Roast Buddy
[One sentence, conversational. What is Roast Buddy, in your voice? e.g. "A little tool I made to keep me sane while learning to roast coffee at home ;)"]
[Open conversationally — what made you start? Set the scene. A kitchen, a popcorn maker, a bag of greens from a friend. Diana style: "AI Is Smart Enough, Let's Just Point and Talk to it ;)" That kind of opening.]
[Two or three sentences on the itch you were trying to scratch. What was annoying about the existing tools, or what was missing. Stay specific.]
[End the intro with the question Roast Buddy is trying to answer — something like: "What if the roast log knew what I knew, and told me back what I'd forget?"]
[Lead with a single idea — the one demo that captures the feeling. Show, don't tell. The prototype anchors the section.]
- [Beat,]
- [crackle,]
- [first crack.]
[Optional commentary — what you noticed when you watched a real user try this. The kind of detail that makes the page feel lived-in.]
[Behind-the-scenes. How was it built, what tools, what constraints? Diana style: "Just me and Cursor chilling…" — casual, no résumé voice.]
[Call out one technical choice and why. Or one constraint that shaped the whole thing — beans burn fast, so the interface had to be glanceable from across the kitchen. That kind of thing.]
[Flag what's still rough. "You can see the flaws up close" — a little vulnerability goes a long way.]
[Where it's headed next. Open-ended — invite the reader to think alongside you, not just admire the finished thing.]
[Gratitude. Real names. The friend who let you roast their beans, the writer whose essay sent you down this road, the model you talk to at 1am. Diana ends with this; it's part of the warmth.]