Weekly startup ideas, early-stage product features, and builder-friendly tools - all shared in public as we grow. Idea TBD is a casual, community-first newsletter for people who love building from zero.

It s a 100% free, minimalist writing tool that uses AI to:

Find the best sources
Fact-check
Spell-check

but puts the onus on you to actually write.

As someone who enjoys writing, I love using it myself and I think anyone who wants to keep their own voice, research well, or jot down ideas will benefit from it without having to rely on AI to do the thinking.

After reading that MIT study on how using AI to write can reduce memory and critical thinking, we at IdeaTBD knew we wanted to build something fast - a tool that helps you write, not write for you.

So we gave ourselves 48 hours to ship an MVP. Here's what made the cut and what didn t.

What We Shipped

A simple, clean writing editor
Real-time fact-check and spell-check
A research side panel that pulls from trusted sources
Instant text analysis to highlight potential BS
A zero-distraction UI
Basic autosave and history

We ve been building Idea TBD in public - a weekly drop where we share raw product ideas, highlight early-stage tools, and experiment with building a community around curiosity and creativity.

It s scrappy. It s messy. It s ours.

Here s what we ve learned so far

Substack Traction

It s a 100% free, minimalist writing tool that uses AI to:

Find the best sources
Fact-check
Spell-check

but puts the onus on you to actually write.

After reading that MIT study on how using AI to write can reduce memory and critical thinking, we at IdeaTBD knew we wanted to build something fast - a tool that helps you write, not write for you.

So we gave ourselves 48 hours to ship an MVP. Here's what made the cut and what didn t.

What We Shipped

A simple, clean writing editor
Real-time fact-check and spell-check
A research side panel that pulls from trusted sources
Instant text analysis to highlight potential BS
A zero-distraction UI
Basic autosave and history

We ve been building Idea TBD in public - a weekly drop where we share raw product ideas, highlight early-stage tools, and experiment with building a community around curiosity and creativity.

It s scrappy. It s messy. It s ours.

Here s what we ve learned so far

Substack Traction

Idea TBD

Startup ideas, product features for people who love to build

Startup ideas, product features for people who love to build

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Startup ideas, product features for people who love to build

Startup ideas, product features for people who love to build

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We’re building a product to drive traction for our newsletter

We built an MVP in 48 hours - here's what we shipped vs what we skipped

Building a Newsletter in public: Here’s What We’ve Learned

Do you use Idea TBD?

Forum Threads

We’re building a product to drive traction for our newsletter

We built an MVP in 48 hours - here's what we shipped vs what we skipped

Building a Newsletter in public: Here’s What We’ve Learned