I Built Némos Because I Was Tired of Saving Things I Could Never Find Again

We save hundreds of things across the internet. But how many of them do we actually find again?

I’ve been thinking about this problem for a while.

Every day, I come across things I want to remember:

• A GitHub repository that could be useful for a future project.
• An Instagram Reel explaining something interesting.
• An article I don’t have time to read.
• A screenshot containing information I’ll probably need later.
• A useful website or tool.
• A book, an idea, or a random thought worth keeping.

And like most people, I used to save them wherever it was convenient.

Browser bookmarks. Screenshots. Notes. Saved Instagram posts. Random links in messaging apps.

The problem?

Saving something doesn’t mean you’ll ever find it again.

That’s the problem I wanted to solve when I started building Némos.

The Problem With How We Save Information

Think about the last time you remembered seeing something useful online but couldn’t remember where.

Maybe it was a developer tool you discovered on Reddit.

Or a GitHub repository you bookmarked months ago.

You remember what it did, but not its name.

So you start searching.

Was it in your browser bookmarks? Your notes? Your screenshots? Your saved Reddit posts?

Eventually, you either find it after wasting several minutes or give up entirely.

What’s interesting is that we already have plenty of tools for saving information.

But most of them focus on the act of saving.

Very few make rediscovery feel effortless.

And that’s where I think the real opportunity lies.

Introducing Némos: Your Pocket Brain

Némos is an iOS app I’ve been building to make capturing, organizing, and rediscovering information as simple as possible.

The idea is straightforward:

Save anything. Find it in seconds.

Instead of scattering information across different applications, Némos gives you one place to keep what matters.

You can save:

• 🔗 Links and websites
• 📸 Screenshots and images
• 🎬 Instagram Reels and other social content
• 📝 Notes and ideas
• 📚 Books and documents
• 📍 Places you want to remember
• 🛠️ Developer tools and useful resources

The goal isn’t to create another complicated productivity system.

It’s to build something you can use without thinking about it.

Why I Focused on Reducing Friction

One thing I’ve learned while building Némos is that even the smallest amount of friction can completely change how people use an app.

If saving something requires too many steps, people won’t bother.

If organizing information feels like work, they’ll stop doing it.

And if finding something takes longer than searching the internet again, the entire system loses its purpose.

That’s why I’ve been focusing on three principles.

1. Capturing Should Be Effortless

When you discover something interesting, saving it should feel natural.

You shouldn’t need to interrupt what you’re doing, open multiple screens, or fill out complicated forms.

The fewer decisions required, the better.

1. Organization Shouldn’t Become Another Job

Traditional knowledge management tools can be incredibly powerful.

But sometimes, that power comes with complexity.

Folders, databases, properties, tags, templates, and workflows can be useful, but not everyone wants to maintain an elaborate system.

I wanted Némos to make organization approachable without requiring users to become productivity experts.

1. Finding Something Is More Important Than Saving It

This is probably the biggest lesson behind the product.

A personal knowledge library is only valuable if you can actually retrieve the information inside it.

The experience should revolve around rediscovery, not just collection.

Because the goal isn’t to accumulate more information.

It’s to make the information you’ve already discovered useful again.

Building for the Apple Ecosystem

Another important part of Némos has been the user experience.

I’ve always appreciated applications that feel like they genuinely belong on the platform they’re built for.

Not just visually, but in how they behave.

The animations, navigation, gestures, transitions, and small interactions all contribute to how an app feels.

With Némos, I’ve been trying to create an experience that feels intuitive from the first interaction.

Something polished enough to be enjoyable, but simple enough that the interface never gets in the way.

I believe great software shouldn’t make users think about how to use it.

It should help them accomplish what they came to do.

The Bigger Vision: A Personal Knowledge Library

I don’t see Némos as just a bookmarking app.

Bookmarks are only one piece of the puzzle.

Our digital lives are increasingly fragmented.

We consume information through browsers, social networks, videos, documents, books, and dozens of other sources.

But our ability to organize and remember that information hasn’t evolved at the same pace.

I think there’s an opportunity to rethink what personal knowledge management looks like.

Not as a complicated workspace that requires constant maintenance.

But as a natural extension of how we discover, remember, and use information.

Something closer to a pocket brain.

A place where useful discoveries don’t disappear into forgotten folders.

What Building Némos Has Taught Me

Building an independent app has been an interesting exercise in prioritization.

There are always more features you could add.

More integrations.

More customization.

More advanced workflows.

But adding functionality doesn’t automatically improve a product.

Sometimes, the most important work is removing unnecessary steps.

Simplifying an interaction.

Making a screen easier to understand.

Or improving something users do dozens of times every day.

One of the principles I keep coming back to is:

The best feature is often the one that makes everything else easier to use.

And that’s something I want to keep improving as Némos evolves.

I’d Love Feedback From the Developer Community

Némos is available on the App Store, and I’m continuing to improve it.

If you’re a developer, indie hacker, student, researcher, or simply someone who saves way too many things online, I’d genuinely love to hear your perspective.

I’m particularly curious about three questions:

1. Where do you currently save interesting tools, links, and resources?
2. What’s your biggest frustration with bookmarking or knowledge management apps?
3. Would you rather have a simple app that organizes things for you or a powerful system you can customize yourself?

I’m building Némos around the idea that personal knowledge management should be effortless, and feedback from people who deal with information every day is incredibly valuable.

You can check out Némos here:

🌐 ⁠Némos Website

If you give it a try, I’d love to know what works, what doesn’t, and what you’d improve.

Thanks for reading!

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Building Némos, one improvement at a time.

Nemos on the App Store