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Designer, Coder, Maker. Founder @ The Next Layer, Design Services for B2B SaaS. Using machines to create beautiful and meaningful experiences for humans. personal website: https://mnlcpc.com

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Don't one-shot prompt your idea with LLMs.

Begin with a basic design system, well-structured PRDs, and a set of clear context instructions.

Constantly having to correct the model to align with your vision is exhausting.

Focusing on design is where it's at.

16.07.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harker Type faster with your voice.

β€’ Full support for multi-screen and virtual desktops
β€’ β€œCopy Latest Transcription” always available
β€’ plus many improvements and bug fixes

Try the new version and let me know what you think!
getharker.com/?utm_source...

12.07.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to your feedback, Harker just got a whole lot better!
More flexible, more reliable, and easier to fit into your workflow

What’s new:
β€’ Persistent mode (stays active while you click around)
β€’ Option to use the same shortcut instead of Enter
...

12.07.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m thrilled to see Harker on the @HeyDesigner newsletter. Today, I'm happy. HeyDesigner is one of the best and most useful resources for designers, and it makes me giddy to see a product I built mentioned there.

17.06.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harker Type faster with your voice.

Harker is a speech-to-text tool you can use anywhere on your Mac to speak instead of typing. Invisible until you need it, and runs 100% locally. So it's private, you pay for it once, and is yours forever.
getharker.com

16.06.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
v0 v0 converts natural language descriptions into code and UI. Build landing pages, full-stack apps, and more.

This could be a game-changer! You can now use Vercel’s v0 within Cursor as a custom provider!

1. Paste your v0 API key in Cursor settings OpenAI API Key
2. Override OpenAI Base URL to api.v0.dev/v1 and verify
3. Pick any OpenAI and Cursor will internally use v0

10.06.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In today's AI-driven development landscape, the gap between idea and execution is smaller than ever. Almost anyone with an idea can create a product and try to launch it in the market.
Look around you, good design remains the key differentiator, now more than ever. Show you care.

10.06.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

I’d love your feedback, questions, and support.

If you’re into minimal tools, local-first software, or staying in flow, Harker might be for you.

Check it out on Product Hunt:
www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

06.06.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

To celebrate launch day, there’s a limited-time discount for Product Hunt users.

If you’ve been thinking about trying a voice-first tool that actually respects your data...

Support the launch, grab the code:
www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

06.06.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

I built Harker because I was tired of paying a fee for something my computer can already do greatly.

And I wanted more precise than the built in dictation to "talk" with Cursor.
Now I use it for emails, task lists, and writing wherever I am.

It's on PH today : www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

06.06.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

No app switching.
No cloud.
No friction.

β€’ Activate with a global shortcut
β€’ Speak
β€’ Press Enter
β€’ Text appears where your cursor is
β€’ Everything happens on your machine

Harker is on Product Hunt today: www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

06.06.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

Harker is live on Product Hunt!

This tiny voice-to-text Mac widget transcribes your speech and pastes the result into any text field. It's fast, minimal, and completely local.

Designed for those who like to move quickly.
www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

06.06.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

Tomorrow’s the day.

I’m launching Harker, a widget that transcribes your voice and pastes the text into whatever field you’re working in.

Minimal UI
100% local
Launch-only discount for Product Hunt users

Follow to get early access and the discount: www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

05.06.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Following up on this : bsky.app/profile/mnl...

I've found a better way. I still use the same prompts folder but have now created a custom mode called "Exe." This mode expects the prompt file reference as the first parameter and then "executes" it.

04.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker - Type faster with your voice Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

This Friday I’m launching something small (but mighty) for Mac users.

Voice in β†’ text out
Works everywhere
Local-only, fast, and private

It’s called Harker, and there’ll be a special discount just for Product Hunt.

Follow to get notified :www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

04.06.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harker Product Information and Latest Updates (2025) | Product Hunt A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.

I’m launching Harker this Friday on Product Hunt.

It’s a tiny voice-to-text Mac widget that transcribes and pastes text where you’re typing.
All processing is local, privacy and no friction. Just your voice β†’ text.

πŸ‘‰ Follow it here to get notified: www.producthunt.com/products/ha...

03.06.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's it. Definitely more effort than the β€œone prompt builds it all” myth, but this way, it actually works.

What do you think?
Got any tips or processes to share?

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LLMs and AI-powered IDEs are a game-changer.
But need very clear context and direction.
You now have a team of fast junior devs.
You are the CTO, Product Manager, and Designer. Use AI to learn those skills.
Iterate in small steps. Use User Stories and leverage GIT

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As Product Manager and Designer, make sure to build the right thing.

1. Define and iterate on the Project Context
2. User Stories
3. Set Acceptance Criteria
4. Prioritize features correctly

Create a folder for templates and user stories. Then reference them in your prompts

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now you can start giving technical direction as CTO of your "team".

1. Define architecture and tech stack
2. Coding standards
3. Best practices

Write all this into rules files ( like .cursorrules with Cursor ), to constantly "remind" your junior devs

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

First, if you are not there already, learn at least the basics of product development.

Start with GIT, how to use a terminal, IDE, basic coding, how data is managed, architecture...

It's a lot. But LLMs are great for this! Keep asking questions and learn while doing

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, AI can accelerate the coding (and your learning), but it can’t handle the strategic thinking that brings real value to a product.

The direction is on you. On this team, you need to wear the hats of the CTO, the Product Manager, and the Designer.

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's impressive to see how AI can supercharge development.

It's even more of a game-changer for creatives and business minds than for tech people.
But don't mistake AI for a magic wand. Think of it as your team of lightning-fast junior developers.

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All that hype around AI-aided IDEs like Cursor, Widsurf, or VSCode+Copilot. Just type in a single prompt, and your product magically appears.

If you tried, you know that's not true

But there's a way. Here's a thread on the best approach I found to get real results ... 🧡

23.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

3. Install Mos. You can use brew.
4. In Mos settings enable β€œSmooth scrolling.”
5. In advanced, adjust Step, Speed and Duration. I use 15.00, 3.00 and 2.00

Enjoy your new scrolling UX

21.12.2024 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On a mac with a Logitech MX Master 3S? I finally find a way to fix the scroll wheel :

1. Install Logi Options+
2. Select your mouse, disable β€œSmooth Scrolling” and β€œSmart Shift,” and set the speed to 0%.
...

21.12.2024 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Hey Obsidian users!

I have my system for tracking projects and planning my days. On paper.

I wanted the best of both worlds, so I built a plugin that scans handwritten notes & converts them to markdown.

I’m thinking of refining and releasing it, if there’s enough interest.

What do you think?

11.12.2024 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

go.bsky.app/S4Povn8

04.12.2024 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

self-reminder: you always have to internalize rules before you can break them

27.11.2024 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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