Notes from building Azynote
Why each release works the way it does, and what I learned making it. Written by the person who builds it.
Your Context Follows You
Azynote 1.7.0 brings your context with you: what was left open before the call, the conversation with the agent that belongs to each session, the related sessions you didn't think to look for, and the subjects a session belongs to.
October 15, 2026 · 5 min read
Why Every AI Tool Is Becoming a Companion
Dictation apps now take meeting notes. Chat apps now transcribe your calls. Every AI tool is turning into a companion that lives next to your work. The real question is who holds the memory that makes it useful.
7 min read
It Learns How You Work
Azynote knew everything you had written down. It knew nothing about you. It now builds up a picture of who you are, what your words mean and how you want things written, from how you actually work. You can also just tell it, and you can read and edit every word it holds.
5 min read
Your Own Agent, Kept Warm
Run Azynote on your own agent without paying its startup on every request, and get the in-app chat panel while you are at it. Plus tables that line up, lists that build themselves, and formatting shortcuts that finally reach your text.
7 min read
Bring Your Own Agent CLI
Point Azynote at the coding agent you already pay for and let it write your OnePagers. Test it in one second before you trust it with a real meeting. And get your memory back one model at a time.
4 min read
Your Mac Is the Datacenter Now
I shipped local AI on Tuesday. On my 64 GB Mac it was finished. On my 16 GB one it was barely usable, and the difference taught me what moving inference on-device actually costs.
4 min read
Free, Local, and Not Just for Meetings
Azynote 1.3.0 moves the AI onto your Mac, opens the app up to the rest of your work day instead of just the meeting, and drops the price to nothing. If you already bought a license, I will refund you.
6 min read
OnePagers, Your Way
Azynote 1.2.0 lets you generate OnePagers in the background, choose how each AI feature runs (Gemini, a CLI agent like Claude Code, or off), keep up with new features without leaving the app, and get a gentle nudge when you forget to stop a session.
5 min read
Who Said What, Global Hotkeys, and More
Azynote 1.1.0 ships on-device speaker diarization, transcript improvement powered by Gemini, global hotkeys to reach the chat from any app, smart calendar subject rules, task delegation, and editor snippets.
6 min read
From Building an App to Building a Product, in 260 Days
Shipping Azynote v1.0.0 after 260 days of nights and weekends. The lesson: building an app is easy now, building a product is the hard part.
9 min read