Tim Disney

Currently building software that can't betray its users. @skyreader.app | skyboard.dev | www.flintnote.com You can sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/disnet https://www.disnetdev.com/

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An Atmospheric Website

Notes from the fifth and final migration.

Apr 23·5 min read·968 words

SembleIt: Semble Without the Distractions

Semble is two apps in a trench coat. SembleIt is just the quiet one.

Apr 10·2 min read·358 words

Skyreader update - standard.site feeds, read-it-later workflow, and sustainability

Skyreader now supports standard.site feeds and adds full read-it-later features with highlighting, read progress, and inbox/archive management

Feb 24·5 min read·880 words

How to control Claude with a kanban board

Using a Ralph loop and Skyboard to control Claude

Feb 16·5 min read·879 words

Announcing Skyboard - A collaborative kanban board on the AT Protocol

Skyboard is a collaborative kanban board on the AT protocol so you control your boards forever.

Feb 9·3 min read·597 words

Test post

Testing out pckt

Feb 5·1 min read·8 words

Testing documents

This is just a test

Feb 5·1 min read·13 words

Skyreader update - UI refresh, opt-in public subscription & what's next

Skyreader has shipped UI improvements and opt-in public subscriptions, with plans to add atproto integrations and better long-form reading features.

Feb 2·4 min read·621 words

Stuff I Enjoyed in 2025 - Publications & Writing

Reflecting on the publications and articles I enjoyed in 2025

Jan 27·4 min read·717 words

Turns Out People Still Like RSS

Jan 26·2 min read·244 words

Skyreader: A RSS Reader on the AT Protocol

Introducing a RSS reader for the AT Protocol where you feeds and article sharing are portable

Jan 20·3 min read·447 words

Flint January Updates: Markdown Live Preview & Search

Flint now supports markdown live preview and much imporved search

Jan 18·2 min read·241 words

Stuff I Enjoyed in 2025 - Books

List of books I read in 2025

Jan 16·3 min read·467 words

New Year, New Flint

Big rework of Flint including updates to UI, new Automerge data layer, and a web version.

Jan 3·2 min read·255 words

Flint December Beta Updates (Open source and so many features)

Updates on the Flint beta release, including open source availability and new features.

Dec 8·5 min read·816 words

How Flint Helps You Externalize

Learn how Flint's design minimizes friction in note-taking by deferring organizational decisions and providing a zero-decision capture space for your ideas.

Nov 30·4 min read·631 words

What's the point of a note-taking app?

The true purpose of a note-taking app is to facilitate deep learning through three interconnected processes—externalizing ideas, internalizing them into new insights, and resurfacing them over time—an…

Nov 14·5 min read·844 words

Introducing Flint

Introducing Flint, my new note-taking/thinking-system project.

Oct 10·3 min read·468 words

GPT-5 Thoughts

Thoughts on the OpenAI livestream introducing GPT-5.

Aug 7·2 min read·334 words

Building a Personal GTD System in Plain Text with AI Agents

Building a GTD system using plain text and AI agents through Flint. The key innovation is a "Today" note that acts as a centralized dashboard, automatically syncing with individual todo notes through …

Jul 2·4 min read·608 words

The Note-Taking Trap - Why AI Could Save (or Destroy) How We Think

An exploration of the fundamental problems with current note-taking systems and AI approaches that either lock users into rigid structures or make them dependent on black-box intelligence. Argues for …

Jun 30·12 min read·2332 words