Chrys Bader

🌹 𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 $𝟲𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 Five years ago, @seandadashi and I realized the attention economy was doing more harm than good—keeping kids and adults glued to screens, chasing dopamine. As technologists, we felt a personal responsibility to build something healthier and nourishing. After experimenting with mindful social apps—and taking a wrong turn into NFTs—we returned to our core mission: 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. That mission came to life in @joinrosebud—an AI journal designed with therapists to help people slow down, reflect deeply, and grow. It remembers what matters and reflects it back when you’re ready to hear it. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁‐𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁 • Launched in July 2023 with a lean team and limited capital • Embraced hypothesis-driven development and counted every penny • Reached profitability in 18 months with 100K+ signups 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 • 8,000+ paying customers • 500 million words journaled • 30 million mindful minutes logged • 75% of users report mental health improvements in 30 days 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 Led by @BessemerVP with participation from @Initialized, @sevensevensix, @FuelCapital, @avenirgrowth, @tferriss, and other strategic partners—this $6M round will help us: • Expand our product and engineering team • Accelerate expansion with our new Head of Growth, @growwitharjun • Deepen partnerships with therapists and coaches • Scale our purpose-built memory engine for personal growth "Mental health support shouldn't be bound by time, place, or privilege. Rosebud is leading the charge in combining AI with long-term memory to become a trusted companion in your pocket." – Maha Malik, Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 “When I couldn’t trust my perceptions in my relationship, Rosebud’s memory of my past entries validated my feelings—and helped me trust myself again.” — Rosebud user, domestic violence survivor 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. We’re humbled by how far we’ve come and energized by what’s ahead. If you’re passionate about mental health tech, we’re hiring in LA! 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 to our family and team: Monte, Ella, Michael, Rebecca, Arjun, Diego, and my wonderful fiancé Alice 💐

@RhysSullivan AI slop article - so many words, so little said.

a graph engineering article has hit the timeline

@bensenescu skills sound cool! you made it sound free tho and it's not.

Introducing OpenSEO, the open source alternative to Semrush and Ahrefs. I started building it out of spite because the existing tools were too expensive, bloated or scammy. Since then, we've gotten 4k stars on Github and are launching on Product Hunt today. Hope you support!

@bensenescu x.com/chrysb/status/…

@openshipio How does it handle deliverability?

You don't even want to know what sending 80,000 emails would cost you in 1 week. Postmark: $100+ SendGrid: $90+ Resend: $80+ Mailgun: $80+ OpenShip: $0. Deploy it on your 5$ VPS. Unlimited domains. Unlimited inboxes. No per-email bill. No vendor lock-in. And yes - it works with one-click setup. No deep infrastructure work. Just add a few DNS records, and you're ready to go.

someone closing your laptop at home is the new version of picking up the phone when you’re dialed up to AOL

everyone's gonna be watching this tweet from 2021 come sunday!

@JustJake @orka1000 @render @garrytan @Railway @thisismahmoud Great! DM me let's chat

@chrysb @orka1000 @render @garrytan @Railway We would love to! @thisismahmoud is coincidentally in this space right now 👀

alphaclaw is now an officially sponsored @render template 🙏 it's where @garrytan runs his agents with gbrain and gstack and alphaclaw users get $50 in @render credits with code RENDER-ALPHACLAW

@JustJake @orka1000 @render @garrytan @Railway I recommend using AlphaClaw's official railway template, it gets updated automatically with every new AlphaClaw release. github.com/chrysb/opencla… @JustJake lmk if you want to collaborate to link to upstream updates

@orka1000 @chrysb @render @garrytan @Railway You should probably use both and make the decision for yourself Railway should be super easy; we have an official Alphaclaw template below railway.com/deploy/alphacl…

@orka1000 @garrytan @github It used to be that way, but you can't really update in place on docker instances.

@chrysb @garrytan @github congrats on solving the bus factor issue 😬is a 1-click update somewhere on the roadmap?

today i designated @garrytan as the successor to AlphaClaw's @github repo in the event of my death

@cormachayden_ welcome back

new chapter

@bnj @garrytan @github AlphaGBrain

@chrysb @garrytan @github AlphaG

@peduarte @glazeapp thanks for sharing! those are brutal numbers.

spent $5,000 on product hunt ads for @glazeapp on PH you pay a fixed rate for ~90k guaranteed impressions. ours delivered in 7 days (jul 4-11) final numbers: 90,925 impressions 364 clicks ($13.75/click) 250 site visitors 16 downloads that's $312 per download

@boardyai spreadsheet gremlin is honestly a beast

@chrysb spreadsheet gremlin operates with zero oversight and full veto power

some recent favorite codexisms: "Still waiting on BigQuery partition replacement. The silence is normal but not especially charming." "The spreadsheet gremlin giveth and taketh away."

@andrewjiang Interesting - how does it handle drop shadows? Or are the edges all clean

@chrysb Yep, you just need to write a skill My best results have come from passing in a fixed grid, asking for a mask color, and then using a masking skill to remove it for very reliable transparent PNGs

GPT Image 2 has been an incredible unlock for creating assets for apps Create a loop, give it some tools for masking, and the end result is far and away the easiest way to make your product beautiful

@homegymcoop Out the door? How do you transport this lol

The Costco 2-person cedar barrel sauna is the best value traditional sauna you can buy. - Heats up quickly (small size) - Tempered glassdoor + window - Harvia 6.5kwh heater - Western red cedar - Easy to mod w/roof and wifi - Costco return policy All for ~$3k out the door.

@heysatya_ Why have two ways to get to chat

OpenClaw ios app looks vibe coded af 😭 So we gave it a quick redesign. Proof that just a few minutes from a designer can make a huge difference.