Hal West

Giving it a go at building in public...

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Think I've only just worked out what agents are:

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Demo of the interactive features.

Claude code has continual contextual knowledge transfer between sessions.

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Created a fully interactive external 2nd brain using Obsidian and claude code.

Hundreds of mental models, influential books and thinkers, and knowledge of self.
#ArsContexta

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Built a v0 UI mock-up to test this hypothesis. Backend isn't live, just the UX. Question: Do you see yourself clicking around to turn raw signals into a solution here?

https://t.co/48ORHrx2aC

#v0testing #SignalAI #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Indie founders drown in signals (trends, ideas) but struggle to turn them into actual products. They're too slow to research everything manually, and AI gives too much problem noise.

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Built a v1 prototype for Latti, a Mental Model Decision Coach. Testing if people actually want this to solve tough choices.

Check out the prototypes:
1) https://t.co/7Jp6KNDe0x - v1
2) https://t.co/FvVRffggtA - v0

#v0testing #Latti #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Naval Lens Decision Agent helps you navigate tough choices by focusing on your long-term values and agency.

Would be an extension or plugin.

v0 prototype mockup: https://t.co/FRNdf5iKP6

#v0testing #DecisionAgent #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Deploying social links and feedback tools takes forever. I built a one-click hub to automate the whole process for founders.

https://t.co/d3yRBEeTRH

#v0testing #SocialDeploy #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Flood resilience funding is messy. Funds disappear, projects stall.
I built a prototype to track data on-chain. Permanent, verifiable records.
https://t.co/hl3pgyCd0w

#v0testing #FloodResilience #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Can new builds actually survive extreme floods? Most builders ignore this risk until it's too late.

https://t.co/wrYyFeIMeB

#v0testing #FloodPerformance #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Built a V1 for a "Climate Stress Simulator for Mortgage Portfolios". It’s ugly, likely a solution looking for a problem, and the charts make me dizzy. I want to know if this is actually useful or just a waste of engineering time. Roast it to death.
https://t.co/HZczSEjYL9

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Check out the prototype here: https://t.co/rth3XqorsD

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

Being a PM is a job where every day is a high-stakes negotiation, but you rarely have a safe place to practice. You don't want to crash a roadmap or upset a developer when you're just learning the ropes.

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

You create a product and strategy, then navigate objections, scope creep, and budget cuts from personas that won't give an inch. It’s harder than it looks.

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

For this to work, I need to go end-to-end from idea conception to released v0 prototype on socials in less than 3 hours.

Call it a two month hackathon.

Bring it on 😎

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

No Gag. I'm going to release 25 v0 prototypes in 50 days with complete analytics, live URLs, and a post-mortems on a website so everyone can learn how rapid prototyping works and what product thinking is required at an insane pace.

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

2/ https://t.co/iwg7grw03B

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

1/ Set up PostHog analytics for a friendship reconnection app in 10 minutes. 3 events tracked: onboarding completion, friend detail views, catch-up logs. The whole flow: install package → update prototype name → add 3 tracking calls → done. Try it:

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

2/ Built the whole thing in under 2 hours using my daily Claude credits.

The command file, Python posting script, and setup docs - all generated through conversation.

Building in public, assisted by AI, posted by AI.

[Hal West @HalNotEast]

1/ This is actually a Claude Code slash command.

/vibe-post sits in my ~/.claude/commands folder. When I run it, Claude gathers git context, drafts a post, and publishes via the X API.