyang’s AI event, Llama Lounge, tonight.

He had a new Blue. So do I.

Runs your iPhone with AI.

[Rajiv Ayyangar @rajivayyangar]

Showing @Scobleizer my new @heyBlueX

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

@moggrammer @pranavcmadhukar You're the OG Farhan One ;)

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

Disney park characters are taught never to be the first to let go of a child’s hug.

When your friend hugs you, let them be the one to let go.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

Some people save up to spend on a vacation or a nicer car.

I save up to buy pens... thousands of them.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

Customer: "Why should I order again? I already bought two that didn't work. You should send the new one for free."

Me: "You're right. I'll send you two."

Customer: "...I wasn't expecting that."

Me (to myself): Sustenance is from God. My job is to stay honest in every sale.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

@sad5ky Daddy never returned.

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

Building physical products requires hundreds of hands, from sourcing raw materials to machining, injection molding, inspection, testing, and finally, packaging.

Even after the package is handed to someone to ship, it finally arrives in your hands.

https://t.co/bw86QYrWwE

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

When was the last time you got to build something from the ground up?

Why did you become a HW engineer in the first place? Was it to sit at your desk and watch the future unfold?

or build it with your own hands?

[Farhan Hossain @FarhanBuilds]

That crazy time we asked AI to add typos to make it seem like we didn't use AI.