Robert Byrne
@kapitar.bsky.social
Founder / Web developer (F#) / Filmmaker
Currently working on loosethought.com
Film/Art: https://kapitar.com
Currently working on loosethought.com
Film/Art: https://kapitar.com
Added richer keyboard editing to loosethought.com
Personally, I really love the the 'jump' tool, which assigns shortcut keys to each note you can see 🙂
Brainstorm, capture notes and run through research without using a mouse, and keep the benefits of visual thinking.
#buildinpublic #ux
Personally, I really love the the 'jump' tool, which assigns shortcut keys to each note you can see 🙂
Brainstorm, capture notes and run through research without using a mouse, and keep the benefits of visual thinking.
#buildinpublic #ux
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Added richer keyboard editing to loosethought.com
Personally, I really love the the 'jump' tool, which assigns shortcut keys to each note you can see 🙂
Brainstorm, capture notes and run through research without using a mouse, and keep the benefits of visual thinking.
#buildinpublic #ux
Personally, I really love the the 'jump' tool, which assigns shortcut keys to each note you can see 🙂
Brainstorm, capture notes and run through research without using a mouse, and keep the benefits of visual thinking.
#buildinpublic #ux
Added fonts to loosethought.com !
It was based on feedback, so its ok to add features, right? 😊
Lets you set up really nice 'title cards' for research/writing projects.
It's based on the idea of #web font 'defaults' (cursive, mono etc) to let you customize them at some point.
#buildinpublic
It was based on feedback, so its ok to add features, right? 😊
Lets you set up really nice 'title cards' for research/writing projects.
It's based on the idea of #web font 'defaults' (cursive, mono etc) to let you customize them at some point.
#buildinpublic
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Added fonts to loosethought.com !
It was based on feedback, so its ok to add features, right? 😊
Lets you set up really nice 'title cards' for research/writing projects.
It's based on the idea of #web font 'defaults' (cursive, mono etc) to let you customize them at some point.
#buildinpublic
It was based on feedback, so its ok to add features, right? 😊
Lets you set up really nice 'title cards' for research/writing projects.
It's based on the idea of #web font 'defaults' (cursive, mono etc) to let you customize them at some point.
#buildinpublic
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Got some fantastic feedback last week for loosethought.com and have been working away on it, what a relief to be doing things people ask for etc :)
- Snap to grid (this really improved things!!)
- Newlines inside notes
- Better highlighting effect
#buildinpublic
- Snap to grid (this really improved things!!)
- Newlines inside notes
- Better highlighting effect
#buildinpublic
September 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Got some fantastic feedback last week for loosethought.com and have been working away on it, what a relief to be doing things people ask for etc :)
- Snap to grid (this really improved things!!)
- Newlines inside notes
- Better highlighting effect
#buildinpublic
- Snap to grid (this really improved things!!)
- Newlines inside notes
- Better highlighting effect
#buildinpublic
Something quite charming and nostalgic about coding 'raw' JS in a
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I think this is where AI really shines, vibe 'donkeywork'.
In this case, getting some landing page videos up into Cloudflare.
I never want to spend days contemplating some vendors idea of what an API should look like, or pour through all their docs/forum/support/etc..
#buildinpublic
In this case, getting some landing page videos up into Cloudflare.
I never want to spend days contemplating some vendors idea of what an API should look like, or pour through all their docs/forum/support/etc..
#buildinpublic
August 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I think this is where AI really shines, vibe 'donkeywork'.
In this case, getting some landing page videos up into Cloudflare.
I never want to spend days contemplating some vendors idea of what an API should look like, or pour through all their docs/forum/support/etc..
#buildinpublic
In this case, getting some landing page videos up into Cloudflare.
I never want to spend days contemplating some vendors idea of what an API should look like, or pour through all their docs/forum/support/etc..
#buildinpublic
At my regular coffee spot to do a bit of website copy writing. It's in the basement of a chain coffee shop in Dublin, I walked past it for years!
Finding it more and more necessary to get out of the apartment to work these days..
Any other unusual spots you work in?
#buildinpublic
Finding it more and more necessary to get out of the apartment to work these days..
Any other unusual spots you work in?
#buildinpublic
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At my regular coffee spot to do a bit of website copy writing. It's in the basement of a chain coffee shop in Dublin, I walked past it for years!
Finding it more and more necessary to get out of the apartment to work these days..
Any other unusual spots you work in?
#buildinpublic
Finding it more and more necessary to get out of the apartment to work these days..
Any other unusual spots you work in?
#buildinpublic
Added multi-sheet workspaces to loosethought.com
Researching a project or learning something new? it's now a lot easier to organize things!
I think this really delivers on the promise - a paper like experience with the best of digital (links, editing, sharing).
#buildinpublic #productivity
Researching a project or learning something new? it's now a lot easier to organize things!
I think this really delivers on the promise - a paper like experience with the best of digital (links, editing, sharing).
#buildinpublic #productivity
August 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Added multi-sheet workspaces to loosethought.com
Researching a project or learning something new? it's now a lot easier to organize things!
I think this really delivers on the promise - a paper like experience with the best of digital (links, editing, sharing).
#buildinpublic #productivity
Researching a project or learning something new? it's now a lot easier to organize things!
I think this really delivers on the promise - a paper like experience with the best of digital (links, editing, sharing).
#buildinpublic #productivity
Added backlinks/references to loosethought.com
Getting ready to open the app up for users this week, nervous but excited. 😱🚀
#ux #pkms #buildinpublic
Getting ready to open the app up for users this week, nervous but excited. 😱🚀
#ux #pkms #buildinpublic
June 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Added backlinks/references to loosethought.com
Getting ready to open the app up for users this week, nervous but excited. 😱🚀
#ux #pkms #buildinpublic
Getting ready to open the app up for users this week, nervous but excited. 😱🚀
#ux #pkms #buildinpublic
Having great image support in loosethought.com really comes in handy for doing AI exploration and research.
Here I'm doing some experiments and research for a short film 🎞️
I can put these findings together as I go, and share them with the rest of the crew!
#ai #buildinpublic #film
Here I'm doing some experiments and research for a short film 🎞️
I can put these findings together as I go, and share them with the rest of the crew!
#ai #buildinpublic #film
May 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Having great image support in loosethought.com really comes in handy for doing AI exploration and research.
Here I'm doing some experiments and research for a short film 🎞️
I can put these findings together as I go, and share them with the rest of the crew!
#ai #buildinpublic #film
Here I'm doing some experiments and research for a short film 🎞️
I can put these findings together as I go, and share them with the rest of the crew!
#ai #buildinpublic #film
btw!
#fsharp is also quite nice for low level stuff, not just all the fancy algebraic types etc.
#buildinpublic
#fsharp is also quite nice for low level stuff, not just all the fancy algebraic types etc.
#buildinpublic
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
btw!
#fsharp is also quite nice for low level stuff, not just all the fancy algebraic types etc.
#buildinpublic
#fsharp is also quite nice for low level stuff, not just all the fancy algebraic types etc.
#buildinpublic
What's nice about #fsharp is how well balanced and sympathetic the features are, here we have:
- Pattern matching
- Immutability with updates
- Currying
- Pipelining
- Algebraic types
- Map / List / Seq
- Lambda shorthand ( _.Name )
It's the integration of all these that makes it so satisfying 🚀
- Pattern matching
- Immutability with updates
- Currying
- Pipelining
- Algebraic types
- Map / List / Seq
- Lambda shorthand ( _.Name )
It's the integration of all these that makes it so satisfying 🚀
May 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What's nice about #fsharp is how well balanced and sympathetic the features are, here we have:
- Pattern matching
- Immutability with updates
- Currying
- Pipelining
- Algebraic types
- Map / List / Seq
- Lambda shorthand ( _.Name )
It's the integration of all these that makes it so satisfying 🚀
- Pattern matching
- Immutability with updates
- Currying
- Pipelining
- Algebraic types
- Map / List / Seq
- Lambda shorthand ( _.Name )
It's the integration of all these that makes it so satisfying 🚀
Added points/estimates to loosethought.com 🚀
Add an estimate to a note, and see the total at the top of the card.
Completed items knock the total down.
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
Add an estimate to a note, and see the total at the top of the card.
Completed items knock the total down.
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
May 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Added points/estimates to loosethought.com 🚀
Add an estimate to a note, and see the total at the top of the card.
Completed items knock the total down.
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
Add an estimate to a note, and see the total at the top of the card.
Completed items knock the total down.
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
Happy Friday all 🙂
Coding down in the Dublin docklands today 🇮🇪
I was part of #startupbootcamp in 2012, and none of these buildings were here back then!
(None of the modern ones I mean!)
#tfi #buildinpublic
Coding down in the Dublin docklands today 🇮🇪
I was part of #startupbootcamp in 2012, and none of these buildings were here back then!
(None of the modern ones I mean!)
#tfi #buildinpublic
May 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Happy Friday all 🙂
Coding down in the Dublin docklands today 🇮🇪
I was part of #startupbootcamp in 2012, and none of these buildings were here back then!
(None of the modern ones I mean!)
#tfi #buildinpublic
Coding down in the Dublin docklands today 🇮🇪
I was part of #startupbootcamp in 2012, and none of these buildings were here back then!
(None of the modern ones I mean!)
#tfi #buildinpublic
I really prefer 'index' over 'tasks' here.
Right now I'm just indexing dates, but eventually tags, colours, keywords etc, feels more in keeping with the spirit of the thing.
Thoughts?
#buildinpublic #ux
Right now I'm just indexing dates, but eventually tags, colours, keywords etc, feels more in keeping with the spirit of the thing.
Thoughts?
#buildinpublic #ux
May 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I really prefer 'index' over 'tasks' here.
Right now I'm just indexing dates, but eventually tags, colours, keywords etc, feels more in keeping with the spirit of the thing.
Thoughts?
#buildinpublic #ux
Right now I'm just indexing dates, but eventually tags, colours, keywords etc, feels more in keeping with the spirit of the thing.
Thoughts?
#buildinpublic #ux
Added deadlines/tasks to loosethought.com 🚀
Mark things with a date and build a prioritized task list from your plans!
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
Mark things with a date and build a prioritized task list from your plans!
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Added deadlines/tasks to loosethought.com 🚀
Mark things with a date and build a prioritized task list from your plans!
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
Mark things with a date and build a prioritized task list from your plans!
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity
We took an hour on the train to work near the coast. When its nice in Dublin its quite nice! 😊
So many nice days you just grind away in a home office, how much of your life slips by that way..
#buildinpublic
So many nice days you just grind away in a home office, how much of your life slips by that way..
#buildinpublic
April 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We took an hour on the train to work near the coast. When its nice in Dublin its quite nice! 😊
So many nice days you just grind away in a home office, how much of your life slips by that way..
#buildinpublic
So many nice days you just grind away in a home office, how much of your life slips by that way..
#buildinpublic
Added a toolbar to loosethought.com 🚀
Some early feedback: "keyboard support is nice, but as an additional thing, not the only thing" 😊
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker
Some early feedback: "keyboard support is nice, but as an additional thing, not the only thing" 😊
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Added a toolbar to loosethought.com 🚀
Some early feedback: "keyboard support is nice, but as an additional thing, not the only thing" 😊
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker
Some early feedback: "keyboard support is nice, but as an additional thing, not the only thing" 😊
#ux #saas #buildinpublic #indiehacker
Thanks 😊
Usual thing of ages to figure out a handful of lines 🙃
Usual thing of ages to figure out a handful of lines 🙃
April 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thanks 😊
Usual thing of ages to figure out a handful of lines 🙃
Usual thing of ages to figure out a handful of lines 🙃
You can now move multiple cards at once! 🚀
Some tricky semantics dealing with the selections..
You run into this a lot with canvas apps, gestures you take for granted are actually quite complicated when interactions might be a click or a drag (and you don't know yet which is which)
#buildinpublic
Some tricky semantics dealing with the selections..
You run into this a lot with canvas apps, gestures you take for granted are actually quite complicated when interactions might be a click or a drag (and you don't know yet which is which)
#buildinpublic
April 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You can now move multiple cards at once! 🚀
Some tricky semantics dealing with the selections..
You run into this a lot with canvas apps, gestures you take for granted are actually quite complicated when interactions might be a click or a drag (and you don't know yet which is which)
#buildinpublic
Some tricky semantics dealing with the selections..
You run into this a lot with canvas apps, gestures you take for granted are actually quite complicated when interactions might be a click or a drag (and you don't know yet which is which)
#buildinpublic
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