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I also enjoy growing dahlias in Beaverton, Oregon

Three Exits.Zero VC Money.

I have bootstrapped and sold three companies without a dollar of VC money: Cybersight (Web 1.0 digital agency), Followerwonk (acquired by Moz, 2012), and Fluxguard (acquired by LegitScript, 2023). In between, I helped build Starbucks' global digital portfolio from the ground up.

Every company started the same way. Listen to what frustrates people. Build something that fixes it. No marketing budget. No pitch decks. Just product traction.

At Folding Sky, I am doing what I have always done. Bootstrapping products that solve real problems. Cumbersome is my first AI app here, a direct OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini API client that uses your own API keys. More are coming.

Bless up! 🙏✨

- Peter

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Cumbersome: iOS and macOS API Client for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini

The manual transmission of AI. I built this because ChatGPT's chat bubbles drove me crazy. You get documents instead, tuned with real model controls. Use your own API keys and pay OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini directly for their flagship models.

  • $ Face/Off Mode: Get 3 responses, let the AI pick the best one
  • $ Switch between ChatGPT (GPT-5.1), Gemini, and Claude mid-conversation
  • $ Edit any message when the conversation goes off track
  • $ Real documents, not chat bubbles
  • $ Your keys. Your data. Your money stays in your pocket.
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Dense: More Headlines in Less Space

Most news widgets show one headline. Dense packs in way more. AI ranks, deduplicates, and rewrites blurbs that fit the grid so you can skim fast without tapping into a full feed.

  • $ Widget-first: built around the 2x2 grid
  • $ AI summarization tuned for tiny blurbs
  • $ More signal per square inch than any Apple widget
  • $ iPhone, iPad, Mac with light/dark icon variants
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