How Inlet works
You jot down bits of your day. Inlet writes them up. Here's what happens in between — and why you can trust what comes out.
You put down a few things
A note, a mood, a photo, an answer to a prompt. Ten seconds each. This is all Inlet ever has to work with — your own words.
Inlet writes your diary entry
At the end of the day, it turns your notes into a real entry, written as you. It's only allowed to use what you put down — no made-up events, no made-up feelings.
Your original notes are always kept too, word for word. The entry is a second copy, never a replacement.
Inlet keeps a short list of what matters right now
A diary that only looks backward isn't much help. So Inlet also keeps one private, living list about you. Each night, it reads what you wrote since last night and updates the list: new things get added, things that moved get updated, finished things drop off.
- Exam booked for September
- You and Jess are talking again
- The porch project is finally moving
Here's the rule that makes the list trustworthy: every line has to show its work. Each one must point at the exact note of yours it came from, and our code checks the receipts every night. A line that can't point back gets deleted before it's saved:
That last one is what a chatbot would happily tell you. Inlet deletes it, because you never wrote it. And if a whole night's update fails the check, nothing changes — the list stays as it was, and Inlet tries again tomorrow.
The list is what makes the mornings work. It's how Inlet can open the day with the right thing at the right time —
And when the list has nothing worth saying, the morning starts quiet. No filler.
Where privacy comes in
A diary only works if you can be honest in it. So privacy isn't a settings page here — it's how the thing is built.
Your journal is private by default. Nothing is shared unless you choose to share it — one entry at a time, and you can stop any time. There's no public profile, no feed of your life, no audience.
Family and friends see that you showed up — not everything you write. Connect with someone and what crosses is small: they can see you've been here, and they can send a cheer — one tap that carries nothing else. They read an entry only when you tag them in it and share it. That's the whole system.