David Pierce welcomes “the era of personal software.” He built his own productivity app and spent weeks fighting with tool after tool. On a closer look, it’s just dashboard stitching together Raindrop, Todoist, Obsidian, and Google Calendar. (The Verge)
- David Pierce spent weeks using Claude Code to build a custom productivity app, fighting GitHub, Supabase, deployment errors, and an AI that kept generating questionable icons.
- The piece argues we are entering an era of personal software, where anyone can build bespoke apps for their own needs rather than tolerating the compromises of mass-market tools.
- The limits are real: no support, no security guarantees, and if the builder gets hit by a bus, the company is in trouble.
