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by qwert12345887 199 days ago
I was just about to start building something like this.

  * Ability to branch off—similar to Zoom breakout rooms—where you preserve context but temporarily go into a 1:1 space with the AI. Great for brief deep-dive moments.
  * Typing slows down thinking and breaks flow. Voice APIs are finally good enough that voice should be first-class.
  * Privacy matters a lot. Especially for personal sessions. The ability to completely wipe everything is critical—one preserved context across threads is enough to lose trust.
It would also be useful if both sides could select the "AI mode" for a new thread:

  * Nurture mode: healthy listening, feelings, emotional context.
  * Finance mode: results-oriented, financially logical, grounded in reality.
  * Career mode: guidance, planning, and professional reasoning.
  * Adventurous mode: creative, exploratory, high-novelty thinking and so on.
Next step: gentle preferences nudges. Maybe ask one simple question per week to learn about the user’s likes/dislikes. Make it editable and transparent.
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Also async, i just don't think real time resolution is a good thing for personal stuff, its too charged and emotional