Monica Du

Notes

Notes on AI, product, and building.

Why AI products need better user experiences arrow_forward

Most AI products still feel like a chat box bolted onto a workflow. The ones that actually work well make the AI disappear into the task, instead of asking people to stop and go talk to it.

My approach to building AI-native applications arrow_forward

Bolting a chatbot onto an existing app isn't the same as designing for AI from day one. Some notes on how I think about structure, state, and failure modes when AI sits at the core of a product, not on top of it.

What I learned building Aura from 0 to 1 arrow_forward

Building a tarot-guided reflection app taught me more about memory design and emotional pacing than any tutorial could. A few honest notes from weeks of shipping, breaking things, and rebuilding.

The future of AI-assisted development arrow_forward

Writing code is becoming the easy part. The real shift is in how product judgment, iteration speed, and taste have to change when an AI agent can implement almost anything you can clearly describe.