iPhone
Apple's phone, and where personal software ends up
Apple's phone. What lands on it is the interesting part: reading apps, AI agents, and now software people wrote for themselves. Distribution stays locked down. Anything you build yourself installs only on devices you key it to, yours and a short list of other people's.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Federico ViticciDoes it
Apple writer · founder of MacStories
Clips his iPhone to a magnetic holder on the side of the iPad, so a second screen sits permanently in view. Timers, lyrics and messaging move to the phone. That removed distractions from his iPad workflow rather than adding them, he says, because he stops closing and reopening his writing app.
Source: MacStories: How I Modded My iPad Pro - Naval RavikantDoes it
Angel investor · AngelList and the Naval podcast
The apps he vibe codes land on his own phone through the app store he built for himself, so a two line description over dinner can be a working app five minutes later. He opens Claude on the phone to drive a terminal on his desktop. Apple keys those builds to named devices, so friends and family get them and nobody else does.
Source: nav.al: A Return to Code
Aimed at the same thing
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- Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.
Home gym
A private training space at home, from a garage rack to a fully equipped room
On record from 7 of 62 tracked people: 5 do it, 2 recommend it - Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 6 do it
- Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 4 do it
- Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
Standing desk
A desk that raises, so part of the working day happens on your feet
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 recommends it - Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it
- Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Paper notebook
A bound notebook for thinking on paper away from a screen
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it
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