Hey everyone I'm Atul, a software engineer and grad student in Computational Science at the University of Vienna.

I've always had this problem with studying with AI: it hands me the answer, I nod along, and a week later I can't do the problem myself. The struggle is where the learning happens, and AI skips it. On top of that, I was constantly juggling screens, from my notes to the chat and back.

So I've been building Pen Buddy, the note-taking app for the AI era. It's a notebook for Mac and iPad with an AI tutor inside it. You write with Apple Pencil or open a PDF or coding problem, and just talk. Buddy reads your page and your handwriting, then gives you hints instead of answers, so you work it out yourself. Every session turns into notes and flashcards.

I'm preparing to launch here soon. Until then, I'd love to hear from you:

Think about how you work today. You use Claude for writing. ChatGPT for research. Cursor for code. Maybe Codex for longer tasks.

Each one learns something about you. Your preferences. Your projects. Your decisions. But none of them talk to each other.

So you end up repeating yourself. Re-explaining context. Correcting assumptions that one tool got right weeks ago in a different conversation.

It is like having five assistants who each only remember the conversations they were personally in. They are all smart individually, but collectively they are forgetful.

Hey everyone, I ve been playing around with different ways to keep my ideas, research, and drafts in check, but it still feels like I m drowning in research. :P

I ve tried traditional note-taking apps, but they re not flexible. And mind maps? They start out fine but turn into a mess as it gets complex with more data.

I think AI has been around long enough for us to identify which tools have changed the way we work.

There are more and more of them every day, and sometimes it feels like it s getting harder to keep track of them all.

Hello! I m building an AI writing platform designed specifically for giving writing feedback, unlike a general AI chatbot. It provides detailed feedback, tracks your progress overtime, remembers past assignments, and explains why changes should be made so you can become a better writer.

If you're willing to spend a few minutes trying it out, I'd really appreciate it. If you find it useful, feel free to create an account and let me know what you liked, what confused you, and what features you'd want to see next.

Here's the link: https://writing-agent.app

Would you use this website? Do you prefer this over Chatgpt or Claude? Let me know!

What AI Dictation Tools Actually Are

What AI Dictation Tools Actually Are

I m Oussama, a student founder, and I built RewritelyApp, a SaaS focused on humanizing AI-assisted writing.

The idea came from a simple problem: AI helps draft faster, but the output often feels artificial or disconnected from your own voice. RewritelyApp helps refine AI drafts into natural, readable writing, with tone control and visibility on how the text may be perceived.

The product is fully live and already used by early users. I m mainly here to:

• Learn from the PH community

• Collect honest feedback

• Exchange notes with other builders

If you're building a product with AI tools, here's how your morning probably looks:

• Open ChatGPT. Paste your project context. Ask your question. Get a decent answer.

• Switch to Claude for something else. Paste your context again. Different tool, same briefing.

• Hop into your codebase with Codex. Paste context again.

You're not just a builder anymore. You're a context delivery system.

The indie hackers I've talked to who use AI most effectively have one thing in common: they've figured out how to stop babysitting their tools and just use them.

I've been there, lost in a sea of scattered notes and endless drafts. 

If you're still using the basic notes app for your writing, trust me, you're missing out on so much potential. 

With so many AI tools popping up every week, I m curious:

Which ones have actually stuck around in your workflow?

• Are you using anything for image/video generation?

• Got an underrated writing or code assistant?

• Something that helps automate tedious stuff?

Would love to hear what s been useful (or surprising)!

With AI agents and assistants are becoming more advanced, we're seeing them handle everything from scheduling meetings to managing entire workflows.

But here s the big question would you fully trust an AI to run tasks autonomously, or would you prefer keeping an eye on things just in case?

I was recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using!

Voice AI toolkit:

- Vapi

Most of us spend half our day typing the same messages again and again follow-ups, status updates, or quick replies.

Typing faster doesn t solve that. Writing smarter does.

That s where Slashit App comes in.

It lets teams: