gm. it's time for another fine edition of the Leaderboard! In today's issue, we're diving into the Notion-ification of everything, Anthropic's latest launch, an accessibility based voice AI, and a forum thread about pooping on company time.

Claude Research gives Claude a new research mode. It can browse the web in real time, cite sources, and pull context from your Gmail, Calendar, and Docs. Ask it to write a reply, summarize a paper, or prep you for a meeting — it’ll do the digging so you don’t have to.

🔥 Our take: Most AI tools talk like they know everything. Claude is trying to prove it. It still sounds polite, but now it’s reading your inbox and quoting articles while you're trying to remember your password.

Notion Mail plugs into Gmail so you can handle your inbox from inside your Notion workspace. It helps you write replies, pull messages into docs, and turn threads into action items — all without jumping between apps.

🔥 Our take: First we got Notion docs. Then Notion Sites. Then Notion Calendar. Now email. At some point, you either fight the Notion-ification of your workflow or give in and enjoy the calm. Unlike Superhuman, which is all about speed, Notion Mail is about flow, staying in the same headspace whether you're writing a doc or dodging a reply-all.

Aqua Voice gives you fast, system-wide voice input for Mac and Windows. It works in any text field, launches in 50ms, and uses accessibility APIs instead of screen scraping. Just press a shortcut and speak.

🔥 Our take: Voice tools are everywhere, but most still feel like an add-on. Aqua was built by someone who’s relied on dictation for years, not as a convenience but out of necessity. Compared to Wispr Flow, which helps shape and structure what you say, Aqua’s goal is simpler. Make voice feel as natural and precise as typing, without pretending it’s writing for you.

In this week’s Maker’s Corner, Matt Carroll shares how he used humor to quietly market something serious. His project, Purposeful Poop, lets you log every bathroom trip — a joke at first glance, but it turned into a surprisingly effective funnel for his real product, My Financé, a personal finance tool.

He talks about launching the app in just five days, obsessing more over shareable OG images than features, and using the project to test a personal theory: that funny and useful can coexist — and convert. No viral moment, no flashy growth hack, just a creative way to get attention without hating himself in the process.

Matt’s in the thread talking about fast launches, honest marketing, and why building something small and silly can sometimes lead to bigger things.

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