Tom Lynch

Technology Junkie / Software Developer / Father of 3 awesome kids / Husband of 1 amazing woman

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Do you need apps for your new iPhone Duo? Recollect is ready to be your meeting note taker today.

https://t.co/B2UoT8U9Lg

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

I solved Missouri's gerrymandered congressional maps today. I built a tool that generates districts of equal population that look how most people think they should.

Tell me why I'm wrong

https://t.co/LaaB176Qvn

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Are we actually moving forward with this SI nonsense?

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

I love VLC but the UI has always bugged me. So during Monday Night Football I spent a couple hours with Claude building a better looking Mac player on VLC’s engine.

It’s called Tangelo. Early alpha, on GitHub if you’re curious: https://t.co/Dchcf7y0C6

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@d4m1n @bot lets get this setup

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Spending my morning in a Tesla service center waiting room and I am absolutely stunned at the number of people buying tires here. Discount Tire folks. Don’t buy tires at a dealer.

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

What a time to be alive if you care about what you are building

[DHH @dhh]

I sympathize with programmers who worked on systems they never cared about, for customers they didn't connect with, and took all their working joy from the mechanical act of turning tickets into code. You have to care about the software to be excited about making it w/ agents!

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Bought dumbbells and a bench planning to follow YouTube workouts. That didn't work out.

So I built Pairlift. It goes at my pace, shows me how to do each exercise, and tracks what I've done. Beta's open if you want to try it.

https://t.co/HuwhE7QVwo

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Everyone seems concerned how the courts will decide the Missouri map stupidity but the real question is, does it matter?

Who will hold anyone accountable? When the AG wants the same outcome does it really matter to ignore the court?

Even if you agree with the outcome, the tide will turn again and you will be in the minority at some point and this will be a crazy precedent.

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@kaitlancollins What's in his ear?

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Recollect: Voice Recorder 1.2 is out for iPhone and iPad. It's now free to try.

Still pay once (if you like it) and no subscription. Still all on device and privacy first.

Give it a try today!

https://t.co/B2UoT8TBVI

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Am I the only one weirded out by every bit of info on Matthew Mayich being a quote from the family lawyer? Feels like someone trying hard to do narrative control. Hope I'm wrong.

[Recollect: Voice Recorder @recollect_app]

Your professor talks at 150 words per minute. Nobody writes that fast.

Recollect records the lecture, transcribes it live, and hands you a summary when it ends. All on your iPhone, nothing uploaded anywhere.

Pay once. No subscription. https://t.co/1NvEbBoRm6

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

I've been overwhelmed by the number of ads and in-app purchase subscriptions in apps lately. I've been wanting to return to the days of buying software and owning it.

With that in mind, I've been building iOS apps focused on pay once and privacy first. No analytics, no ads, no accounts and most importantly, your data never leaves your device.

The first one is Recollect, an AI powered voice recorder that uses Apple's on-device models to create transcripts and summaries of your recordings. Great for meetings, lectures, or just recording your thoughts in the car.

Available today for iPhone and iPad: https://t.co/7ubqNgAyqp

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Software that does it's work on your device doesn't need your data, your account info, or your trust in someone's server.

Everything I've built runs that way. Tomorrow.

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Somewhere along the way, buying an app turned into renting twelve of them. I miss paying for software once and just owning it.

So I built the thing I wanted. Two days.

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

Recently I've been building iOS apps around two rules: you only pay once, and your data stays yours. No subscriptions, no ads, no accounts, no analytics.

The first one ships Monday.

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@AviSchiffmann hopefully somebody you would provide support to if their product stopped working? still Waiting.

[Tom Lynch @tomlynch]

@JacobPradels @AviSchiffmann Prepare to be disappointed. Hi @AviSchiffmann