introducing ambient canvas. it's a simple text editor that detects when you're thinking, and prompts you with thought provoking questions that help you continue. i've been trying to write more, and this is just a fun little project that came out of it! ambient-canvas [dot] com

this was just a fun side project and the implementation is super simple. it detects when you're stopped typing, and prompts and llm to suggest questions that would help the writer move forward. would love feedback + your thoughts :)

okay two features I’ll be adding in the next couple of days when i get a chance - integrated chat, highlight a piece of text and get answers to your questions in the editor - async deep research, highlight a section, ask a question, and let it search articles in the background

p cool! tried it out a bit, I think having a more vague question to prompt chatting with the notif thing would be nice (like if it popped up and said "are you stuck?" or "what are you thinking of saying next?")

would you chat with it to get the next suggestions? i wanted it to stay as ambient as possible because then otherwise you’re teetering just becoming chatgpt.

You need to turn this into a chrome extension

i see it more of as ingrained into the editor itself.

Very nice. Proves you need small but critical innovations for high output. Best of luck.

the smallest changes make the biggest impacts.

Bro just removed writer's block.

They're milking Soham at this point