Issue Nº 001 · The Curiosity Kit
One idea.
Two minutes.
Sharper you.
MindBites is a bite-sized learning app for adults who don't have time to read a whole book but crave real mental nourishment. Read it, or listen while you walk. A single concept — Zeigarnik Effect, Amor Fati, Deep Work — every day.
Amor Fati:
the love of
what is.
A Stoic instruction manual for the parts of life you didn't sign up for. Not passive acceptance — active affirmation. The gap between what happens and what you decide it means…
“Why do we procrastinate?”
Generating… 30s
The Sections
Four rooms to wander in.
Each category carries its own ink color, like magazine section dividers.
Psychology
- Zeigarnik Effect
- Loss Aversion
- Anchoring Bias
Philosophy
- Amor Fati
- The Trolley Problem
- Ship of Theseus
Science
- Predictive Coding
- Entropy
- The Fermi Paradox
Productivity
- Deep Work
- Parkinson's Law
- The Two-Minute Rule
What's inside
Editorial, not endless.
Built for the moments between.
Read + Listen
Editorial reading in Fraunces serif. Background playback via just_audio. Downloaded audio works offline — perfect for the subway.
Today's Pick
One curated bite chosen every day. Deterministic — the same across all your devices. Costs us one Firestore read per day.
Personal AI Bites
Type any question. In 30 seconds you get a bilingual bite (EN + TR) with an ElevenLabs voiceover — yours forever in the library.
Offline-first
Feed, library, today's pick, and saved audio all work without a network. Come back online and everything resumes.
Two languages
The whole app and every AI-generated bite ship in English and Turkish. Switch instantly from settings.
How it works
From tap to insight in seconds.
- 01
Open the app
No signup, no email. You land straight on the feed with your first bite ready to read.
- 02
Pick your bite
Tap Today's Pick — the curated one. Or scroll the four sections and choose whatever catches your eye.
- 03
Read or listen
Editorial serif typography for the readers. Background audio for walkers, drivers, and dishwashers.
- 04
Ask anything
Got a question on your mind? Type it, wait 30 seconds. You get a personal bilingual bite with a voiceover.
Frequently asked
The small print, in plain words.
How is MindBites different from Blinkist or Snipd?
Blinkist condenses whole books. MindBites is a single concept — Zeigarnik Effect, Amor Fati — written by editors, not summarized from someone else's work. Two minutes, one idea, your own.
How does the AI bite work?
You type a question. On our backend, a Cloud Function calls a fast LLM to write the bite in EN and TR in parallel, then ElevenLabs generates the two voiceovers. About 30 seconds end-to-end. Free users get one AI bite; members get ten a day.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Your feed, library, today's pick, and any audio you've saved keep working offline. When you're back online, everything catches up quietly in the background.
Do I need to sign up?
No. There is no signup screen. Open the app and you're reading. Your library is saved automatically without you having to think about it.
Which languages are supported?
English and Turkish today, both for the interface and for AI-generated bites. Every bite is bilingual by default.
Can I cancel my subscription?
Anytime from your App Store or Play Store account. Cancellation stops the renewal; you keep access until the end of the current billing period.
Get MindBites
Two minutes tomorrow.
One smarter you.
Free every day. No signup. Read it, listen to it, or ask your own question — the app does the rest.
Launching soon on iOS and Android.