abhishek

Clarity doesn’t come from planning longer.
It comes from engaging sooner.

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I grew up riding on my father’s bicycle.
Now I ride one to pick up my daughter.

Some things don’t need upgrading.

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Built a LEGO spaceship with my daughter this morning.
Instructions on one side, pieces on the other.

Reading and doing, at the same time.
Two straight hours later, we had a final design and full focus.

Turns out the best learning loops don’t feel like work.

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That's great. I'm excited to give it a try.

Building slowly on purpose.

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Sticking to habits while having no energy is a superpower.
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If your routine only works on calm days, it’s not a routine.
It’s a fantasy.
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Balancing work, family, and a side project has taught me this:
Most exhaustion isn’t laziness. It’s unacknowledged effort.
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Some days productivity isn’t about doing more.
It’s about not quitting on yourself when everything feels heavy.
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Building KeikoAI has been harder than we expected, not technically but emotionally.
While married, managing jobs, daily life, fatigue and everything that doesn’t pause because you’re building something you care about.

And still, getting trial users has been a struggle.

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Small prompts lowered the emotional cost of starting. Tiny entries stacked into something much more valuable than a single “deep” session: continuity. Patterns emerged naturally.
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Why we built KeikoAI: It started from a simple observation that most wellness tools are either emotionally warm or structurally useful.
If this resonates, you’re exactly who we’re building for.
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I’ve been digging into engagement patterns in wellness tools and realized : most people download app with good intentions and then drift away.
What makes a wellness app forgettable within days?
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We’ve been tweaking how mood trends are visualized, just subtle changes in pacing, grouping and how much context shows up around each data point. But the effect was immediate and personal.
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Memory in companion app isn’t just “saving information.” For wellness support you need understanding weeks of stress cycles, mood swings, patterns, and small shifts that people often miss.

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A notification at the wrong moment isn’t neutral it can feel like pressure or guilt. We saw how quickly “supportive” nudges turned into background stress for already overwhelmed users.

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One insight that caught us off guard while building:

People attach far more emotional weight to companion names and personalities than we initially expected.

We assumed naming would be mostly cosmetic, something users would breeze past.

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How do you define a “micro-win” in your own life?

Is it something small but intentional like getting outside for five minutes, sending the email you were avoiding, or choosing rest instead of pushing through? Or does a micro-win only count when it moves something forward in a visible way?

We’re in the middle of redesigning the Micro-Wins dashboard, and one thing became immediately clear: it didn’t need more data it needed cleaner insight.

The new version strips away the noise and brings the patterns forward. Fewer visuals competing for attention.

More soon.

One of the earliest architectural decisions behind KeikoAI was to design it as offline-first. It wasn’t a performance optimization but values decision. It removes a subtle form of pressure. No loading spinners. No “try again later.” Offline reliability you’re allowed to show up as you are.

One of the earliest architectural decisions we made for KeikoAI was to go offline-first. Not as an optimization, but as a core principle.

Wellness doesn’t happen on a schedule and neither does connectivity.

we finally polished the mood-streak tracker.

It started as a small UI refinement, tighter spacing, cleaner color states, clearer transitions. Nothing major but when updated version went live and my own streak appeared for the first time, it felt unexpectedly satisfying.

Small feature, big lift.

On one side was the argument for presence. If the companion never reaches out first, it feels passive.
On the other side was the caution: proactivity can turn into pressure fast.
The breakthrough came when goal became to make it more situationally aware.
It’s a small milestone, but one that matters.

What’s the one feature that makes an AI companion feel “real” to you and why?

Is it continuity across conversations, is it emotional calibration or boundaries knowing when not to push, advise or tone, pacing, or asking the right thing at the right moment?

Would love to learn from your experiences.

Small prompts lowered the emotional cost of starting. Tiny entries stacked into something much more valuable than a single “deep” session: continuity. Patterns emerged naturally. Big weekly tasks feel serious. But they assume stable motivation and perfect timing, two things real life rarely offers.

The guide focuses on things that are easy to get wrong and hard to notice:
-Why emotional inconsistency breaks trust faster.
-Personality anchors that hold up under edge cases.
-Balancing tone without sounding scripted
-Which “emotional memory” to keep.
Not a marketing piece but BTS distillation.

We’ve been tweaking how mood trends are visualized nothing dramatic, just subtle changes in pacing, grouping, and how much context shows up around each data point. But the effect was immediate and… oddly personal. After the change, it felt readable. Almost compassionate.

I’ve been digging into engagement patterns in wellness tools lately, and one thing keeps coming up: most people download an app with good intentions, use it for a few days, and then quietly drift away. I’d love your take:
What makes a wellness app forgettable within days?

Just had the best home made frankie 🌮 & ginger tea ever and feeling inspired to code tonight! What's your vibe today? #buildinpublic