Welf

building human-friendly technology
outdoor computing · amber living ·

for 50$ off

[Welf @_welf]

We’re craving amber because it’s the single most human-friendly color technology can emit at night

What we’re really craving is a future where tech is aligned with our biology and respectful of our sensitivity

It’s a deeply vulnerable yearning for more attunement, warmth, and care emanating from the devices that make up our world

[Welf @_welf]

The world craves amber.

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

Leonardo da Vinci's greatest paragraph

[Welf @_welf]

And yes I believe in it enough to build a business around it with @supermirror_app and recommend getting one, you can get 50$ off with my code WELF :) https://t.co/I2zXFbMYLy

[Welf @_welf]

A lot of my posts revolve around the @daylightco, so here’s why this screen is such a big deal.

It’s…

📝 paperlike, reflective, non-emissive
🔵 blue light free
💡 flicker-free (so WAY calmer for your brain)
⏩ super-smooth-scrolling (60-120 fps)
🌞 sunlight readable
🌚 circadian friendly, thanks to the
🎃 amazing amber backlight (soo vibey and easy on the eyes)
✍️ actually great texture for handwriting

Once I experienced what a paperlike computer feels like, it’s impossible to just go back and pretend it’s fine that we’re looking at flickering blue-light rectangles for most of our waking lives.

Of course you can argue about the details: worse contrast than eink and the resolution is meh, etc.

But at the end of the day, this is V1 of the screen that I want for everything: 27-32 inch for my desktop, a phone, a 13-15 inch to mount onto my Mac, etc.

It’s the starting point for truly human-friendly computing. It’s what I want for my loved ones, my children, and all of you.

[Welf @_welf]

I’m so sick and tired of losing the game of my own attention to algorithms and cheap dopamine

So now I’m rebuilding my digital environment from the ground up

and I won’t stop until human-friendly computing is accessible to every single one of you

The future of computing is amber

[Welf @_welf]

@jesussard It’s worth trying I think. And it’s more attainable than we think. Just getting to the point of having paper-like screens for like 95% of screen time is so utterly transformative

[Welf @_welf]

I’m so sick and tired of losing the game of my own attention to algorithms and cheap dopamine

So now I’m rebuilding my digital environment from the ground up

and I won’t stop until human-friendly computing is accessible to every single one of you

The future of computing is amber

[Welf @_welf]

@Apolloregulus 🗿 @amber_computer is under development

[Welf @_welf]

@shkeen_ It’s a paper-like @daylightco — slightly worse contrast than eink but at 60 fps I think the best choice for daily computer use. Non-emissive, blue light free, sunlight readable

[Welf @_welf]

@Chuck_Petras Yes, this is a @daylightco :)

[Welf @_welf]

@chaotic_digital It’s much better in light mode!

[wil michael @wilplatypus]

@_welf Woah ok interesting

[Paul Kuruvilla @RohitPaulK]

@BullTheoryio

[Welf @_welf]

@majamediaco I’d be soooo good at this

[daylight @daylightco]

@ChrisMasterjohn @_welf here took a daylight computer and made a whole laptop-like experience out of it by adding wood, a bluetooth keyboard, and his own vibe-coded display app...

best in class, zero-glare, paper-like visual display without losing functionality!

https://t.co/xgDenqtwpP

[Welf @_welf]

@JackEllis @supermirror_app @daylightco First time setup *should* be smooth but has occasional hiccups. After that you just plug it in and it starts mirroring!

[Welf @_welf]

today I'm launching @supermirror_app

the #1 performant Mac-to-Android mirroring app

60 fps, <10ms, lossless, optimized for E-Ink devices

which means: you can now use your mac, on paper

for calm computing, deeper focus and better sleep

first prototype built with Opus 4.6 in a few hours, relentlessly optimized since

- beautiful menu bar app
- clamshell mode, touch input
- keyboard shortcuts, full CLI (hi claude)
- any android 8 device or newer
- 5 min setup

it's been such a joy to build this simple product to autistic levels of quality and performance

free 7 day trial, then $29 forever

really hope you enjoy it

link below

[Welf @_welf]

Opus 4.6 is insane.

Today we vibecoded what might be the best vibecoding setup in the world: a mirroring solution to use the @daylightco DC-1 as external display for my Mac.

Anything you do on a Mac — now on a paperlike screen, no blue light, no PWM flicker

→ more relaxed nervous system & clear focus

[Overfit Quantitative Strategies @OverfitQuantit1]

Worse downgrade than the French government's credit rating

[Welf @_welf]

@vintekilo Sure, yes!

[Welf @_welf]

bro really built a wooden laptop for outdoor computing

I can’t believe how beautiful it looks, in it’s natural habitat

touching grass, no flicker from the paper-like screen, full spectrum sunlight

[Welf @_welf]

@sheherenow_ @supermirror_app It’s in the car, hah. No supermirroring was happening at that moment in time. Google Docs is decent enough on android :)

[Welf @_welf]

today’s outdoor office @supermirror_app

[jem is looking for a job @sheherenow_]

the concept of it being 85F and working-from-laptop-from-Daylight in the garden

tysmmm @_welf @supermirror_app, i’ve wanted this for so long