Shwetank Dixit

AI Product Advisor and Builder. Ex-founder and VP

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@zeldman I've also made Lathe (https://t.co/LHHbKoPphM) which is most similar to Lightroom and made for people who deal with a lot of media on their mac. Built to handle photos, video, audio and PDFs.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

It's crazy how good models can be at making product demo videos. I gave Opus 5.5 some specific instructions and resources to make a product showcase video and was blown away with the result.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@amishthaker_ Depends on the kind of project, but in general, hire them. Smart people know how to learn and teach themselves.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Lathe 1.2 is live on the Mac App Store.

Biggest decision: it now requires macOS 15. Fewer Macs, but every feature works on every Mac that runs it. No more "not supported on this Mac."

Also in 1.2: six accessibility passes, and Recipes now work on PDFs.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@lightsilver323 Building the best mac app for managing and editing images, videos and PDFs. https://t.co/LHHbKoPphM

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@idevranjan Nice. Have you given it a spin? If so, how does it compare with Gemini Omni Flash?

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Seeing some good reviews coming through for Lathe app, which fills me with so much joy!

https://t.co/LHHbKoPphM

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Most photo and video apps want to import everything into their own library. Now you have duplicates eating your disk, and a monthly bill.

So I built Lathe, a Mac app for photographers, videographers and marketers that works right on your folders.

No import. No subscription.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@NadyaVoynich 👋 Happy to connect!

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@09tahska @Netra Great, followed you!

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

I'm 42. Based in India.

Experience in devrel, product management and applied AI. Ex-VP and current founder. Solo builder since 2022.

Looking to connect with more solo founders, builders, and marketers! Happy to help and share any advice too.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@Netra It's been a while! Great to hear from you Netra! I've been less active on twitter for quite some time, but looking to be more active here again.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@njpCoder Thanks, great question! Honestly, files changing without the app being told. NAS shares often don't send change events, so those folders fall back to polling.

Renaming a folder in Finder was a sneaky one too. The saved access bookmark goes stale and has to be refreshed.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Most photo and video apps want to import everything into their own library. Now you have duplicates eating your disk, and a monthly bill.

So I built Lathe, a Mac app for photographers, videographers and marketers that works right on your folders.

No import. No subscription.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@i_m_Pania Yup, and its a problem that will increase in the future, with the pendulum swinging the other extreme with people overly glorifying IC work.

I've been https://t.co/CXxEuPlVGQ on this problem space.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Free on the Mac App Store. Try every Pro feature once, then unlock them all for a one-time $49.99. No subscription, ever.

Works on macOS 13 and later, including the new macOS Golden Gate.

Get it: https://t.co/AqGPai1dNl
More: https://t.co/LHHbKoPphM

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@shreyas Exactly. That's the primary reason why I made https://t.co/CXxEuPlVGQ ... It's been quite a journey!

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@Zac_labs Thanks! How are you man? Its been a long time!

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Bettersense now has 54 skills and 22 agents. 0.3 release ships evals for itself. 44 golden cases, each written the way a person actually types. Every case asserts: which skill must fire, and which near neighbours must stay silent.

If you're a PM, TPM or EM, check it out.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Kudos to the organizing team. Events at this scale rarely run this well. Overall, lots to learn, and I had fun connecting (and re-connecting) with lots of people.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

@patrickkettner talked about "Modern Web Guidance", a set of skills which embed knowledge about web development best practices, etc in your coding agent of choice. I know many of the people who contributed to the effort, and all of them are amazingly skilled people.

[Shwetank Dixit @shwetank]

Also, as more people are looking at optimizing AI costs, CTOs will be working with their teams to see which parts of thier apps can work fine with a higher latency, but lower cost model. Just having great evals might not be enough.