Hey friends. Happy New Year. It’s been a while since I’ve sent something; as a reminder, this is the sippey.com newsletter, from me, Michael Sippey. You signed up for it at some point; there’s an unsubscribe link at the bottom. It’s one of my 2026 resolutions to share more work / do more work in public, and so here we are.

I just hit publish on this post; sharing is caring, so I’m sending it to you as well…

Stash App

Here’s a slightly edited text from a friend this morning:

Using Claude Code feels like taking drugs. I get high when I use it and then the come down is a bitch.

Truth.

I haven’t blogged much about how I’ve been using Claude Code, because everyone is blogging about how they’re using Claude Code, and I don’t want to become just another one of those people who blog about how they’re using Claude Code. Instead, I thought I’d just ship something that is the result of all of this terminal-powered pseudo drug usage.

Background: I am an inveterate note taker. I’ve tried all the apps, all the methods, and nothing quite works the way my brain does. You can blame all the time working in and living with social media, but my brain loves short little bursts of things in reverse chron, with #hashtags and @people mentions, and expects quick search. I don’t like folders, graphs are cool until they’re not, and speed is the most important thing.

So I built Stash App, and it’s currently in beta. If you want to play with it, you can get the TestFlight for macOS and iOS. You can read more at the little site I built while enjoying the high of Claude Code, but here are the highlights:

• Native macOS and iOS apps, and they sync via iCloud.

• No folders, just a timeline of notes. Tag them with #hashtags for projects, and @people for mentions. They autocomplete after the first time you use them. #todos get a special visual treatment.

• Fast keyword search, or tap on a #hashtag or @mention to filter your view.

• Gmail-style keyboard shortcuts in the macOS app (j/k, e, #, c – iykyk).

• Archive or trash your notes. Empty your trash to permanently delete them.

• Just the right amount of Markdown rendering.

• Export to Markdown, import via Markdown, both in the macOS app.

You can learn more here; there’s a draft FAQ which has more details. I have been using it while building it for the past few weeks and it’s now part of my workflow because it works like my brain works. It may not work for you, and that’s fine! But if you think it might, grab the TestFlight and check it out. All feedback welcome.

Oh, and there are more drug-induced things coming soon. Stay tuned.

Recently linked

• An Obituary for the 90-Minute Movie. You know what absolutely should have been a 90 minute movie? Licorice Pizza. God bless Paul Thomas Anderson, but by law all coming of age movies should be 90 minutes.

• Naomi Osaka’s Australian Open outfit. Love her.

• Velocity Is The New Authority. “We built machines that prize acceleration and then act puzzled that everything feels rushed and slightly manic.” Om Malik dropping wisdom.

• Dan Wang's 2025 Letter. “One way that Silicon Valley and the Communist Party resemble each other is that both are serious, self-serious, and indeed, completely humorless.” Long read that’s worth every minute.

That’s it for now. More soon. In the meantime, hit reply and say hi.