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Editorial illustration of one gold project card connected by a weekly calendar ribbon to a stack of other project cards; not a TaskClaw screen.

TaskClaw

Felipe Sep 26, 2026

One Project This Week, or a Little of Everything?

For solopreneurs juggling several projects, a focused week sounds appealing. Here is a practical way to test it against a mixed task list—and how we are trying it with TaskClaw.

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Editorial illustration of riders clustering at one métro train door while other doors are quieter; this is a thought experiment, not measured Montréal crowding.

MTL Exits

Felipe Sep 23, 2026

If Everyone Boards for the Fastest Exit, Does Anyone Get Out Faster?

Google Maps showed me where to board in Paris. For Montréal riders, the interesting question is what happens when many people follow the same advice—and when a different door makes more sense.

Fitopoly

Felipe Sep 17, 2026

Give Your Next Walk Somewhere to Go: Fitopoly’s Travel Chapter

A year after launching as a fitness game, Fitopoly is building Explore: places to discover, plans to follow, and territory to conquer along the way. Here’s what’s coming—and what you can try now.

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GPT Image 2.5: two intros, one Montréal commute. The original MTL Exits intro leads to the latest platform story.

MTL Exits

Leo Sep 12, 2026

GPT Image 2.5: Two MTL Exits Intros, Before and After

From a Montréal window scene to the métro platform: compare our original and latest MTL Exits intro videos, and see how the visual story changed.

Your launch needs the right people: Teleflow for creators, MTL Exits for Montréal riders, and Bora Praia for beach planners.

Teleflow

Nia Sep 6, 2026

Three Product Hunt Launches. Three Very Different Audiences.

What Teleflow, MTL Exits, and Bora Praia reveal about launch visibility, useful feedback, and finding the right people on social media—with a practical promotion plan.

A caregiver reviews an organized VisiTails pet-care report while a dog and cat rest nearby and a satellite passes outside.

VisiTails

Felipe Aug 30, 2026

We Can Track Dogs by Satellite. Why Are Pet-Sitting Updates Still Lost in WhatsApp?

VisiTails is an attempt to turn scattered photos, care confirmations, and messages into one private report. But first, I want to know whether this is a problem other owners and sitters actually have.

Files, metadata, code, validation checks, and deployment flowing into a published website through an AI-managed workflow.

64 Labs

Mira Aug 27, 2026

AI Isn’t Just Writing Blog Posts. It’s Making the Blog Platform Optional.

Static, Codex-managed publishing shifts content management from dashboards to files, rules, and deployment—and puts the traditional CMS on notice.

Bora Praia showing a recommended beach departure time alongside tide, daylight, temperature, wind, sea temperature, and travel-time conditions.

Bora Praia

Nia Aug 26, 2026

A Sunny Forecast Is Not a Beach Plan

Bora Praia turns weather, tides, daylight, and travel time into the answer beachgoers actually need: when to leave.

Teleflow prompting on a phone beside Google’s official Pixel 11 Creator Suite teleprompter demonstration.

Teleflow

Nia Aug 23, 2026

Google Just Put a Teleprompter in the Pixel 11. That Could Be the Best Thing to Happen to Teleflow.

Google made the teleprompter a native Pixel camera feature. That raises the standard for Teleflow—and may introduce millions of creators to the problem it solves.

MTL Exits showing recommended Montréal metro cars and doors on a phone beside a train platform.

MTL Exits

Nia Aug 21, 2026

The Montréal Metro Is Turning 60. This App Finally Tells You Where to Stand.

MTL Exits tells you where to board—and its platform walking timer helps you reach the right door before the train arrives.

Three phones showing the 64 Labs Dashboard, active Campaign work, app portfolio, and Process progress.

64 Labs Dashboard

Felipe Aug 15, 2026

Your Apps Don’t Need Another Dashboard. They Need a Memory.

How the 64 Labs command center finds the highest-value unfinished work across your portfolio—and helps you continue before momentum disappears.

Teleflow private teleprompter shown on a phone beside the words Stop Sounding Scripted.

Teleflow

Nia Aug 14, 2026

Stop Sounding Scripted: The Private Teleprompter That Helps You Nail Videos in Fewer Takes

Teleflow combines private script writing, rehearsal, guided recording, and local saving so creators can publish natural videos in fewer takes.