Stay in the loop without the scroll

Bird Whisperer started with a simple problem: my wife doesn't use X/Twitter, but the people she works with do — prolifically. She needed to stay current on what her colleagues and industry figures were posting, without having to open the app herself.

So I built a tool. It fetches posts from selected accounts over 24 hours, runs them through AI to generate contextual summaries, and delivers the result via email every morning. No app to open. No feed to scroll. Just a concise digest of what matters.

The key insight was context. A generic summary isn't useful — but a summary tailored to who you are and what you care about is. Bird Whisperer lets you describe yourself ("PM at a fintech startup", "Web3 researcher", "journalist covering AI policy") and the AI adapts accordingly. The same post might get brief mention for one reader but detailed coverage for another.

My wife traded the infinite scroll for a finite summary. She knows what's happening in her professional circles. She just doesn't have to spend her entire morning finding out.

Open source roots

Bird Whisperer started as an open-source project and the core engine remains open source. You can run it yourself, contribute, or just see how it works under the hood.

This SaaS version wraps the engine in a managed experience — accounts, billing, delivery scheduling — so you can get the value without any setup.

About the maker

I'm Frank Harris, an executive coach and former product leader with 20+ years building teams and products at Slack, Etsy, and Google. I started as a self-taught engineer, designed the original transit icons for Google Maps, launched Etsy's self-serve ad platform, and held VP roles at Betterment, Casper, InVision, and Slack.

Today I split my time between coaching senior ICs, VPs, and founders — and building software I'm passionate about through my software studio. I also write Frank Takeaways, a newsletter on product, leadership, and the human side of tech.

I live in Brooklyn with my wife, two daughters, and an Italian truffle dog.