Keizo Gates
@keizo
I make stuff. Mostly canoes. Co-founder & CEO Kamanu Composites. Design & manufacturing in Hawaii. Father, paddler, weekend warrior programmer @grugnotes.
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A while ago I made a startup prediction that every AI application startup was likely to fail due to the rapid expansion of the foundational model providers. I'd like to elaborate on that, since many people interpreted it in only one way - and there are TWO main ways they are…
Anthropic Claude Cowork just killed our startup product 😅 So we did the most rational thing: open-sourced it. Meet Eigent 👉 github.com/eigent-ai/eige…
Yup if you’re not changing the design and it’s high volume quit 3d printing!
3D-printing these is ridiculous. These should be produced by injection moulding.
Day 1228 of building a notes app. Scribe v2 is live. It’s real good. Very close to grug being reliable for long meeting notes. Try it! Also new MRR peak of $156!
Today we’re introducing Scribe v2: the most accurate transcription model ever released. While Scribe v2 Realtime is optimized for ultra low latency and agents use cases, Scribe v2 is built for batch transcription, subtitling, and captioning at scale.
Am I just a monster? It's been 4 years since I became a father and I'm beginning to fear for my business. The truth is I just don't like working for very long. Historically, this is not uncommon among founders, but today it feels almost illegal. It's causing me a lot of debt and…
I built ai memory in 5 days. +5707 lines -105.
Day 1219 of building a notes app. Grug Notes now has memory. Grug takes notes on you. It’s crazy that I can just build this.
BUILD THE WHOLE PRODUCT If you're a startup CEO, you should think deeply about what Frank Slootman says : "Build the Whole Product, or solve the Whole Problem as fast as you can". In 2026, the biggest winners will be companies who realize that fragmented experiences don't serve…
let me explain moats in a way business school won't. the moat is not the product. claude exists. some kid can rebuild your SaaS in a weekend now. the moat is not technology. technology is a commodity. the moat is not brand. brand is just money and time. THE MOAT IS KNOWING…
I don’t build software for a living. Yet.
I feel like this is really important to be paying attention to if you build software for a living. I mostly haven’t written code manually since August.
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A new meta-analysis on the impact of goal setting on performance found: 1. Process goals had a large effect on performance 2. Performance goals had a moderate effect 3. Outcome goals had a negligible effect
lol fml also go try my notes app. It’s getting pretty good. 😂
Grug Notes is an exercise in accepting I am not actually a genius. Today I realized it has not been 832 days since I started building a notes app as I’ve been saying. It’s been mother fucking 1200 days!
Watch out! 😅
Day 825 of building a notes app. $86.50 MRR. I’m fucking on fire right now. Pretty much on my way to beating Notion at this second brain app game.
True story
A burly man picked up his canoe today. Paid me $6700. Said I love you. And said he needs to buy me a Christmas present. As good as that makes me feel, I might be more hyped on one new $15/mo subscription
Such a psychopath
Day 824 of making a notes app. Don’t want to brag but I just reached a new MRR record $79.50. Psyched.
Ok
Never quit something with great long term potential just because you can't deal with the stress of the moment.
Having to manufacture my own parts has crippled me as a designer, I physically can't design complexity now.
I bought this book after liking this tweet. Kid can read now.
We recommend the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons for anyone looking for a screen-free option. It's $17 on Amazon and it's excellent!
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