
👋 Editor's Note
Your phone gallery is lying to you.
It promises safety. “Save it now, deal with it later.”
Later never shows up.
Receipts disappear right when taxes ask questions.
Boarding passes hide when the gate agent stares.
Important screenshots drown under memes, charts, and random thoughts.
This is not disorganization.
This is information overload with no interpreter.
That quiet rage scroll is the waste.
That is where SnapSight begins.

Spotlight for screenshots. Your phone finally understands what you saved.
🦄 The Idea Drop: SnapSight

The Problem
Screenshots became the default brain dump. We capture receipts, notes, articles, tickets, and messages because it feels faster than thinking. Phones happily store everything but explain nothing. There is no structure, no memory, no pattern. When the moment of action arrives, all you have is a wall of images and a sinking feeling. The cost is time, stress, and missed follow-through. Value leaks quietly because retrieval is broken.
The Solution
SnapSight watches screenshots the way a human assistant would. It understands intent, not pixels. A receipt becomes an expense. A chart becomes a reference. A note becomes an idea you can act on. Organization happens automatically in the background. Search works by meaning, not filenames. Your gallery stops being cold storage and starts behaving like memory with context.
The Features
Auto-sort screenshots into smart, living categories
Detect receipts and surface spending patterns over time
Search inside images by text, date, or intent
💰 Business Model
Freemium for basic sorting.
Subscription for insights, analytics, and advanced search.

🚀 MVP Blueprint
Concept
We are testing for retention, not perfection.
1. Tech Stack
React Native for fast cross-platform shipping
Supabase for auth, storage, and speed
OpenAI Vision + OCR for understanding screenshots
Firebase Analytics to track real usage behavior
2. Core Features (Day 1)
Screenshot ingestion and auto-classification
Text search across all images
One-tap pin for “this matters”
3. Validation Plan & Estimates
Week 1: Screenshot ingestion + OCR
Week 2: Classification logic + basic categories
Week 3: Search and pinning
Week 4: Private beta with 50 power users
Budget: under $300 for infra and APIs
Success Metric: 30 percent weekly retentionAuto-sort screenshots into smart, living categories
Detect receipts and surface spending patterns over time
Search inside images by text, date, or intent

🧠 Founder Lesson: Captured Is Not Understood
People do not want better storage.
They want better recall.
Most productivity tools fail because they stop at capture. SnapSight works because it starts at interpretation. If the product does not reduce cognitive load at the moment of need, it is just another container. Insight beats organization every time.
⚡ Quick Tips
The Tool: Google ML Kit for fast, on-device text recognition
The Competitor: Apple Photos. Powerful, but passive
The Book: Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
Every idea starts as a small annoyance.
Most get ignored.
This one didn’t.
If you’ve got an idea hiding in your own screenshots,
drop it.
Someone else might be waiting for it. 💛
🔥Founder Fuel
Build small habits for big wins
You don’t need a flawless plan.
One small habit a day is enough.
One customer email.
One landing page tweak.
One short user conversation.
Founders like Airbnb’s Brian Chesky grew by testing tiny changes, not grand strategies. Momentum comes from consistency, not perfection.
Seek advice before you’re stuck
Strong founders ask early.
A short conversation can unlock weeks of clarity. Reid Hoffman shaped LinkedIn by leaning on mentors long before things felt broken.
Don’t wait for problems to pile up. Reach out while you’re curious. Micro-advice compounds faster than solo guessing, and shared experience saves expensive mistakes.
