Day 85 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added this little formatting toolbar but not sure whether it should be fixed or floating. Also started researching cloud sync. Never built syncing before so I don't know what to expect. #buildinpublic

I searched for a simple web app to add a cursor to an image for 10 min but couldn't find one then I made one in 5 min with v0

Day 84 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a version history for notes. When you enable it, every update is saved locally. You can view up to 50 past versions, preview them by date, restore any version or delete ones you don't need. #buildinpublic

Day 83 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I'm adding a lifetime plan. The free plan works as a regular note taking app and with the lifetime plan you can bring your own API keys to use AI chat and AI tools without a subscription. #buildinpublic

Day 82 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Still working on Grape Pro plan. Vector search and autocomplete are now included as part of it. Autocomplete especially helps a lot while you're writing. #buildinpublic

Day 81 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Working on the backend for AI apps like flashcards, quizzes, mind maps. They're included in the Pro plan so you can create as many as you want. #buildinpublic

Day 80 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Started working on the AI chat backend for Pro users. After upgrading, you can use AI chat right away without adding any API keys with everything handled on the Grape backend. #buildinpublic

Day 79 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I had both lifetime and subscription plans but it made pricing feel complicated so I reduced it to 2 plans. I'll focus on selling the Pro plan and use the Free plan to get feedback from people. #buildinpublic

Day 78 of building Grape, an AI note taking app My company is incorporated today and I made the most simple webpage for it. Also applied Mercury for banking, still in review. #buildinpublic

Day 77 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Finished the upgrade flow today. Clicking upgrade button opens Stripe checkout, you complete the payment, return to the app, and your Pro plan is activated instantly via webhooks and deeplinks. #buildinpublic

Day 76 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a new Grape Pro tab in settings. You can compare plans there. Also working on the login part. Login opens the browser and you login with Google then return with a deep link. I think I'll start dealing with the payments now. #buildinpublic

Installed clawdbot on my MacBook and setup Telegram. Now what?

Day 75 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I've started working on the onboarding. When you open the app for the first time, you'll get a simple welcome screen and a few starter notes. There's no login or anything like that. You just start taking notes right away. #buildinpublic

Day 74 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Today I created my first US company with Stripe Atlas. Actually Claude Desktop did it. I think I'm the first person to start a company with AI. I chose the name Shiny Grape, LLC because it was taking me forever to find a name. #buildinpublic

OMG guys I just vibe-launched a company with Claude Desktop #buildinpublic

Day 73 of building Grape, an AI note taking app What to choose guys a C corp or LLC? Also how do you find a cool company name? I need help. #buildinpublic

Day 72 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Today I realized I've built way more than an MVP. Tons of features nobody asked for. I still had more in mind but decided to work on subscriptions. I'm thinking $19.99/mo for unlimited AI. Is it good to go? #buildinpublic

Day 71 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Spent the whole day switching note storage from html to Lexical's json format. This will make syncing and diffing much easier later. Also added a drag handle to blocks so reordering them is now much simple. #buildinpublic

Day 70 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a fun feature today. While waiting for AI tasks like extracting texts from images or transcribing audio, you can open a Snake game in a separate window. When the AI finishes, a small chime plays so you know it's done :) #buildinpublic

Day 69 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a text extraction feature for images and pdfs. Now you can import your handwritten lectures or scanned notes and let AI extract the text so you can work on it. #buildinpublic

Day 68 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added quick prompt buttons to the AI chat. You can create your own prompts and run them with one click. Great for repetitive tasks like summarizing or translating notes and it saves a lot of time. #buildinpublic

Day 67 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Found a library to show pdf previews in the editor but it increased the app size about 60mb so I decided to go simple. I used Electron's built-in pdf viewer to render pdfs. It also generates images for previews in the editor. #buildinpublic

Day 66 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I'm working on a PDF feature. What's a good library to display PDFs in a React app? #buildinpublic

Day 65 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added an infinite canvas, zoom and pan support to the drawing app. It's really fun to build a drawing app from scratch just by prompting. #buildinpublic

Day 64 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Yesterday I added Excalidraw but it increased the app size by 110mb so instead I decided to build my own drawing app from scratch by Konva library. I'll make this better as people ask for new features. #buildinpublic

Day 63 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Working on adding Excalidraw. Still pretty buggy and it increased the app size ~100MB. Not sure if that’s expected or maybe I’m doing something wrong. If you’ve integrated it before I’d love to hear your experience. #buildinpublic

Day 62 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added an indexing tab in settings so you can track note indexing and reindex when needed. The AI chat can now run vector search over your notes so you can find anything even if you don't remember anything about the note. #buildinpublic

Day 61 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added support for local models via Ollama and LM Studio. You can now use Grape entirely offline and keep your notes private while still getting AI features. #buildinpublic

Day 60 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added support for all major AI providers using ai-sdk. They now work across chat, transcription, autocomplete and search. Next I'll be implementing support for local models. #buildinpublic

Day 59 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Couldn't work too much but added a little note sorting feature. Also there are 21 people in the waitlist now. Join the waitlist if you'd like to get an early access. #buildinpublic

Day 58 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a pinned notes feature today. You can right-click any note to pin or unpin it and pinned notes stay at the top for quick access. #buildinpublic

Day 57 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Working on a note linking feature. You can link one note to another from the slash menu and clicking the link takes you straight to that linked note. #buildinpublic

Day 56 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a block to show thinking process for reasoning models. Also made a new tool to get tags so the AI can read and create tags. Plus Google AI Studio support. #buildinpublic

Day 55 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Worked 7 hours straight today to implement vector search. Burned millions of tokens but the results are worth it. You can now search with full sentences and get surprisingly accurate matches. I really like how this turned out. #buildinpublic

Day 54 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I'm working on a search feature. It's a simple search now but I want users to type full sentences and have the app find relevant notes using vector search. Still exploring the best approach for this. I'm open to any suggestions. #buildinpublic

Day 53 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Working on tags. When you type a hashtag inside a note it'll automatically becomes a tag. I used Grok Code for free in Cursor and it built the entire tag system with a single prompt in like 5 min. #buildinpublic

Day 52 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Completed the Tool Calling feature. You can now CRUD folders and notes with AI chat. In the video I asked AI to create a French study plan and it generated a folder with multiple notes covering pronunciation, grammar and more. #buildinpublic

Day 51 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I'm working on Tool Calling feature. You can CRUD folders just by asking to chat. In the video AI didn't run one action correctly so hope I can fix that behavior. Next I'll be adding tools for notes. #buildinpublic

Day 50 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added keyboard shortcuts today. You can move between folders and notes with arrow keys, create new folders or notes without touching the mouse. 15 people have joined the waitlist so far. Join if you want early access. #buildinpublic

Day 49 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a recently deleted folder. When you delete a note it goes there instead of being removed immediately. Deleting a folder also moves all its notes there. Then you can permanently remove everything with a single click. #buildinpublic

Day 48 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added Groq powered Whisper models for speech to text today. The transcription is noticeably faster now. #buildinpublic

Day 47 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Made progress on the autocomplete feature today. I'm using gpt-4.1-nano and it now suggests full words and sentences as you type. It feels a bit slow though. I need some suggestions on models that work faster. #buildinpublic

Day 46 of building Grape, an AI note taking app I'm working on autocomplete feature. For now it just try to complete the word but I'd like to connect this to an LLM so it will complete the whole sentence or paragraph. What LLM and what type of prompt to use for this? #buildinpublic

Day 45 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a mind map app today. You can now turn any note into a mind map which makes it much easier to explore ideas, see connections and study complex topics. #buildinpublic

Day 44 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Today I added an adaptive mode to the quiz app. Actually someone suggested this idea yesterday. It generates questions across easy, normal and hard levels. Then dynamically adjusts the difficulty based on your answers. #buildinpublic

Day 43 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a quiz app today. You can generate a quiz from any note, answer questions, skip ones you don’t know, and see your results at the end. A great way to study and test your knowledge. #buildinpublic

Day 42 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a flashcards app today. You can create flashcards in the editor and Grape will turn your note content into cards. You can even generate multiple sets inside the same note. I think it's great for studying and quick reviews. #buildinpublic

Day 41 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added a speech to text feature today. You can hit the mic icon, start talking, and Whisper converts your voice into text that appears instantly in the editor. Feels super smooth and great for quick note taking. #buildinpublic

Day 40 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added transcription for voice recordings. After you record you can hit Transcribe to convert speech to text using Whisper. You can edit the result and insert it right under the recording. Great for quick lecture or meeting notes. #buildinpublic

Day 39 of building Grape, an AI note taking app Added voice recording to the editor today. You can now record audio inside a note and add multiple recordings as separate nodes. This should be especially useful for students during lectures or quick voice based reminders. #buildinpublic