Eric Li

Building @getversive and scratch

[Eric Li @erictli]

Built a new site for Scratch last night.

Now that we're 8 releases and 650+ stars in, it felt like we needed a proper home. Still free, open-source, and offline-first. Your notes are just markdown files on your machine.

[Eric Li @erictli]

New website for @getversive

[Eric Li @erictli]

Hear me out...

[Eric Li @erictli]

Noticing that the designers doing the best work right now aren't really using AI tools to generate designs. They're using Figma and the same coding agents engineers use (Claude, Codex, Cursor) to take their designs all the way to production.

[Andrew Qu @andrewqu]

@dannyjpwilliams Scratch by @erictli is so smooth too

[Eric Li @erictli]

@veewpe Thanks! lemme think about that one, planning to a minor UI cleanup and maybe i can fold that into it.

[Eric Li @erictli]

Built a new site for Scratch last night.

Now that we're 8 releases and 650+ stars in, it felt like we needed a proper home. Still free, open-source, and offline-first. Your notes are just markdown files on your machine.

[Eric Li @erictli]

New York in transit via @midjourney

[Eric Li @erictli]

@veewpe Ah, that makes sense. I'll add this as an issue in Github and try to get this into an upcoming release. Lmk if you have any examples of apps that handle backlinks well.

[Eric Li @erictli]

@veewpe For backlinks to other docs in your Scratch folder, you can just type [[ or type / and select "Wikilink"

[Eric Li @erictli]

Central Park in summer via @midjourney

[Eric Li @erictli]

I'm trying to keep my focus on one or two projects at a time, but I keep wanting to save notes to Scratch while I'm on my phone.

Should I build Scratch for iOS?

[Eric Li @erictli]

Kibble is now in private beta, and I'm starting to add features based on user feedback.

Just shipped: record phones and tablets, export recordings as GIFs, customize aspect ratios, and lots of bug fixes and UX improvements.

Lmk if you want to try it.

[Leslie @lxluo]

Spoke with @erictli on how he built Scratch, a minimal and thoughtfully crafted open source markdown notes app. Plus some more thoughts on how he uses AI in his workflow and what it means to build in public while building a company.

https://t.co/kiKhAubRLC

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Prediction:

The next 12-24 months, "UX-pilled" builders will be in massive demand.

Who can create intuitive interfaces, web+mobile+desktop apps that "feel good," natural, fast, and far better than the competition.

THIS will be the difference vs those building "just" with AI.

[Eric Li @erictli]

@crro___ literally watching myself get replaced

[Eric Li @erictli]

👀

[Eric Li @erictli]

Full release notes and contributor list: https://t.co/WXos5Ca9Ek.

You can download Scratch here: https://t.co/FwelvZvjil

[Eric Li @erictli]

Scratch v0.10.0 is out (and we crossed ⭐ 800 GitHub stars)!

This release is almost entirely community-driven. Five contributors shipped: custom theme colors, multi-note selection and drag-to-folder, keyboard shortcuts cheatsheet, ignored folders, and a bunch more.

[Steve Smith @stevy_smith]

@Shpigford I like https://t.co/5OPnsE3L31 by @erictli - just simples

[Eric Li @erictli]

Full post here:

https://t.co/XvyMuGWcFh

[Eric Li @erictli]

AI is making building cheap. The quality floor is rising, but it feels like the ceiling is dropping.

I wrote down five principles to help me decide what's worth spending effort on.

[Eric Li @erictli]

One person is often the ideal team size.

When one person has a clear vision and the right tools, they can move from concept to reality at higher speed and quality than a large team, with nothing lost in translation.