📍Mission District

bookmark this post - the BBC will create their own social media platform - potentially over AT Proto - and it will be credibly neutal, accountable, democratic and awesome

From The Information today. We'll be seeing a lot more of this locking down of data.

App-makers are reacting to the threat of a new, intelligent software environment in which apps aren't as important. It's not just the context wars, it's the app vs. environment wars.

Listening to this episode all I could think was - my *gosh* they sound amazing - I would SO love to work alongside them @goblinoats.com @grjte.sh

Blessed moment

Æffective Technologies · Luma AI is changing how technology is built. How must our technical instincts change in response? ‘Æffective Technology’ offers a glimpse of tangible technologies…

lu.ma/u4dtw09l

I'll be representing @tonklabs.bsky.social's work supporting creative technologists at this roundtable in Shoreditch, London, next week. Come through! And thanks for hosting Restless Egg

Vibe coding is here to stay – it’s a new way smart people talk to their computers. Edition #2 lands late July.

Want to get on the list for next time? Comment & I'll DM you.

Huge thanks to Entrepreneurs First for the space 🙏

Vibe Coders LDN was 🔥

20 lightning demos over healthy poké in Hoxton – games, LinkedIn hacks, workflow agents, “second brains” & more – all vibe-coded by founders, devs, dropouts, VCs.

One legend built a game from scratch _during_ the show.

now I use ChatGPT whenever I need to get an em-dash to copy-paste

Q: Big vision?
A: To break the old internet economic model of walled gardens, enshittification and platform fatigue. Self-sovereign data + AI is foundational for extraordinary user experiences.

Q: Tonk vs MCP - what’s different?
A: MCP feeds context into LLMs. Tonk is a stack enabling LLM-driven apps with seamless local-first storage, offline capability & real-time sync.

Q: Isn't Tonk an applied cryptography startup?
A: Tonk plans to use advanced cryptography (ZK, MCP) for decentralized data interoperability - peer-to-peer, no walled gardens.

Start hacking today → tonk-labs.github.io/tonk/

Need help or want to chat ideas? DM via Telegram or WhatsApp.

Tonk’s in active alpha - expect rough spots.

We’re closely iterating with indie hackers - your feedback genuinely shapes the roadmap.

Coming soon: hosting simplification, easier security, decentralized sharing.

Introducing: TonkbookLM YouTube video by Tonk Labs

Prefer GUIs? Meet TonkbookLM, our early-stage graphical UI inspired by Google’s NotebookLM - just way more customizable.

Demo here → www.youtube.com/watch?v=dywt...

Built-in perks:

• Local-first: data stays private & offline-ready
• Real-time collab: seamless multi-user updates
• Zero DB hassle: no migration/caching headaches

What vibe coders already build with Tonk:

• Personal CRMs
• Financial dashboards
• Productivity agents
• AI summarizers & coaches
• Custom note-sharing tools

Simple workflow using the CLI:

1. Worker pipes calendar & email into Store.
2. Build an agent to summarize your daily plan.
3. Need tasks? Add a tasks Worker.
4. Upgrade agent to auto-prioritize your day.

Tonk uses three simple components:

• Workers: Pull your data (email, calendar, tasks, APIs)
• Store: Private, local-first data hub
• Apps & Agents: Custom tools built over your data

Easy, modular, flexible.

Why build Tonk?

Because creating personalized, data-driven tools usually means tedious data-pulling and backend pains (storage, sync, privacy).

That friction kills fast experimentation.

We’ve quietly built Tonk, an alpha-stage CLI tool that makes it simple to build custom dashboards, apps, and AI agents using your own data—minus the backend headaches.

Quick intro 🧵👇

Bon chance!

"How can users tweak the existing tools they’ve installed, rather than just making new siloed applications? How can AI-generated tools compose with one another to build up larger workflows over shared data?"

Where are you based?

4. In light of 3, no prizes for guessing the product @tonklabs.bsky.social will launch next week at the Vibe Coders London meetup.

See you there! event: lu.ma/pqcugpgy

It's all well and good spinning up websites with Lovable or workflow automations with @cursor.com.web.brid.gy but data export, state management, server config, user security - these are all still a nightmare.

3. The hardest bit is still integrating these vibe coding tools into your own personal data and sharing them with the world.

2. It's genuinely easier, more convenient and more fun to set up your own custom second brain - a patchwork of bespoke dashboards, visualisers, CRMs and interactive journals - than using commodity software produced by companies in Silicon Valley - to think more clearly and get more done.

What happens when the next billion people have direct, easy access to building their own software and socialising over their own networks?

1. A new and growing generation of people beyond the tech elite are enjoying a squishy, malleable relationship with their computer. Think "Bible translated from Latin into English" levels of social transformation.