Building in Public as a Solo Founder in the Age of AI

Matt Paige and Thomas Schlossmacher discuss a shift from typing to talking as AI makes voice dictation accurate enough to use without constant corrections, arguing speech is faster and more natural and helps maintain thought flow when interacting with AI tools. Schlossmacher is building Resonant, a Mac voice dictation tool designed to run on-device so nothing goes to the cloud, motivated by privacy concerns and data retention/training practices of cloud-based alternatives like Whisper Flow. They explore the tradeoffs of local vs server inference, noting current consumer hardware can struggle to run full speech-to-text plus LLM post-processing fast enough, but expects improvement in 1–2 years. Schlossmacher explains differentiators like taste/brand, his design workflow using inspiration sources and ShadCN, his path into AI-assisted building, his stack (Claude Code, Next.js, Convex, Vercel), and a vision for proactive, context-aware agent features and potential open-sourcing and enterprise/self-hosted options, with beta/free access at https://www.onresonant.com/. -- Key Moments: 01:47 Making the Switch 05:00 Why Build Resonant 08:25 Local LLM Reality Check 11:23 Standing Out in AI 14:52 Designing Resonant Brand 19:16 Building Taste Systems 22:25 Learning to Build Apps 23:43 Early Computer Curiosity 25:41 Entrepreneur First and AI Shift 27:49 Teaching Yourself with Agents 29:05 Tooling and Tech Stack 31:05 Resonant Product Vision 35:14 Proactive Voice Workflows 36:42 Beta Launch and Monetization 41:15 Where to Try Resonant -- Key Links: Resonant Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn Mentioned in this episode: Free report from HatchWorks AI — State of AI 2026 What’s real in AI this year, what’s hype, and what leaders should prioritize — including production lessons, designing for agents, and governance. https://hatchworks.com/state-of-ai-2026/ AI Opportunity Finder Feeling overwhelmed by all the AI noise out there? The AI Opportunity Finder from HatchWorks cuts through the hype and gives you a clear starting point. In less than 5 minutes, you’ll get tailored, high-impact AI use cases specific to your business—scored by ROI so you know exactly where to start. Whether you're looking to cut costs, automate tasks, or grow faster, this free tool gives you a personalized roadmap built for action. 👉 Try it now at https://hatchworks.com/ai-opportunity-finder/