Most tools bring features and a promise of productivity. They’re built to house infinite
systems, and provide every feature under the sun.
Some may encourage you to follow ‘best-practices’.
But who are these best-practices optimized for?
And what happens when these systems don’t work for us?
As an AuDHD ‘systems thinker’ obsessed with finding the perfect tool for the job, these
are the questions that have been percolating within me for years. That is until my wife
encouraged (harassed) me to do something about it.
My goal in life is to solve meaningful problems for people, leveraging my skills as a
systems thinker, and as a web developer. This meant I didn’t want to tackle this challenge
until I felt confident that this frustration was shared by others, and that I was the
right person to deliver the solution.
The tools available today require us to think like computers, and accommodate workflows
that are compatible with them.
Despite having thousands of productivity tools to choose from, why do so many of us resort
to sending plain text messages to ourselves?
I believe the answer is quite simple. There is no friction, no requirements for following
a system, no obstacles between having a thought and getting it documented before your
focus is stolen by something else.
I believe this is one of the many reasons why tools like ChatGPT have gained so much
traction despite still being lacking in many areas. It prioritizes human modes of
communicating needs.
Ravl encourages you to offload your ideas like a stream of consciousness.
Interacting with Ravl should feel like letting go of baggage without fear of loosing it.
This enables you to remain focused on your process, and remain in a flow-state without
your tools getting in the way.
This gives us the challenge of building features that enable Ravl to work around you.
Ravl’s core functions are still being built and battle-tested for entrepreneurs, and small
teams. If you’ve read this far, you might be interested in joining our early-access
program.