2026-01-20. Nomoyu Daily for Indie Developers (Issue 248)

📰 News

If you are building an intelligent assistant, do not make it a question machine

Have you noticed that many so-called AI assistants today are actually quite lazy? You ask one to arrange a meeting, and it insists on asking you, “Morning or afternoon?” “Which meeting room do you prefer?” It looks considerate, but it is really pushing the responsibility back to you. How does a top human assistant work? After receiving an instruction, they look at your past habits and open slots in your calendar, get it done, and then tell you it is handled.

This is the agent laziness problem that the tech world has been reflecting on recently. A good AI app should have a kind of predictive ability. It should know from historical data what kinds of sales emails you usually reject, or what time periods you prefer for deep work. It should draft the reply directly, or even block the calendar outright, instead of acting like a brand-new intern who asks the boss for approval at every step. An AI that throws decision pressure back onto the user cannot really be called intelligent.

🖥️ Software

Bitesize

Bitesize is a minimalist calorie tracking app.

MarkViz

MarkViz is an iOS app for rendering and exporting Markdown/HTML content on mobile devices. It supports code highlighting, tables, HTML preview, watermarks, and export to long images, PDF, and mind maps.

UniDrop

UniDrop is a device connection tool that offers fast Nearby Share, Web Share mode, and universal clipboard features. It supports iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows, aiming to simplify file transfers and clipboard syncing.

iHomepage

iHomepage is a new-tab extension that provides keyboard shortcuts to websites, one-click opening of folders, reading lists, RSS, and a mobile PWA, with a focus on user privacy.

Cram and Conquer

Cram and Conquer is a study app with customizable Pomodoro timers, task lists, calendar scheduling, study pets, an audio mixer, and more.

🎮 Games

Torna-ai

Torna-ai is software for learning data structures in a gamified way through 3D visualization and a customizable AI tutor.

🌐 Websites

translatescreenshots

translatescreenshots is a website that uses AI to translate App Store and Google Play screenshots while preserving fonts and styles.

Zent Text

Zent Text is a daily 60-second meditation video text message service that provides a convenient meditation experience.

蓝色导航

Blue Navigation is an open-source navigation site that can be deployed directly.

Best Nano Banana Prompt

Best Nano Banana Prompt is a free tool offering 500+ curated Gemini Nano Banana prompts, with one-click copying and quick onboarding.

Easyreceipts

Easyreceipts is a free receipt scanning and bill-splitting tool. No registration is required; users only need to upload a receipt photo to automatically identify items and quickly calculate each person’s share.

Bilig

Bilig is a productivity-focused newsletter reader with AI summaries, notes, reading habit analysis, and a 7-day free trial for new users.

Pocketsflow

Pocketsflow is a tool that combines newsletters, linktree-style pages, and digital product sales to help small businesses manage and expand operations efficiently at low cost.

Reenvision

Reenvision is Agent OS software that uses a distributed network to generate AI for applications.

SpamScore

SpamScore is an AI-powered spam detection SaaS. Users only need to forward a suspicious email to receive an analysis report within 60 seconds, with no app or setup required.

Indiereceipt

Indiereceipt is a website that calculates SaaS burn rate and generates a receipt-style report.

微信运动数据可视化分析平台

The WeChat Sports Data Visualization Analysis Platform turns the single number from WeChat Sports into multidimensional visual insights, with five visualization modules including time-period step distribution, 24-hour heatmaps, and speed change curves. It is suitable for deep analysis of personal exercise habits and similar scenarios.

Zarie

Zarie is a Telegram-based AI assistant for managing personal affairs, including to-dos, reminders, and scheduled tasks.

Numla

Numla is a natural-language calculator notebook that runs quick math calculations, currency conversions, and more in the local browser, with features such as multiple tabs and focus mode.

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