Karthik

Data science + analyst + app dev for fun and solving problems | AI journal with voice transcription to extract insights - ThoughtsAI:

[Karthik @krthkk]

/goal has been a complete game changer for solo devs with limited time to work on side hustles and projects.

[Min Choi @minchoi]

OpenAI Codex CLI just got way more agentic.

With /goal, you give it one objective and it keeps working across turns until the goal is done.

Master it this weekend. Bookmark this.

[Karthik @krthkk]

when everything else is AI, it gives us even more of a permission to just lean in to the ideas and thoughts that are uniquely ours and unfiltered.

[Karthik @krthkk]

@thsottiaux couldn’t agree more. tested it, worked on some of the most complex workflows and saw it all come together.

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@OmniC79283 love it. absolutely! many times i’ve felt that it was such a waste that the genius intern is not being given the opportunity to shine.

[Karthik @krthkk]

after experiencing agentic tasks flow with openclaw, of which i had setup a proper personal assistant covering all things personal life admin, i tried disbanding it and going back to prompt based AI agents via all tools: gemini, claude, chatgpt.

but after tasting the power of openclaw, im fully back on it. life’s much better.

[Karthik @krthkk]

the magic of time after kids are asleep:

a masters degree.
2 saas experiments.
5 apps across play store and app store.
date nights.

while making in roads with day job.

[Karthik @krthkk]

anything and everything LIVE is probably going to be the new content and marketing frontier. it’s not new, but consumers are going to increasingly seek and value real authentic content vs generated.

[Karthik @krthkk]

minimax m2.5 definitely more benchmark vs. real usage wow factor. opus 4.6 is still quite unmatched for production grade coding.

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some exciting stuff. shipping 3 products together, with one being a really exciting project co-developed with my 6-year old daughter :)

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@heygurisingh free

[Karthik @krthkk]

Built a PDF reader for my mother.

She’s 70. Needed to read documents, sign forms, highlight things. Basic stuff.

Every app I found wanted subscription or ads. For reading PDFs.

So I made one. ZenPDF Reader. No account.

No subscription. No “premium to unlock signatures.” Just open, read, sign, annotate. Done.

The goal was simple: my mother should never feel lost. Big buttons. Clear labels. Nothing hidden three menus deep. If she has to ask me how to do something, I failed.

Took two weeks. Mostly because I kept removing things. Features are easy to add.

Knowing what to leave out is harder.

It’s free on Play Store now. Not “free with ads.” Not “free trial.” Just free. Because reading your own documents shouldn’t cost money.

If you have elderly parents struggling with bloated PDF apps, maybe this helps.

[Karthik @krthkk]

@james_xond what about real humans using bots to create content? i hope to see less of that and more of real reflections :)

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@civilianweb3 thank you. experiment begins to grow and contribute in 2026!

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@KevinSzabo14 i’ve come to realise that it’s not bad either way. and you are not limited to having just one either.

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@DanKulkov resonate haha

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@Dwriteway great way to reframe. been seeing discussions on how do people handle and manage stress without smoking or drinking. this reframing helps orient oneself to what matters most.

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@ick_real reading this thread is strangely calming

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@aeejazkhan back to basics. first principles. learn do iterate.

which would exist with or without AI

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@averycode great stuff. what prompts the version 2? i am always beating myself to ensure it is worth a proper upgrade.

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@CoachDanGo i love this, creates a nice loop of self fulfilling prophecy for me.