AI & assistants

xavier

My second memory

xavier is the project I touch most often — because I use it every day. It isn't another task manager; it's a remedy for losing context. Whatever goes through my head I speak or type into it, and what comes back is a sorted topic with history, research and one concrete next step. Personal and business matters stay cleanly apart.

The problem

My week is made of parallel threads: projects, investments, conversations, ideas. Classic note apps collect dutifully — but they don't think with you, and after two weeks every list is a graveyard. The most expensive moment of the day isn't the work itself, it's getting back in: where did this stand? What has happened since? What did we agree?

That's exactly where xavier starts. It takes in raw thoughts and turns them into something that holds up when you pick the thread back up — instead of a pile you eventually just swipe away.

What changes in a day

Between two meetings I speak two sentences into it — in the car, on the way, without typing. In the background that becomes a topic with a summary, the relevant sources, and a suggestion for what's next. Open it again and you see where things stand, not the raw material.

The gain isn't convenience, it's time at the most expensive point: preparation. Conversations no longer start from zero.

The honest test

Building a tool for yourself comes with a test you can't cheat: do you use it voluntarily? For xavier the answer has been the same for months — it's the liveliest piece in my workshop, and the blueprint for everything I've learned about personal assistance.

What sticks

Building tools for yourself is the most honest form of product development: you can't fool yourself. Either you use it every day — or it was nothing.