The Brain blog
Notes on calm productivity, second brains, and building Brain in the open.
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Design notes: glass, calm, and the oklch color space
A look under the hood at how Brain stays visually quiet — translucent surfaces, an aurora backdrop, and a color system that mirrors perfectly between light and dark.
2 min readAbraham Cepeda
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The weekly review that runs itself
The review is the habit everyone drops first. So we made Brain do it for you — an AI that reads your week back and asks the questions you'd avoid.
aireflectionproduct
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Connect your own AI to your data
Brain speaks MCP, so your assistant can read and write your tasks, notes, and journal — on your terms, without your data leaving for a training set.
aimcpproduct
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Building a second brain that actually stays calm
Most productivity tools add noise. Here's how we think about capturing everything without turning your mind into a feed.
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