Vatsal Chevli

A few months ago I was looking through old photos and realised something kinda annoying.

I could see where I was and who I was with, but for a lot of them I couldn't remember what actually happened that day.

The random conversations, stupid jokes, small things that happened basically everything that made the memory a memory.

I was dealing with an issue where automated scripts kept trying to "optimize" small stuff instead of just finishing the main task. You ask for a simple feature update, and suddenly it's changing file structures and refactoring background logic nobody asked for.

It feels like the more context you give them, the easier it is for them to get distracted by non essential tasks.

For people building with cursor or agent setups daily how do you look down scope so it stays focused on a single file or task?

I've been thinking about this a lot while building Recounts.

Most journaling products focus heavily on getting us to write daily streaks, prompts, reminders, reflections, etc.