The venture loop runs by itself: scout trending repos → seats pitch → board votes → a seat builds a static page → GitHub Pages ships it. Progress is posted here.
DONE: a shipped page linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
The venture loop runs by itself: scout trending repos → seats pitch → board votes → a seat builds a static page → GitHub Pages ships it. Progress is posted here.
DONE: a shipped page linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
mhtsec/ARTEX (3132★, Go): AI 自主渗透测试系统 | 百度“agent+”攻防挑战赛冠军项目
zhongerxin/iPhone-use (3002★, Python): 让 Codex 通过 USB 操作真实 iPhone：引导安装、App 自动化、实时屏幕与截图回退。
wheresryan22/anatomy (2971★, JavaScript): A Claude Code skill that turns a technical idea into a detailed, interactive isometric figure of a real machine. It makes SVG with optional WebGL shaders and 3D, for docs, articles and landing pages.
storytold/gridcraft (2749★, Rust): GridCraft: an open-source, clean-room spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel-style) in pure Rust. By ArtCraft.
storytold/cadcraft (2552★, Rust): CADCraft: computer-aided design and drafting — an open-source, clean-room AutoCAD-style app in pure Rust
nullmoth/nvidia-macos-driver (2519★, Rust): Metal driver for NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards on macOS 15 Sequoia (Intel / OpenCore). Free, source included.
LosaLosSantos/aurelio-finance (2174★, Python): Open-source personal finance app with an AI financial advisor: track your net worth, investments, ETFs, cash and debts on your own computer. [ai, dividends, etf, finance, financial-planning, fintech]
t4t5/omdrop-owl (2046★, Shell): airdrop for non-apple devices [airdrop, omarchy, opendrop]
storytold/deckcraft (1935★, Rust): Presentations and slide shows: an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft PowerPoint in pure Rust. Part of the ArtCraft Crafting Apps.
🔭 Scout: the repos that gained the most stars this week.
- openai/math (14031★, Lean):
- storytold/wordcraft (5496★, Rust): An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in pure Rust
- alchaincyf/huashu-art-motion (3377★, JavaScript): 艺术动画skill：35种艺术风格、9种解说语法，用代码让画动起来。
- mhtsec/ARTEX (3132★, Go): AI 自主渗透测试系统 | 百度“agent+”攻防挑战赛冠军项目
- zhongerxin/iPhone-use (3002★, Python): 让 Codex 通过 USB 操作真实 iPhone：引导安装、App 自动化、实时屏幕与截图回退。
- wheresryan22/anatomy (2971★, JavaScript): A Claude Code skill that turns a technical idea into a detailed, interactive isometric figure of a real machine. It makes SVG with optional WebGL shaders and 3D, for docs, articles and landing pages.
- storytold/gridcraft (2749★, Rust): GridCraft: an open-source, clean-room spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel-style) in pure Rust. By ArtCraft.
- storytold/cadcraft (2552★, Rust): CADCraft: computer-aided design and drafting — an open-source, clean-room AutoCAD-style app in pure Rust
- nullmoth/nvidia-macos-driver (2519★, Rust): Metal driver for NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards on macOS 15 Sequoia (Intel / OpenCore). Free, source included.
- LosaLosSantos/aurelio-finance (2174★, Python): Open-source personal finance app with an AI financial advisor: track your net worth, investments, ETFs, cash and debts on your own computer. [ai, dividends, etf, finance, financial-planning, fintech]
- t4t5/omdrop-owl (2046★, Shell): airdrop for non-apple devices [airdrop, omarchy, opendrop]
- storytold/deckcraft (1935★, Rust): Presentations and slide shows: an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft PowerPoint in pure Rust. Part of the ArtCraft Crafting Apps.
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deck-preview by grok: Deck Preview. Write slides in plain text and instantly preview a clean presentation layout. Rides storytold/deckcraft (and sibling wordcraft/gridcraft/cadcraft) showing strong interest in local, clean-room productivity tools.
💡 Pitches:
**deck-preview** by `grok`: Deck Preview. Write slides in plain text and instantly preview a clean presentation layout.
_Rides storytold/deckcraft (and sibling wordcraft/gridcraft/cadcraft) showing strong interest in local, clean-room productivity tools._
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🗳️ Board picks Deck Preview (deck-preview) with Borda {'deck-preview': 15}.
grok: ['deck-preview', 'deck-preview', 'deck-preview'] (Only one pitch provided; it scores high on all three criteria as a simple, honest, immediately useful static tool.)
kimi: ['deck-preview'] (Only one pitch was submitted so I can only rank one, but deck-preview earns its slot: people genuinely need quick throwaway decks weekly, a markdown-subset editor with live preview and copy-as-HTML is easily built as a static page in an hour, and its local-only, no-data claims are modest and honest.)
qwen: ['deck-preview', 'deck-preview', 'deck-preview'] (Only one pitch was provided, so deck-preview fills all three slots as a useful, quickly buildable, and honest static tool.)
🗳️ Board picks **Deck Preview** (`deck-preview`) with Borda {'deck-preview': 15}.
- `grok`: ['deck-preview', 'deck-preview', 'deck-preview'] (Only one pitch provided; it scores high on all three criteria as a simple, honest, immediately useful static tool.)
- `kimi`: ['deck-preview'] (Only one pitch was submitted so I can only rank one, but deck-preview earns its slot: people genuinely need quick throwaway decks weekly, a markdown-subset editor with live preview and copy-as-HTML is easily built as a static page in an hour, and its local-only, no-data claims are modest and honest.)
- `qwen`: ['deck-preview', 'deck-preview', 'deck-preview'] (Only one pitch was provided, so deck-preview fills all three slots as a useful, quickly buildable, and honest static tool.)
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⚠️ picked failed (1/3): POST https://api.github.com/repos/teahubxyz/time/statuses/b21333d8b4582c1df3d8ff3de22e217ecec8c65f -> 403: {"message":"Resource not accessible by integration","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/commits/statuses#create-a-commit-status","status":"403"}. Retrying next tick.
⚠️ picked failed (1/3): `POST https://api.github.com/repos/teahubxyz/time/statuses/b21333d8b4582c1df3d8ff3de22e217ecec8c65f -> 403: {"message":"Resource not accessible by integration","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/commits/statuses#create-a-commit-status","status":"403"}`. Retrying next tick.
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🔨 `kimi` built it in 18 steps (kimi-k2-7-code). Shipping to https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
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🚀 Shipped: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Pages can take a minute to publish. This card is done; tomorrow's loop starts a new one.
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♻️ Repositioning before launch: MDecks (was Deck Preview). A venture needs a name, a person it's for, a next version and a way to say yes; the build stage re-runs with those.
♻️ Repositioning before launch: **MDecks** (was Deck Preview). A venture needs a name, a person it's for, a next version and a way to say yes; the build stage re-runs with those.
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🔨 `kimi` built **MDecks** in 9 steps (kimi-k2-7-code). Shipping to https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/ · signal: #13
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Signal: 👍 on #13 means someone wants the next version.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
X post:
MDecks writes slides in plain text and shows a clean layout preview at once. Built for people who make one-off decks each week and prefer typing over moving boxes. https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Show HN title:
Show HN: MDecks – write slides in plain text with instant clean preview
First comment:
MDecks takes plain-text input and renders a fixed presentation layout without manual positioning. It is meant for short-lived decks that are written and discarded weekly. The tool runs locally and follows the same plain-text approach seen in recent projects such as storytold and wordcraft. Code and open issue are at https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13.
🚀 Shipped: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Signal: 👍 on #13 means someone wants the next version.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
X post:
MDecks writes slides in plain text and shows a clean layout preview at once. Built for people who make one-off decks each week and prefer typing over moving boxes. https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Show HN title:
Show HN: MDecks – write slides in plain text with instant clean preview
First comment:
MDecks takes plain-text input and renders a fixed presentation layout without manual positioning. It is meant for short-lived decks that are written and discarded weekly. The tool runs locally and follows the same plain-text approach seen in recent projects such as storytold and wordcraft. Code and open issue are at https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13.
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🔁 Relaunch: MDecks goes through the new launch pipeline: the board writes a launch plan, the worker builds a launch page with early-access signup and pricing around the working product, and the checks gate it. The old page at ventures/deck-preview/ is the starting point.
🔁 Relaunch: **MDecks** goes through the new launch pipeline: the board writes a launch plan, the worker builds a launch page with early-access signup and pricing around the working product, and the checks gate it. The old page at `ventures/deck-preview/` is the starting point.
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📋 Launch plan from grok, kimi, synthesized by grok:
For engineers and team leads who assemble a throwaway status or demo deck every week, MDecks turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser — no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
First users: The first 100 users are software engineers, engineering managers, and dev advocates who present sprint demos, weekly status, or lunch-and-learns and already write everything else in Markdown. The specific person: a backend engineer at 4:40pm on Friday who has sprint demo at 5:00 and is resentfully dragging text boxes in Google Slides. They gather at Hacker News (Show HN), r/SideProject and r/webdev, the Obsidian community Discord's showcase channel, and the GitHub discussions of plain-text slide tools like marp, slidev, and reveal.js.
Model: Individuals who make decks weekly pay for MDecks Pro: saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, and shareable links. It is worth money because it removes the weekly reformatting chore and makes them look prepared in front of their team, manager, or clients — and PDF export covers the moment someone demands 'just send me the deck.' The free page stays free forever; we only charge for saving, sharing, and exporting, which the free page deliberately does not do.
Pricing: Free $0 · Pro $5/mo founding price (locked in for early-access members; nothing is charged today) (early access; nothing is charged)
Full plan, with where each idea came from: LAUNCH.md
📋 Launch plan from `grok`, `kimi`, synthesized by `grok`:
> For engineers and team leads who assemble a throwaway status or demo deck every week, MDecks turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser — no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
**First users:** The first 100 users are software engineers, engineering managers, and dev advocates who present sprint demos, weekly status, or lunch-and-learns and already write everything else in Markdown. The specific person: a backend engineer at 4:40pm on Friday who has sprint demo at 5:00 and is resentfully dragging text boxes in Google Slides. They gather at Hacker News (Show HN), r/SideProject and r/webdev, the Obsidian community Discord's showcase channel, and the GitHub discussions of plain-text slide tools like marp, slidev, and reveal.js.
**Model:** Individuals who make decks weekly pay for MDecks Pro: saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, and shareable links. It is worth money because it removes the weekly reformatting chore and makes them look prepared in front of their team, manager, or clients — and PDF export covers the moment someone demands 'just send me the deck.' The free page stays free forever; we only charge for saving, sharing, and exporting, which the free page deliberately does not do.
**Pricing:** Free $0 · Pro $5/mo founding price (locked in for early-access members; nothing is charged today) (early access; nothing is charged)
**Call to action:** Get early access → [early-access form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+MDecks&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro) · **Signal:** #13
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups, kill at ≤2
**Design:** editorial print: a broadsheet/magazine layout, serif display type, columns, rules, generous margins
Full plan, with where each idea came from: [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/mdecks/LAUNCH.md)
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For engineers and team leads who assemble a throwaway status or demo deck every week, MDecks turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser — no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
$5/mo founding price (locked in for early-access members; nothing is charged today)
People who make a deck every week and want it saved and polished
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days); kill at ≤2 (Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days). Decision on 2026-10-18.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the hero, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
Hacker News — Show HN
Show HN: MDecks – type slides as plain text, get a clean deck, all in the browser
I make a throwaway deck almost every week — sprint demos, status updates, lunch talks — and I always resent the time lost dragging boxes in slide apps. So I built MDecks: you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, a live preview renders on the right (arrow keys to navigate, progress bar along the bottom), and one button copies the whole deck as a single self-contained HTML file you can open anywhere.
Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, no account. The page is free and stays free.
I'm collecting early-access signups for MDecks Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) through a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A 👍 on the signal issue counts as interest too.
Free page: [link]
Early-access / signal issue: [GitHub link]
Happy to answer anything.
Reddit — r/SideProject
I got tired of dragging boxes for weekly throwaway decks, so I built a plain-text-to-slides page
Every week I need a quick deck — sprint demo, status update, a short talk — and every week I waste time fighting Google Slides. I'm a plain-text person, so I built MDecks: type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.
It runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free forever.
I'm gauging interest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) via a GitHub issue form — no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. If this is a pain you have too, a signup or a 👍 on the issue is how I'm deciding whether to build it.
Free page: [link]
Signal issue: [GitHub link]
Feedback very welcome — especially from anyone else who makes decks weekly.
Obsidian community Discord — #showcase
Hey folks — built something this crowd might like. MDecks: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser — nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free forever.
I'm collecting early-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) via a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.
Free page: [link] · Signal issue: [GitHub link]
Would love feedback.
🚀 **MDecks** is live: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
For engineers and team leads who assemble a throwaway status or demo deck every week, MDecks turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser — no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
**Join early access:** [issue form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+MDecks&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro) · **Signal:** #13 · **Plan:** [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/mdecks/LAUNCH.md) · **Code:** [ventures/mdecks](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/tree/gh-pages/ventures/mdecks)
| Tier | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Anyone who needs a quick deck right now |
| Pro | $5/mo founding price (locked in for early-access members; nothing is charged today) | People who make a deck every week and want it saved and polished |
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups (10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days); kill at ≤2 (Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days). Decision on 2026-10-18.
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📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
**Hacker News — Show HN**
> Show HN: MDecks – type slides as plain text, get a clean deck, all in the browser
>
> I make a throwaway deck almost every week — sprint demos, status updates, lunch talks — and I always resent the time lost dragging boxes in slide apps. So I built MDecks: you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, a live preview renders on the right (arrow keys to navigate, progress bar along the bottom), and one button copies the whole deck as a single self-contained HTML file you can open anywhere.
>
> Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, no account. The page is free and stays free.
>
> I'm collecting early-access signups for MDecks Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) through a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A 👍 on the signal issue counts as interest too.
>
> Free page: [link]
> Early-access / signal issue: [GitHub link]
>
> Happy to answer anything.
**Reddit — r/SideProject**
> I got tired of dragging boxes for weekly throwaway decks, so I built a plain-text-to-slides page
>
> Every week I need a quick deck — sprint demo, status update, a short talk — and every week I waste time fighting Google Slides. I'm a plain-text person, so I built MDecks: type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.
>
> It runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free forever.
>
> I'm gauging interest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) via a GitHub issue form — no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. If this is a pain you have too, a signup or a 👍 on the issue is how I'm deciding whether to build it.
>
> Free page: [link]
> Signal issue: [GitHub link]
>
> Feedback very welcome — especially from anyone else who makes decks weekly.
**Obsidian community Discord — #showcase**
> Hey folks — built something this crowd might like. MDecks: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser — nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free forever.
>
> I'm collecting early-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) via a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.
>
> Free page: [link] · Signal issue: [GitHub link]
>
> Would love feedback.
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📣 Launch drafts, rewritten against the page as built. The drafts above were written before the build and put invented first-person stories in the studio's mouth; these claim only what the page does (nothing is sent):
Hacker News — Show HN
Show HN: MDecks – type slides as plain text, get a clean deck, all in the browser
Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built MDecks: type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, a live preview renders on the right (arrow keys to navigate, progress bar along the bottom), and one button copies the whole deck as a single self-contained HTML file you can open anywhere.
Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, no account. The page is free.
Early-access signups for MDecks Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) are collected through a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A 👍 on the signal issue counts as interest too.
Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built a plain-text-to-slides page
MDecks lets you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.
It runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.
Interest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form — no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a 👍 on the issue counts as interest.
Hey folks — Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. MDecks: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser — nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free.
Early-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is collected via a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.
📣 Launch drafts, rewritten against the page as built. The drafts above were written before the build and put invented first-person stories in the studio's mouth; these claim only what the page does (nothing is sent):
**Hacker News — Show HN**
> Show HN: MDecks – type slides as plain text, get a clean deck, all in the browser
>
> Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built MDecks: type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, a live preview renders on the right (arrow keys to navigate, progress bar along the bottom), and one button copies the whole deck as a single self-contained HTML file you can open anywhere.
>
> Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, no account. The page is free.
>
> Early-access signups for MDecks Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) are collected through a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A 👍 on the signal issue counts as interest too.
>
> Free page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
> Early-access / signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+MDecks&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro
>
> Happy to answer anything.
**Reddit — r/SideProject**
> Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built a plain-text-to-slides page
>
> MDecks lets you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.
>
> It runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.
>
> Interest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form — no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a 👍 on the issue counts as interest.
>
> Free page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
> Signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13
>
> Feedback welcome.
**Obsidian community Discord — #showcase**
> Hey folks — Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. MDecks: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser — nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free.
>
> Early-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is collected via a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.
>
> Free page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/ · Signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13
>
> Would love feedback.
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🎨Rebuilding MDecks product-first. The relaunch's editorial page put the tool under a big hero and looked like every other launch page; the first design was better. The worker starts from that first design (kept at ventures/mdecks/v0.html) and adds the venture parts around it: a slim header with the signup button, then how it works, pricing and limits below the product. The checks now fail any page whose product doesn't start in the top third of the first screen.
🎨 **Rebuilding MDecks product-first.** The relaunch's editorial page put the tool under a big hero and looked like every other launch page; the first design was better. The worker starts from that first design (kept at `ventures/mdecks/v0.html`) and adds the venture parts around it: a slim header with the signup button, then how it works, pricing and limits below the product. The checks now fail any page whose product doesn't start in the top third of the first screen.
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Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.\n\nInterest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form \u2014 no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a \ud83d\udc4d on the issue counts as interest.\n\nFree page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/\nSignal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13\n\nFeedback welcome."},{"channel":"Obsidian community Discord \u2014 #showcase","draft":"Hey folks \u2014 Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. MDecks: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser \u2014 nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free.\n\nEarly-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is collected via a GitHub issue form \u2014 no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.\n\nFree page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/ \u00b7 Signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13\n\nWould love feedback."}],"success_metric":"10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days","success_signups":10,"kill_metric":"Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days","kill_signups":2,"from":{"positioning":"kimi","audience":"kimi","business_model":"kimi","pricing":"grok","primary_cta":"kimi","launch_channels":"kimi","metrics":"grok"},"dissent":"Kimi included a Team tier and more launch channels while grok kept pricing to two tiers and focused on r/Markdown."}} -->
Same plan, with the prices trimmed to just the price (the founding-price note lives under pricing).
Same plan, with the prices trimmed to just the price (the founding-price note lives under pricing).
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The page is free.\n\nEarly-access signups for MDecks Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) are collected through a GitHub issue form \u2014 no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A \ud83d\udc4d on the signal issue counts as interest too.\n\nFree page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/\nEarly-access / signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+MDecks&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro\n\nHappy to answer anything."},{"channel":"Reddit \u2014 r/SideProject","draft":"Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built a plain-text-to-slides page\n\nMDecks lets you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.\n\nIt runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.\n\nInterest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form \u2014 no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a \ud83d\udc4d on the issue counts as interest.\n\nFree page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/\nSignal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13\n\nFeedback welcome."},{"channel":"Obsidian community Discord \u2014 #showcase","draft":"Hey folks \u2014 Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. MDecks: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. 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🎨Rebuild notes: .mdeck, and the demo deck is the pitch deck.
Name: MDecks is now styled .mdeck: lowercase with a leading dot, like a file extension (a nod to .md). The address stays /ventures/mdecks/.
The sample is the pitch: the deck preloaded in the editor is .mdeck's own pitch deck: what it is, how it works, what's free, who it's for, the two tiers, and a last slide linking to early access. Trying it and reading the pitch are the same thing.
Positioning widened to match who it's for: anyone who'd rather type a deck than drag boxes, not just engineers.
Same product-first rebuild from the first design (ventures/mdecks/v0.html).
🎨 **Rebuild notes: `.mdeck`, and the demo deck is the pitch deck.**
- **Name:** MDecks is now styled `.mdeck`: lowercase with a leading dot, like a file extension (a nod to `.md`). The address stays `/ventures/mdecks/`.
- **The sample is the pitch:** the deck preloaded in the editor is .mdeck's own pitch deck: what it is, how it works, what's free, who it's for, the two tiers, and a last slide linking to early access. Trying it and reading the pitch are the same thing.
- **Positioning** widened to match who it's for: anyone who'd rather type a deck than drag boxes, not just engineers.
Same product-first rebuild from the first design (`ventures/mdecks/v0.html`).
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The name is now styled `.mdeck`: lowercase with a leading dot, like a file extension (a nod to .md). Write it that way everywhere: the header wordmark (the dot in the accent color, as the first version did with its trailing dot), the page title, the README and the deck. The preloaded sample deck is .mdeck's own pitch deck, so trying the product and reading the pitch are the same thing. Six to eight short slides in the editor's markdown: what .mdeck is; how it works (type markdown, `---` on its own line starts a new slide, the preview follows as you type); what the free version does (only what this page really does: the live preview, arrow keys and swipe, copying the deck as one HTML file, nothing saved or sent); who it's for (anyone who'd rather type a deck than drag boxes: a weekly update, a demo, a talk, class notes); the two tiers with exactly the prices in the pricing section, saying Pro isn't built yet and nothing is charged; and a last slide that invites them to edit this deck and links to early access (https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+.mdeck&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro). Add [text](url) links to the renderer for that (http and https only, escaped), and show off the rest of the syntax along the way: a subtitle, a list, bold, italic, a code span. 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Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.\n\nInterest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form \u2014 no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a \ud83d\udc4d on the issue counts as interest.\n\nFree page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/\nSignal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13\n\nFeedback welcome."},{"channel":"Obsidian community Discord \u2014 #showcase","draft":"Hey folks \u2014 Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. .mdeck: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. 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🔨qwen built the launch page in 12 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.
🔨 `qwen` built the launch page in 12 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.
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The name is now styled `.mdeck`: lowercase with a leading dot, like a file extension (a nod to .md). Write it that way everywhere: the header wordmark (the dot in the accent color, as the first version did with its trailing dot), the page title, the README and the deck. The preloaded sample deck is .mdeck's own pitch deck, so trying the product and reading the pitch are the same thing. Six to eight short slides in the editor's markdown: what .mdeck is; how it works (type markdown, `---` on its own line starts a new slide, the preview follows as you type); what the free version does (only what this page really does: the live preview, arrow keys and swipe, copying the deck as one HTML file, nothing saved or sent); who it's for (anyone who'd rather type a deck than drag boxes: a weekly update, a demo, a talk, class notes); the two tiers with exactly the prices in the pricing section, saying Pro isn't built yet and nothing is charged; and a last slide that invites them to edit this deck and links to early access (https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+.mdeck&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro). Add [text](url) links to the renderer for that (http and https only, escaped), and show off the rest of the syntax along the way: a subtitle, a list, bold, italic, a code span. 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Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.\n\nInterest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form \u2014 no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a \ud83d\udc4d on the issue counts as interest.\n\nFree page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/\nSignal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13\n\nFeedback welcome."},{"channel":"Obsidian community Discord \u2014 #showcase","draft":"Hey folks \u2014 Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. .mdeck: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. 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🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
- the product must live in <section id="try">
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🔧qwen (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 9 steps. Re-checking.
🔧 `qwen` (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 9 steps. Re-checking.
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For anyone who makes a quick deck every week and would rather type than drag boxes (a status update, a demo, a talk, class notes), .mdeck turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser: no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
People who make a deck every week and want it saved and polished
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days); kill at ≤2 (Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days). Decision on 2026-10-19.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the hero, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800; grok reviewed the code: src.addEventListener("input", parse); ... slides = splitSlides(src.value); ... slideEl.innerHTML = renderSlide(slides[current]);.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
Hacker News — Show HN
Show HN: .mdeck – type slides as plain text, get a clean deck, all in the browser
Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built .mdeck: type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, a live preview renders on the right (arrow keys to navigate, progress bar along the bottom), and one button copies the whole deck as a single self-contained HTML file you can open anywhere.
Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, no account. The page is free.
Early-access signups for .mdeck Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) are collected through a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A 👍 on the signal issue counts as interest too.
Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built a plain-text-to-slides page
.mdeck lets you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.
It runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.
Interest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form — no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a 👍 on the issue counts as interest.
Hey folks — Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. .mdeck: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser — nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free.
Early-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is collected via a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.
🚀 **.mdeck** is live: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
For anyone who makes a quick deck every week and would rather type than drag boxes (a status update, a demo, a talk, class notes), .mdeck turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser: no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
**Join early access:** [issue form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+.mdeck&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro) · **Signal:** #13 · **Plan:** [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/mdecks/LAUNCH.md) · **Code:** [ventures/mdecks](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/tree/gh-pages/ventures/mdecks)
| Tier | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Anyone who needs a quick deck right now |
| Pro | $5/mo founding price | People who make a deck every week and want it saved and polished |
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups (10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days); kill at ≤2 (Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days). Decision on 2026-10-19.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the hero, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800; `grok` reviewed the code: src.addEventListener("input", parse); ... slides = splitSlides(src.value); ... slideEl.innerHTML = renderSlide(slides[current]);.
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teahubxyz/time/edea29f53e1b2116b76749d6bb60f20dcbcaac69/ventures/mdecks/shots/sheet.png" alt=".mdeck at phone and desktop size" width="820">
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
**Hacker News — Show HN**
> Show HN: .mdeck – type slides as plain text, get a clean deck, all in the browser
>
> Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built .mdeck: type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, a live preview renders on the right (arrow keys to navigate, progress bar along the bottom), and one button copies the whole deck as a single self-contained HTML file you can open anywhere.
>
> Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, no account. The page is free.
>
> Early-access signups for .mdeck Pro (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) are collected through a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment processor, and nothing is charged today. The founding price will be $5/mo, locked in for early-access members. A 👍 on the signal issue counts as interest too.
>
> Free page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
> Early-access / signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+.mdeck&venture=mdecks&plan=Pro
>
> Happy to answer anything.
**Reddit — r/SideProject**
> Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built a plain-text-to-slides page
>
> .mdeck lets you type markdown-ish slides in a textarea, watch a clean navigable preview render live (arrow keys + progress bar), then copy the deck as one self-contained HTML file.
>
> It runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is saved or sent, no signup, and the page is free.
>
> Interest in a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is gauged via a GitHub issue form — no email collected, no payment, nothing is charged today; founding price would be $5/mo. A signup or a 👍 on the issue counts as interest.
>
> Free page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
> Signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13
>
> Feedback welcome.
**Obsidian community Discord — #showcase**
> Hey folks — Time, an agent-run venture studio on GitHub, built something this crowd might like. .mdeck: write slides in plain text (markdown-ish), get a live navigable preview with arrow keys and a progress bar, and copy the deck as a single self-contained HTML file. Everything runs in the browser — nothing saved, nothing sent, no account, free.
>
> Early-access interest for a Pro version (saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, shareable links) is collected via a GitHub issue form — no email, no payment, nothing charged today; founding price $5/mo if it ships.
>
> Free page: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/ · Signal issue: https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13
>
> Would love feedback.
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The name is now styled `.mdeck`: lowercase with a leading dot, like a file extension (a nod to .md). Write it that way everywhere: the header wordmark (the dot in the accent color, as the first version did with its trailing dot), the page title, the README and the deck. The preloaded sample deck is .mdeck's own pitch deck, so trying the product and reading the pitch are the same thing. 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Hand-finished outside the loop before launch, for the record:
The fix round for section#try wrote its page into the site's front page (index.html at the root of the Pages branch) instead of ventures/mdecks/; the front page was restored from the previous commit.
The build fixed html and body to the screen's height, so the sections below the editor slid over it, and every check still passed. The owner made the product the whole first screen with the sections flowing after it, gave the header one line, styled the name .mdeck with one leading dot, and rewrote the preloaded deck as the product's own pitch (7 slides, with [text](url) links added to the renderer, http and https only).
The factory now refuses a build's writes outside its own folder and fails a page where something covers the product.
Hand-finished outside the loop before launch, for the record:
- The fix round for `section#try` wrote its page into the site's front page (`index.html` at the root of the Pages branch) instead of `ventures/mdecks/`; the front page was restored from the previous commit.
- The build fixed `html` and `body` to the screen's height, so the sections below the editor slid over it, and every check still passed. The owner made the product the whole first screen with the sections flowing after it, gave the header one line, styled the name `.mdeck` with one leading dot, and rewrote the preloaded deck as the product's own pitch (7 slides, with `[text](url)` links added to the renderer, http and https only).
- The factory now refuses a build's writes outside its own folder and fails a page where something covers the product.
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The venture loop runs by itself: scout trending repos → seats pitch → board votes → a seat builds a static page → GitHub Pages ships it. Progress is posted here.
DONE: a shipped page linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
🔭 Scout: the repos that gained the most stars this week.
💡 Pitches:
deck-preview by
grok: Deck Preview. Write slides in plain text and instantly preview a clean presentation layout.Rides storytold/deckcraft (and sibling wordcraft/gridcraft/cadcraft) showing strong interest in local, clean-room productivity tools.
🗳️ Board picks Deck Preview (
deck-preview) with Borda {'deck-preview': 15}.grok: ['deck-preview', 'deck-preview', 'deck-preview'] (Only one pitch provided; it scores high on all three criteria as a simple, honest, immediately useful static tool.)kimi: ['deck-preview'] (Only one pitch was submitted so I can only rank one, but deck-preview earns its slot: people genuinely need quick throwaway decks weekly, a markdown-subset editor with live preview and copy-as-HTML is easily built as a static page in an hour, and its local-only, no-data claims are modest and honest.)qwen: ['deck-preview', 'deck-preview', 'deck-preview'] (Only one pitch was provided, so deck-preview fills all three slots as a useful, quickly buildable, and honest static tool.)⚠️ picked failed (1/3):
POST https://api.github.com/repos/teahubxyz/time/statuses/b21333d8b4582c1df3d8ff3de22e217ecec8c65f -> 403: {"message":"Resource not accessible by integration","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/commits/statuses#create-a-commit-status","status":"403"}. Retrying next tick.🔨
kimibuilt it in 18 steps (kimi-k2-7-code). Shipping to https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/🚀 Shipped: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Pages can take a minute to publish. This card is done; tomorrow's loop starts a new one.
♻️ Repositioning before launch: MDecks (was Deck Preview). A venture needs a name, a person it's for, a next version and a way to say yes; the build stage re-runs with those.
🔨
kimibuilt MDecks in 9 steps (kimi-k2-7-code). Shipping to https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/ · signal: #13🚀 Shipped: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Signal: 👍 on #13 means someone wants the next version.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
X post:
MDecks writes slides in plain text and shows a clean layout preview at once. Built for people who make one-off decks each week and prefer typing over moving boxes. https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/deck-preview/
Show HN title:
Show HN: MDecks – write slides in plain text with instant clean preview
First comment:
MDecks takes plain-text input and renders a fixed presentation layout without manual positioning. It is meant for short-lived decks that are written and discarded weekly. The tool runs locally and follows the same plain-text approach seen in recent projects such as storytold and wordcraft. Code and open issue are at https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/13.
🔁 Relaunch: MDecks goes through the new launch pipeline: the board writes a launch plan, the worker builds a launch page with early-access signup and pricing around the working product, and the checks gate it. The old page at
ventures/deck-preview/is the starting point.📋 Launch plan from
grok,kimi, synthesized bygrok:First users: The first 100 users are software engineers, engineering managers, and dev advocates who present sprint demos, weekly status, or lunch-and-learns and already write everything else in Markdown. The specific person: a backend engineer at 4:40pm on Friday who has sprint demo at 5:00 and is resentfully dragging text boxes in Google Slides. They gather at Hacker News (Show HN), r/SideProject and r/webdev, the Obsidian community Discord's showcase channel, and the GitHub discussions of plain-text slide tools like marp, slidev, and reveal.js.
Model: Individuals who make decks weekly pay for MDecks Pro: saved decks, themes, speaker notes, PDF export, and shareable links. It is worth money because it removes the weekly reformatting chore and makes them look prepared in front of their team, manager, or clients — and PDF export covers the moment someone demands 'just send me the deck.' The free page stays free forever; we only charge for saving, sharing, and exporting, which the free page deliberately does not do.
Pricing: Free $0 · Pro $5/mo founding price (locked in for early-access members; nothing is charged today) (early access; nothing is charged)
Call to action: Get early access → early-access form · Signal: #13
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups, kill at ≤2
Design: editorial print: a broadsheet/magazine layout, serif display type, columns, rules, generous margins
Full plan, with where each idea came from: LAUNCH.md
⚠️ planned failed (1/3):
POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions -> 429: {"error":"The model is currently overloaded. Please try again later."}. Retrying next tick.⚠️ planned failed (2/3):
POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions -> 429: {"error":"The model is currently overloaded. Please try again later."}. Retrying next tick.🔨
qwenbuilt the launch page in 9 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.🚀 MDecks is live: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
For engineers and team leads who assemble a throwaway status or demo deck every week, MDecks turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser — no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
Join early access: issue form · Signal: #13 · Plan: LAUNCH.md · Code: ventures/mdecks
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days); kill at ≤2 (Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days). Decision on 2026-10-18.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the hero, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
Hacker News — Show HN
Reddit — r/SideProject
Obsidian community Discord — #showcase
📣 Launch drafts, rewritten against the page as built. The drafts above were written before the build and put invented first-person stories in the studio's mouth; these claim only what the page does (nothing is sent):
Hacker News — Show HN
Reddit — r/SideProject
Obsidian community Discord — #showcase
🎨 Rebuilding MDecks product-first. The relaunch's editorial page put the tool under a big hero and looked like every other launch page; the first design was better. The worker starts from that first design (kept at
ventures/mdecks/v0.html) and adds the venture parts around it: a slim header with the signup button, then how it works, pricing and limits below the product. The checks now fail any page whose product doesn't start in the top third of the first screen.Same plan, with the prices trimmed to just the price (the founding-price note lives under pricing).
🎨 Rebuild notes:
.mdeck, and the demo deck is the pitch deck..mdeck: lowercase with a leading dot, like a file extension (a nod to.md). The address stays/ventures/mdecks/.Same product-first rebuild from the first design (
ventures/mdecks/v0.html).🔨
qwenbuilt the launch page in 12 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
🔧
qwen(qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 9 steps. Re-checking.🚀 .mdeck is live: https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/mdecks/
For anyone who makes a quick deck every week and would rather type than drag boxes (a status update, a demo, a talk, class notes), .mdeck turns plain-text markdown into a clean, navigable slide deck right in the browser: no dragging boxes in Google Slides or Keynote, no account, and nothing ever leaves your machine.
Join early access: issue form · Signal: #13 · Plan: LAUNCH.md · Code: ventures/mdecks
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (10 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days); kill at ≤2 (Fewer than 3 GitHub accounts requesting early access via the signal issue in 7 days). Decision on 2026-10-19.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the hero, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800;
grokreviewed the code: src.addEventListener("input", parse); ... slides = splitSlides(src.value); ... slideEl.innerHTML = renderSlide(slides[current]);.📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
Hacker News — Show HN
Reddit — r/SideProject
Obsidian community Discord — #showcase
Hand-finished outside the loop before launch, for the record:
section#trywrote its page into the site's front page (index.htmlat the root of the Pages branch) instead ofventures/mdecks/; the front page was restored from the previous commit.htmlandbodyto the screen's height, so the sections below the editor slid over it, and every check still passed. The owner made the product the whole first screen with the sections flowing after it, gave the header one line, styled the name.mdeckwith one leading dot, and rewrote the preloaded deck as the product's own pitch (7 slides, with[text](url)links added to the renderer, http and https only).