
I built @WenderAI, the fastest way to design anything. VP of Product at @glideapps, building GlideOS.
Phoenix, Az
Joined May 2008
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Josh Johnson retweeted
I made a book to learn animation by actually moving stuff on activity pages: stopmotionbook.com
It's a digital download so you can print it at home :)
Josh Johnson retweeted
Sharing: OzBrain, a shared brain for knowledge between agents and your team ozbrain.com
I think agent-first chat interfaces will be a primary software modality and busy dashboard/UI will go away. I’m not sure who exactly wins it, but I want my knowledge to grow/go with me.
A lot of the “knowledge” ie research, analysis, reasoning will be done by agents as the primary user. Our current notes tools & tasks management systems were built for humans… I don’t care what the 17th thing on my bug backlog is. I want to conduct agents that can execute for me and do great work.
What I built OzBrain to do:
+ Create a central place for agent reasoned knowledge to live
+ Be agnostic about what apps/agents connect to it
+ Capture everything and track it so I can audit it
+ Enable teams, collaborators or partners to share brains
+ Handle conflicts so many agents in the same article doesn’t blow up
+ Refactor knowledge into more token friendly chunks and map the index
Some among us will always build their own custom solutions, but there are millions of tech professionals and small business owners that will use agents heavily and need a solution. So I’m trying to build that.
Isn’t this like Obsodian/gBrain? Yes, similar. I think it’s like AWS vs Vercel. AWS is very powerful, configurable, and useful if you’re technical and want to invest the time into really fine tuning your system… but if you just want your web deploy/hosting to just work and be easy to deal with you use Vercel.
// WHY I MADE IT
I’ve been enjoying getting back to my technical roots, as I lost my coding skills more than a decade ago, but with AI I can focus on the system and the product in partnership with agent coding workflows.
I recently built a Voice AI for older people. To build it I created an agentic engineering workflow (feel free to rip that up as I’m always looking to improve systems: ozbrain.com/resources/eng-fl…) My approach with coding agents is trust but verify, and I’m trying to replace the parts where a human would review with an adversarial or specialized agent who would give a better answer/review.
I have workflows that will go high level task to shipped PR running in Claude cloud sessions. I use Claude Code locally and Cursor when I want a tighter loop on doing visual work like UI or layout. And Codex to either load balance usage for TokenThriffting or when I want a different llm to think thru something.
It was a pain in the ass passing .md files around and keep track of which version was the most recent, so I built a hosted .md storage right in Supabase and any of my agents already have Supabase access. This let me build a solid, scalable, secure voice AI from my phone at the gym. All my agents have access to our knowledge, can write to it, update and refer to it as we build and improve the product and the systems we use.
Out of 75 founder friends I asked about how they manage shared knowledge, 26 built their own custom knowledge systems… Obsidian vaults with 7k files synced through a VPS, markdown repos behind their own MCP servers, cron jobs stitching Supabase to a skills file… each a different Frankenstein they have to maintain. 32 said they felt the pain of moving static files around but didn’t have any solution for it.
So I rebuilt my brain better and used it to build it.
// HOW YOU CAN HELP
Would love to have you try it out. The maintenance loop is still in alpha so not running it on customer data yet.
If you built your own brain I’d love to hear how you did it. What criteria was most important for you in its design & function.
If you are tired of shuffling .md files around I’d love to have you try out OzBrain and to give feedback, just ask your agent to put it in the shared bugs & features brain! 🙏🏼🤙🏼
Josh Johnson retweeted
Could this be the load bearing spine of the problem?
Josh Johnson retweeted
Five years ago, I had an idea for a better writing app ... and today, it’s finally ready for you to try.
@reproofapp is a writing app for perfectionists. Paragraph versions to experiment with writing. Clippings to save things for later.
reproof.app/
Josh Johnson retweeted
Whirlwind demo of the new @glideapps with some explanation of what's distinctive in our approach.
Josh Johnson retweeted
The GlideOS launch event is happening in T-minus 2h 10m on YouTube: youtube.com/live/UNITbAElJws…
Tune in to hear from Glide's CEO @dvdsgl, CTO @shayfrendt, and others about Glide's journey from the early days all the way to launching GlideOS.
This is Glide's biggest, most important event in history.
We hope to see you there.
Josh Johnson retweeted
NEW: Integrations in GlideOS 🔗
Connect your apps to 1,000+ 3rd party tools.
Tell Glide what you need in plain language, like pulling customer records from Salesforce or sending a Slack message when a row updates. Glide matches the request to the right service and builds the connection into your app.
Workflows & Integrations: A power-couple
We launched Workflows on Tuesday, and when paired together with integrations, this feature duo is a force to be reckoned with. Workflows can now start from an integration event trigger, and you can also include integrations as part of workflow steps. Just chat with GlideOS to create workflows that use Integrations, or trigger off of them.
Ask GlideOS to connect your apps to any tool you use today: glideapps.com/os
Josh Johnson retweeted
If you haven't tried @WenderAI , you should. It was incredibly helpful exploring design directions for a SaaS I built.
salonvision.ai/
Josh Johnson retweeted
I don’t usually share things like this, but I think it’s important to be honest.
I’ve been looking for a full-time role since September.
I’m a senior iOS engineer + product designer with 10+ years experience, and I’ve spent that time building and shipping real products (most recently: @ateiq_app, @naturalis_app, @getuppapp).
Despite interviews and ongoing work, I’m now about a month away from needing something stable for my family.
If you know a team that values someone who can both design and build, I’d really appreciate an introduction.
Thank you! ❤️
Josh Johnson retweeted
Builders wanted!
We're teaming up with @ycombinator to get builders to launch.
Schedule your launch for tomorrow, tag "YC application." and @aaron_epstein will review launches.
Top ones could get a YC interview + potential funding. 👇
Josh Johnson retweeted
Replying to @secondfret @WenderAI
Damn dude. Just gave Wender a shot, it's REALLY good.
Josh Johnson retweeted
Made a storybook generator (uponatoken.com), now we create & read 4-5 stories every night. Sends stories to Kindle, and cover art to 🖼️. Try it!
Josh Johnson retweeted
I've built an entirely new, 100% native, extendable, themeable, modal cmd-space launcher for macOS.
🍣 Meet Tuna.
tunaformac.com
Josh Johnson retweeted
Next, join @secondfret - the creator of @WenderAI - as he teaches how to approach vibe coding like a craft, rather than a magic trick.
laracasts.com/series/vibe-co…
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"Any team would be lucky to work with you, Simon."
I keep hearing this.
So, here's you chance! You can hire me by the hour, or by the day.
Design engineering, screencasting, studio setup coaching, video production...
One flat rate, for anything I do.
cal.com/simonswiss/quick-cha…
Josh Johnson retweeted
Replying to @secondfret
@secondfret really enjoying the Vibe Coding Workshop on @laracasts!
Although I “know” most of what you’re talking about, it’s great to see someone who’s done this for real to build actual apps talking about the pitfalls 🙌
Josh Johnson retweeted
AI has still not solved product design “taste”. The best it has done is let you iterate quickly on multiple designs to find what you like.
This is a great feature by Wender to capture what you like about design screenshots into a cohesive plan to work from.



























