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Jun 16, 2026

Why Pin Uses Buttons, Not Chat — Architecture Trade-offs of a Consumer AI Runtime

Everyone's building AI chatbots. With Pin we did the opposite: buttons and templates are the main dish, the LLM is only a fallback. Here's the architecture behind that — why, for ordinary consumers, a deterministic button flow beats a clever free-form chat, and how one SKILL.md grows a LINE/TG button interface, an MCP server, and a webhook receiver all at once.

Jun 16, 20263 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Jun 14, 2026

Why I Build Products This Way — From One Realtor's Pain to a Platform Built for AI

The most important thing in building a product isn't how flashy the tech is — it's what problem you're actually solving and what should be automated. Here's how I went from interviewing realtors around me and reading the market, to a platform that both humans and AI can understand, and why I'm betting AI agents are the future while still shipping an intuitive entry point for ordinary people today.

Jun 14, 20263 min read0 reactions0 comments