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In developing a project, called LushFM, an interesting insight that surfaced early during user testing wasn't really about technology, it was about the kinds of emotions people felt the need to communicate:

It wasn't necessarily people wanting "more social apps". It was more like: "I'm tired of communication that feels performative, fake, and mentally exhausting." The more conversations I had with users, the more I kept seeing a longing for: lower-pressure, in the moment, less-curated, less-visual communication. And what was remarkable is that this sentiment was coming from totally disparate groups: introverts, remote workers, the lonely, even socially-active people who still felt disconnected online. And it made me wonder if the next "social" product might not need more features or more content, but rather less friction, less communication fatigue. As a solo founder, I'm still trying to parse out whether this is a true, long-term change in behavior or if people are simply overextended from today's platforms. Curious if other founders are seeing this trend, as well?

Technical stuff was easier than user behavior.

I had expected that problems in e-commerce were really about discoverability and traffic. But after spending more time with e-commerce processes it feels like an enormous proportion of people already know kind of what they want- they just aren't fully committed to buy.

Not because they don't have enough products.

Because they need convincing.

In a physical store people naturally ask:

"which one would you pick"

"Is it really worth the premium price"

"Will this really solve my problem"

"What do other people generally purchase"

Most e-commerce stores just haven't found a good way to mimic that yet.

This is the observation that made me go ahead with building trykinect.ai trying to see if we can have conversational AI do this more naturally than filters or product pages.

I'm curious to hear if there's other founders working on SaaS / AI that feel this way too; have you seen that user doubt matters more than feature breadth for your conversion-focused products?

I miss conversations with no stress or pressure. I realize this now because I have people to talk to, however, when I have conversations there is an expectation to reply quickly with energy and know what to say next.

Some days I just cannot live up to this.

I wish I could have simpler conversations, where it was ok to sit in silence, or to take a second to think, or to be able to take time for yourself for a bit.

I find it hard to have these types of interactions anymore.

So, if you are looking for low-pressure conversations with no pressure to be interesting, no pressure to have the right response, just good connection, I am looking for a similar person. Please feel free to contact me.

Used to run everything through the same software out of habit. Lately I've been questioning that.

Complex projects still need a proper timeline no way around that. But for simple cuts and short clips I started reaching for lighter options just to move faster. The turnaround was genuinely quicker for basic stuff even if the creative ceiling was lower.

Now I'm torn. One consistent workflow feels cleaner mentally. But switching tools based on what the job actually needs might just be the smarter approach.

Tried a few browser-based options recently most recently FlexClip. Pretty limited, wouldn't touch it for anything serious.

What do you do one editor always, or does it depend?