Average time Sonaur listeners spent with each sonic palette during the past week: 1. Ethereal: 45 minutes/session 2. Golden Ratio: 38 minutes/session 3. Lush: 10 minutes/session What's your favorite palette/location combo?

Testing the new @sonaur.app Health Mode: ambient soundscapes that reflect & adapt to your physiological state in real time. I can literally hear myself settle into calm, or react to stress, as I breathe. #indiedev #buildinpublic #ambientmusic #focusmusic

Well, well, well... what do we have here? Ambient music that feels your heartbeat. Coming soon.

I built @sonaur.app by relentlessly chasing an idea instead of following a roadmap adjustafresh.medium.com/sonaur-chasi...

I've composed & added a new sonic palette to Sonaur: "Golden Ratio" Drawn from the structural proportions of the universe. A waking dream that pulls you deeper Coming soon to iOS, but you can experience it now at www.sonaur.app

In case you missed this over the holiday break... Sonaur is live in the iOS App Store 🎉 If you’re into ambient music, generative systems, or the idea that some songs are meant to be heard, others feel like places you can stay, I’d love to hear what you think #ambient #buildinpublic #indiedev

Sonaur is now available for iOS. Weather becomes your soundtrack. Real musicians create every sound you hear—temperature, wind, and clouds decide when they play apps.apple.com/us/app/sonau...

Sonaur creates unique, ambient soundscapes triggered by real-time weather data. All samples recorded & processed by humans, not AI-generated. If you enjoy focus music while working, meditating, sleeping, etc. give it a try 🎧 iOS beta: testflight.apple.com/join/RM2yCDS1 or on the web: www.sonaur.app

ATTN: Early adopters, tech geeks, and music appreciators – The public iOS Sonaur Beta is open Sonaur creates dynamic, ambient soundscapes where real musicians compose sonic palettes and real time weather data algorithmically arranges them testflight.apple.com/join/RM2yCDS1 #buildinpublic #ambient

The Sonaur iOS beta is officially live for the first 100 users. Sonaur creates unique, ambient soundscapes triggered by real-time weather data. All samples are recorded and processed by humans, not AI-generated. Join the beta to help shape the future of Sonaur testflight.apple.com/join/RM2yCDS1

Sonaur v1.0 is officially submitted for iOS App Store review. I've been on the design side of iOS & Android apps for several years, but this is the first time I've done everything soup to nuts (that's a weird expression). The web app is available now www.sonaur.app #buildinpublic #ambientmusic

Making progress on the Sonaur iOS app. If you enjoy background ambient/focus music while working, meditating, sleeping, you can check out the web app before we launch in the App Store www.sonaur.app #buildinpublic #ambientmusic #focusmusic #ambient #iosapp #indiehacker

www.sonaur.app creates unique, ambient soundscapes triggered by real-time weather data. All samples recorded and processed by humans, not AI-generated. If you enjoy background ambient/focus music while working, meditating, sleeping, give it a try :) #ambientmusic #focusmusic #buildinpublic

Sonaur composes ambient soundscapes driven by real-time weather data with samples composed by humans (not AI). Like wind chimes it's unpredictable, meditative, and ever-changing. Not recorded music, but a living, ambient soundtrack www.sonaur.app 🎧 #ambientmusic #focusmusic #ambient #experimental

This is a cool project if you're looking for some peaceful ambient background music that doesn't distract while working. The binaural beats are also a plus for focusing while you're wearing headphones 🎧

I built a digital wind chime Inspired by Brian Eno. Real-time weather data (wind, temp, humidity) drives a generative ambient audio engine. Add 5 optional binaural beat frequency options. It's your personal ambient soundtrack, created by the world Web prototype: sonaur.vercel.app #buildinpublic

Do you work better with background sound, but find music too distracting? I made Sonaur for you! Choose from 2 ambient sonic palettes generated by weather data. No repeats, no lyrics, no skips, no thought required. Just focus. Give it 5 minutes: sonaur.vercel.app Early feedback appreciated. 🌊

How much of your user research actually influences product decisions? Nearly half of teams we surveyed admit their decisions are based on assumptions. The problem often isn't the research quality—it's buried & inaccessible user research files www.rooost.co/playbook/why...

Need a way to stay focused while working? Put on some headphones, and give Sonaur a try! Sonaur is a digital art experience that combines binaural beats with unique, ambient soundscapes driven by real-time weather data. (Would love your feedback on the project) sonaur.vercel.app

What if anyone on your team could chat with your users anytime? Rooost turns your user research into secure, dynamic, chat-ready personas that strengthen & evolve as you gather more data Check out the product demo: app.supademo.com/demo/cmh59dv...

Sonaur is a digital art experiment that generates bespoke, ambient soundscapes driven by real-time weather data. The experience is designed to be enjoyed in the moment—not recorded music, but a dynamic, ambient soundtrack Grab some 🎧, try it out, and let me know what you think! sonaur.vercel.app

On Monday, I was inspired by an interview I heard with Brian Eno where he mentioned wind chimes. I thought... what if I could build something that uses data sources to create random, ambient music? I started brainstorming #buildinpublic

If you're paying thousands of dollars for persona development and community management resources & tools but product decisions still lean on gut instinct—you're not getting your money's worth. You're engaging in user research theater www.rooost.co/playbook/mak...

New on the @figma.com blog – I wrote about building resilient design teams, especially in times of constant macro change and instability. Sharing some tips here around team health and culture, craft, scaling with intention…and having fun together while you’re at it: www.figma.com/blog/how-to-...

If your org has paid thousands of dollars for persona development and community management resources & tools but product decisions still lean on gut instinct, you're not getting your money's worth. You're engaging in user research theater www.rooost.co/playbook/mak...

Anyone who’s worked with me knows: I’ve never been the biggest fan of creating personas. Not because personas are a bad idea per se, but because the way most teams create and apply them is broken. www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

The bottleneck isn't development capacity anymore, it's how quickly product teams can align, adapt, and learn from users in real time www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

AI speed means everyone can build fast. The teams that win are the ones that learn fast—the ones who turn every experiment into momentum and every failure into insight. www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

Interesting from a few perspectives: 1. The ability to write code isn’t required to produce an effective prototype 2. This is another sign of the convergence and consolidation of software product team roles due to AI tools 3. Are prototyping skills an indicator of a successful product manager?

When user research becomes conversational and accessible, product teams make faster, more confident decisions and spend more time building the right thing www.rooost.co/playbook/why...

Is your user research being ignored? Maybe it’s a usability problem

AI is fundamentally rewriting the rules of the staffing, tools, and process that enable teams to design, develop, and deliver their products www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

Ten years ago, Google's Design Sprint felt like warp speed. Today? Teams can feed customer feedback into Claude or GPT and watch it generate a functioning prototype, complete PRD, and marketing copy before their first cup of coffee gets cold. www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

A little over 2 years ago, I read this piece from @jasonfried.bsky.social world.hey.com/jason/just-t... At the time, I thought it was unrealistic for most teams/orgs. Today, I'm all in on AI augmented Product Pairs being the future of software delivery. More tomorrow...

The more people rely on AI assistants to ace interview questions, the more companies will realize they should cut out the middleman

I realize a lot of designers will read this and bristle. So many of us have tethered our professional identities to the mastery of a tool. But there's a lot of truth in this...

Let go of the idea that a tool makes you a designer. Let go of the comfort that comes from owning a process. Let go of the illusion that value lives in the deliverable. The future of design isn’t about defending our role—it’s about redefining it. www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

Chatting with a friend & fellow designer yesterday and came to the conclusion that designers aren’t necessarily in danger of losing their jobs as much as design software is on the verge of obsolescence

Most teams build on assumptions because user insights are hard to find, slow to surface, or locked in silos. www.rooost.co lets anyone create a persona and start a conversation instantly—no setup, no wait. Go from “What do we think?” to “Let’s ask,” in under a minute.

Who are you building for? Create a persona and start a conversation with your best available user in less than a minute #saas #ai #buildinpublic #indiedevs

WFH makes us* happier * The term "us" is not inclusive of the ownership & executive class who see remote work as a massive waste of their real estate investments and believe remote employees are taking advantage of them and aren't actually being productive

This has become my go-to user story/problem statement format, and I've found it to be extremely effective for humans & AI (I'm a big problem statement nerd): As a (user type)... When (context/trigger)... I want to (describe action)... So I can (describe outcome)... But (describe problem)...

Are you a UX design student, aspiring, or early career product designer? Perfecting your wireframing, user interviewing, UI design and Figma skills is helpful, but here are five even more critical skills to lock in and sustain your career 🧵

Anyone who’s worked with me knows: I’ve never been the biggest fan of using personas. If you're inventing details just to fill out the blanks on a persona template, congratulations, you’ve created a caricature, not a customer insight www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

ChatGPT is not your user! If you want to build great products, you still have to talk to people because people will surprise you www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

Nice article from @mikeindustries.com on how AI is changing the design industry and what you can do to prepare. mikeindustries.com/blog/archive...

What if you never had to dig through another outdated research report to gain user insights? Rooost transforms your user research data into actionable insights that your whole team can access — anytime. The beta program wait list is live for all of you early adopters www.rooost.co

Developers possess valuable problem-solving and creative thinking skills that can significantly enhance product solutions. When they’re disconnected from users, teams miss out on leveraging their potential to build more thoughtful, user-centered features www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

💡The latest from Pixel Perfect Perspectives: Today’s Agile frameworks favor developer productivity over building for customer outcomes. If your team doesn’t prioritize connecting developers to users, you’re building with one arm tied behind your back. www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...

My experience with "vibe coding" helped me see a bright potential future for strategically minded product design professionals www.getpixelperfect.co/pixel-perfec...