Lisp backend is the interesting part; the mindmap UX is unproven against Reddit.
Visual thinkers, early adopters curious about alternative discussion formats, Lisp enthusiasts
Reddit · Discord · Roam Research (mindmap collaboration)
Inspired by Paul Graham and his book The Hacker and the Painter, I wanted to experience what it feels like to design a system in a language built for abstraction rather than convention.
Instead of relying on a large framework, I combined small libraries and built a minimal internal structure myself.
Drag-to-branch is the clear selling point: you can fork any message and pursue alternate prompts while that branch only inherits direct ancestors. The BYOK approach (API key stored in your browser + local Express proxy) keeps it lightweight and safe for a demo, but it's clearly a concept build tied to Claude rather than a multi-model, production-ready tool.
Git for Claude context — snapshot and branch sessions, trim 70% bloat without losing conversation.
Karpathy's LLM-Wiki concept packaged for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini exports.
Branching conversation trees beat linear chat for exploring multiple AI directions at once.
Sector-organized finance social, but StockTwits and Twitter already own this.
Conversation branching and navigation beats Claude Code's linear chat model.
