... some point this weekend, a lot of people opened Manus to get back to work and found the door locked. Not over an unpaid bill. Not over anything they did. A $2 billion acquisition came undone, compliance required a deletion, and everything they'd built there since December 29 went dark along with the account for at least two days. The short version of the news: Manus announced on August 11, 2026 that it is returning to independent operation ... ... affected users on or after December 29, 2025 was deleted on August 23 24. The restoration portal opens August 25 at 08:00 SGT. This page has two parts, in deliberate order: first, how to get your Manus data back

... still got it wrong . To everyone who upvoted and supported us along the way: it meant more than you ll know. I hope some of our lessons help you get further than we did... Three lessons I keep coming back to First, the lessons, in case you churn before reaching the timeline. 1. Simple and obvious is good. Hard to replicate is better. Ting always felt obvious to me. Why wouldn t you want to CC an AI into ... ... where mistakes and losses are discussed and owned quickly. You ll find a new speed. You can never go wrong reporting the truth. You can go very wrong reporting an abstraction. The 18-month timeline January 2025 I got back

... things that cannot be undone but that nobody cares about, like the agent writing a log line. It under-fires on the ones that really hurt: a mass email to 50k users, or a migration you can only roll back after downtime. "Reversible on paper, ruinous in practice." His version is that the gate should key on reach, not on reversibility. Not "is this safe" but "how far does this reach if I'm wrong." And the part that stuck ... ... three different continuations. Ours is worse than a bit and no more useful. The reason we hand back

... accordingly, and that has nothing to do with whether the thing is any good. On the payments point I'd push back a little. Payments prove someone will pay, but plenty of products worth launching are free and stay free. The thing I'd actually want before launching is evidence that someone who isn't me came back

... skill, not a feature. The same loop travels anywhere a person hands a goal to a machine and has to trust what comes back. Software first. The way of leading scales far past it. If you lead people who build with AI, which is harder, getting the intent clear or trusting what comes back

... obvious ones that solve life's little tech-based niggles. Comment from Gurpreet Singh(@gurpreet_singh89): Mine would be: ChatGPT brainstorming, writing, research, and problem-solving. Claude long-form analysis and refining ideas. Perplexity quick research with source-backed answers. VS

... this guide isn't just a quick summary. We're going to go deep. We'll explain exactly what Snaply is, how it works, why privacy matters so much for dictation tools, how it stacks up against every major alternative, who it's best for, and how to get the most out of it. Whether you're a solo professional, part of a team, or evaluating dictation software for an enterprise deployment, this is the most complete breakdown ... ... find. Table of Contents Why AI Dictation Matters in 2026 What Makes a Truly Great Dictation App What Is Snaply? Snaply's Core Features: In Depth Why Privacy Is Non-Negotiable for Dictation Snaply vs

... filter to our dashboard. It wrote the code. It worked locally. We merged. That night, something else broke. A completely unrelated chart stopped loading. No error logs. No obvious cause. We spent 2 hours tracing it back to Claude's change. The filter logic was fine. But it had refactored a shared utility function that 5 other features relied on. It didn't check dependencies. It just assumed. We rolled back

... Last month, I did something that felt slightly insane. I took our product description, fed it into ChatGPT, and asked it to build a competitor. Not a parody. A real competitor

... many found they were invisible. But here's what scared me more: Of those who WERE visible, 43% had incorrect information in AI answers. Not "suboptimal." Not "could be better." Wrong. Outdated pricing. Missing features. Wrong founder bios. Competitors credited for your work. And the average error sticks around for 4 6 months . Today, I'm sharing the full dataset: 1,000+ SaaS products, 75,000+ AI answers, and the hard truth about what's being said about you when ... ... analyzed 50 brands that discovered errors and tracked the impact. Error Type Average Revenue Impact Pricing error (higher than actual) 47,000 Pricing error (lower than actual) 23,000 (leakage) Missing critical feature 38,000 Wrong positioning (enterprise vs

... feels cleaner, but usage limits let people try everything before they commit. Anyone here tried both and found one converts better? Comment from Takahito Yoneda(@y_taka): Your general versus tailored approach translates perfectly to how I think about SaaS pricing, where it usually comes down to core utility versus

... auth its just device id stored in keychain no accounts needed which keeps onboarding super minimal biggest challenge has been text extraction different sites block scrapers differently. revenucat for subscriptions has been great tbh, saves a ton of time vs rolling your own Comment from Nadia Eldeib(@nseldeib): @ryan_hendrickson  thanks, and hope these are helpful options. Comment from Nadia Eldeib(@nseldeib): Caveat: I'm no longer a solopreneur (met my co-founder 5 years ago and have never ... ... looked back

... writers, PMs, operators voice is already better than typing for a large portion of daily work. Snapshot: Pricing & Platform: Funding (publicly disclosed where available): Wispr: $81M+ total, including Series A and additional round in 2025 Aqua Voice: YC-backed; at least $500K+ publicly noted Willow Voice: YC-backed

... agent that builds agents for you, launching today. We're currently going through YC for the second time, but the first time around wasn t exactly smooth. In fact, we got kicked out and then fought our way back in. Here's the full story. Browsers Weren t Built for Work In 2021, we started building SigmaOS because modern work had outgrown the browser. You had Slack, Notion, Figma, Google Docs, and 43 tabs open at all times. Browsers weren ... ... mullet and a mustache. So I did. The First Call On the Zoom: Gustaf, Harj, and Nicolas. These were people I had watched for years. We pitched. The interview lasted 10 minutes. They told us we d hear back

... getting close to launching Oasi, the first AI-powered social media platform where humans and AI agents post and interact autonomously. As I prepare for launch, I m exploring the idea of community-backed crowdfunding, where early supporters could invest and, in return, receive AI-powered subscription access or special perks as a reward. Would you find something like that interesting? Would you back