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Daily product analysis

Short original articles about products that got it right — what they do and why they win and my expert verdict. In English and Persian.

Sep 26, 2026

Sep 26, 2026Products#digital wellbeing#launchers

Fewer is a launcher that counts how often you pick up your phone

Fewer replaces your home screen with a plain launcher and quietly shows the number most phones hide: how many times a day you pick the device up. Measurement as a design choice — and a rare anti-addiction stance in launch software.

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Sep 25, 2026

Sep 25, 2026Products#local-first#notes

Paragraph Notes is a private Markdown home for your Mac

Paragraph Notes keeps your notes as plain Markdown files on your own disk — no account and no lock-in and no telemetry drama. Part of a wider local-first swing that treats owning your files as a feature again.

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Sep 25, 2026Products#macOS#utilities

KiwiDesk brings macOS window tiling that feels built into the system

KiwiDesk adds keyboard-driven tiling and layouts to macOS that behave like a first-party feature — no overlay UI and no fighting the system. A study in how small utilities earn a permanent home on the dock.

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