INDEXING VECTORSAssembling the private index

An obscure archive, collected and curated by Brad

The Private Index

A growing collection of resources, personal favorites, and curious advantages.

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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
Robert Brault

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Entry I Utility

Mina

Terminal, translated

A little app I made to take the guesswork out of Terminal. Write or paste a command, review its fields and warnings, then run it with live feedback.

Free in the Glaze Store.

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Entry II Artificial intelligence

Venice AI

Private AI Models

Anonymized or fully E2EE models for chat, writing, coding, images, video, and audio. Venice offers a large collection of frontier models, and all chats are stored locally.

Join Pro with my link and we’ll each receive $10 in credits.

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Entry III Reflection

Rosebud

An AI journal for growth

Probably the most important app I’ve used. An AI journal that’s become a daily practice: making sense of the day, noticing patterns, and figuring out what comes next.

Save $15 with this link.

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Entry IV Connectivity

US Mobile

One service, every network

My favorite mobile service: unlimited everything across all three major networks for about $25 a month, with full speeds and the freedom to switch.

Save $25 with referral code 3E85E35C.

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Entry V Finance

Wealthfront

Simplified investing and finances

A high-yield cash account and easy robo-investor with solid tax-loss harvesting and excellent UX. A very nice tool for setting and forgetting.

The link includes an APY boost and investment deposit bonus.

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Entry VI Finance

Nook Savings

Yield beyond the ordinary

Invest cash or USDC on Base at rates well above traditional high-yield savings. Easily links to bank accounts, wallets and Coinbase.

Code BRAD1 gives you a 1% APY boost.

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Entry VII Voice intelligence

Superwhisper

A little less typing. A lot more flow.

Turn speech into clean, context-aware text wherever you type. Custom modes, AI formatting, transcription, and offline models help your train of thought arrive in better shape.

Free to start, with on-device options for private transcription.

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Entry VIII Autonomous agent

Hermes

The agent that learns and grows with you

I fuckin’ love this thing. An agent that builds skills, remembers across sessions, and schedules work. Run it on your own machine and reach it through apps you already use. It learns a little more of your world as it goes.

Open source, updated often.

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Entry IX Music creation

Suno

Make any song you can imagine

Turn an idea, a lyric, a melody, or a recording into a song. Then edit, remix, extend, and keep shaping it—there’s a lot between the first spark and the final chorus.

Create 10 songs with my invite and we’ll each receive 250 free credits.

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