zach

building the software I want to exist. too many ideas. always learning and sharing what I know.

[zach @ZachAI]

building with AI tips thread

https://t.co/kMHDCDERW9

[zach @ZachAI]

claude code tip: have it make a sound when it needs your input

use the hooks in ~/.claude/settings.json to trigger a sound. terminal-notifier works well for this. just give your terminal notification permission and you're good to go

[Thomas @thbrdy]

Hoping to find people who want to noodle this with me. I want to be ambitious, but don't want to be a victim of my ambition. https://t.co/ExXe511Azb

[zach @ZachAI]

i’ve been building quietly for a while now. big things coming

[zach @ZachAI]

really enjoying getting ideas into claude rapidly with dictato's instant offline transcription. it's saving my wrists and fingers when I have a lot to say! thanks @a_lamparelli :)

[Alessandro @a_lamparelli]

I've built 5 apps in 2 years.

- ContactHive: shipped to the App Store, never found its audience.
- LifeTrophy: stayed a prototype forever.
- QuickPoll: free tool, still running, but no business.
- XLens: had to shelve it to stay compliant with platform rules.

And now Dictato.

I'm not gonna pretend I cracked the code... some of these hurt. But each one taught me something. And Dictato is the first one where I feel like the product, the problem, and the timing actually align.

And Dictato solves something I deal with every day: your brain thinks at 150 words per minute, your fingers type at 40. (I tried to get faster... never got past 65. ofc. 🤦) That gap is where ideas die. In emails that take too long, in notes you never finish, in thoughts your hands can't keep up with.

It's live. 7-day free trial, no credit card.

[zach @ZachAI]

@mutualinterpene so you know to look around more when you can’t easily find it in the store

[zach @ZachAI]

@Chandra17081107 congratulations!!

[zach @ZachAI]

@josh_ladner nice, that’s great! must be much nicer to use now

[zach @ZachAI]

building with AI tips thread

https://t.co/kMHDCDERW9

[zach @ZachAI]

claude code tip: have it make a sound when it needs your input

use the hooks in ~/.claude/settings.json to trigger a sound. terminal-notifier works well for this. just give your terminal notification permission and you're good to go

[zach @ZachAI]

@kaiskhimji @blockitAI @sequoia congratulations! such a cool product!

[zach @ZachAI]

@nishimiya @SocksMyRocks @_sidd24_ @noborderhuman @lohigowda_in @v0intern @Md_Saad22 @hafizsuhami @MindFuel_Hub @UbermenschEc amazing thank you josh!

[zach @ZachAI]

@SelfMadeMastery freedom

[zach @ZachAI]

@nishimiya @v0 @vercel @aisdk merry christmas! working on a platform for rap artists to produce and distribute their work

[zach @ZachAI]

@lady_valor_07 khoresht

[zach @ZachAI]

@icreatelife hello! currently building tools for songwriters that help them quickly understand their lyrics more deeply

[zach @ZachAI]

@cryptikcell yes, absolutely! it’s so helpful having the historic log of what happened and why, prevents many confusions

[zach @ZachAI]

@josh_ladner I bet there’s some faster TTS options if you look around! and yeah responses can get very long so that’s tricky, maybe use another model to summarize responses & takeaways?

[zach @ZachAI]

@josh_ladner excited to see!

[zach @ZachAI]

@josh_ladner oh my, that’s crazy. so you have it read out to you when it’s done? and then you can use whisper to talk back to it! it’s easy to set up an on-device service that records on hot key, could route that to the agent. one-button back and forth, fully voiced

[zach @ZachAI]

@AChimaiya40068 @karthikponna19 yes! build things that are actually useful for somebody! if you develop that skill, you’ll find success wherever you go

[zach @ZachAI]

@ThePeterMick Claude code $20 subscription, build SaaS on vercel and supabase free tier, post about the journey on X, leverage social media for free app growth