← Episode 03

Tempo

A calm planning app that reshapes the day around your energy—not an impossible task list.

● Maya ChenJuly 14, 202634 min listenProductivity
Built by Designers · Podcast

Conversations with designers using AI to turn ideas into products.

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A closer look

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The Interview

Transcript

About You

Tony Naccarato: Tell us who you are.

Maya Chen: I’m a product designer who spent a decade building productivity tools for other people—and finally decided to build the one I wished existed.

Tony: How long have you been using AI in your workflow?

Maya: About two years seriously. The first year was experiments. The second is when it became how I ship.

The Project

Tony: Give us the 30-second pitch for Tempo.

Maya: Tempo is a calm planning app that reshapes your day around energy, not rigid hours. It treats a changed plan as information, not failure.

Lessons Learned

Tony: If you started over tomorrow, what would you do differently?

Maya: I’d talk to users even earlier. The AI loop is fast—but taste still comes from real people.