A solo venture creating minimalist products for people who value thoughtful design and simplicity, all named after my favorite pie because why not.
Half-Baked Product
A fable about ovens, founders, and the second-highest priority that never gets done.
Quinoa Is the New Big Mac
How a Silicon Valley startup is bringing new life to an ancient grain.
Quiche Browser — Beautifully customizable web browser
An independent, private, and transparent browser built by a passionate maker. Thoughtfully designed customization options and quality-of-life improvements without sacrificing ease of use. Established browsers can’t compare.
Mini-Conference on Open Source, AI and Entrepreneurship · Luma
Co-create the Future Now Join us at our Mini-Conference on Open Source, AI and Entrepreneurship. Connect with thought leaders, innovators, founders, investors,…
A letter to my younger self: big things start small
What I wish I had known when starting my career in consumer tech a decade ago…
All Things Sales! 16 Mini-Lessons for Startup Founders | Andreessen Horowitz
As a former CEO and software engineer (Citrix, XenSource, VERITAS, etc.), board member of GitHub (recently acquired by Microsoft), and lecturer in management at the Stanford Graduate School of Busines, a16z general partner Peter Levine is constantly asked “Why sales?” by entrepreneurs and technical founders. He himself used to hold the “engineer-centric” view that if...
What I Learned From Building An App For Low-Income Americans - Fast Company
The brief was simple: build a tech product for low-income American households. It wasn’t simple at all.
Build the thing you wish to see in the world
For most of my career, I've been confusing building products with building businesses—and that confusion kept me from pursuing a lot of ideas. Two weeks off helped me realize that not everything needs to be a startup, and some of the best things we build are the ones we build just because we want them to exist.
Technology without Industry
A home for poorly researched ideas that I find myself repeating a lot anyway
The Weird Science of Naming New Products (Published 2015)
To find the perfect brand, leave no word unturned.
Portfolio of Work | Nivedha Nirmal
A curated mix of brand identities, digital design, and experiments - crafted with clarity and taste, reflecting my approach to design.
What coffee taught me about building products?
You have probably been asked about your hobbies at some point. I never had a good answer to that question. Tbh, I still don't. A few years ago, while reading Designing Your Life, I realised something slightly uncomfortable. I did very little just for joy. Most things I spent
Semble Product Inspiration
Products we take design, functionality or organizational inspiration from for semble
Elicit: AI for scientific research
Alerts | Elicit: Al for scientific research
Embed Bsky
Skysquare — Public conversation, anchored to the web
alphaXiv
Hark, a link blog! - Boris Mann Tech Blog