David Tiong
After 20+ years in digital, I'm turning what I've learned into tools that actually help — built with AI, grounded in real experience. They're designed to enhance the work professionals already do, not replace it. Some solve problems I've seen businesses struggle with, others are things I built for myself and decided to share.
Tools
Vibe-coded with AI, built from real experience.
Tiong Creative membership is now available
Get all nine current Mac apps, members-only releases, and every new app and update released while your membership is active for $39 USD a year. If your membership ends, versions downloaded during a paid membership period keep working.
Content Checker Pro $10 USD
AI-powered content & SEO analysis for agencies and consultants. Score pages, benchmark competitors, export branded PDF reports. One-time purchase.
Client Manager $10 USD
Track clients, jobs, invoices, and reminders without putting your business data into a cloud CRM.
DiagramSnap $10 USD
Create diagrams and branded slide decks, present from the app, and export PDFs while keeping project data on your Mac.
Mindful Reader $10 USD
A calm RSS feed reader that respects your attention. 3 articles at a time with impact ratings to track what's worth reading. No unread counts, no pressure.
Lists & Notes $10 USD
A local-first list and notes manager for macOS. Create lists with priorities, write Markdown notes with live preview, organise with categories. All data stays on your Mac.
Gift Keeper $10 USD
Plan gifts, remember important occasions, and keep a private history of what you gave and received.
Content Checker Free
A quick health check for any web page — title, meta tags, headings, images, links, and schema markup. Paste a URL, get a score out of 100 with plain-English fixes.
Business Card Generator Free
Create professional, print-ready business cards in minutes. No signup required.
Ikigai Journal Free
A private journaling app for finding everyday meaning through the ikigai framework. One minute a day builds a living purpose map. Runs entirely on your computer — your data never leaves your machine.
IdentityPractice Members only
A focused seven-day writing practice for choosing who you want to become and noticing whether it begins to feel more true.
Music Discovery Members only
Follow a thread from one artist to the next, save discoveries in lists, and listen through the music services you already use.
Local Task Manager Free
A lightweight task manager with timers, pomodoro mode, and an analog clock view. Runs locally — no accounts, no cloud.
Zestly: Playful Habits Free · iOS
A low-pressure habit-building app with 60+ fun daily prompts, no streaks, and weekly resets. Available on the App Store.
Why I build tools, not replacements
There's a lot of talk right now about AI replacing jobs, automating everything, letting agents handle the work so people don't have to. I see it differently.
I think people genuinely enjoy being good at what they do. There's real purpose in solving problems, delivering something useful, getting better at your craft. I sometimes wonder about people who retire after long careers and find themselves struggling — not because they didn't plan for it, but because the thing that gave their days structure and meaning was suddenly gone. If that can happen at the end of a career, I'm not sure why we'd want to engineer it for everyone at once.
Technology has always been about helping people do more with what they're already good at. That's how I think about the tools I build — they should make you more productive, not make you unnecessary. I wrote more about this and how it connects to vibe coding and where I think AI fits best. Read the full post →
Ideas & Insights
Practical tips for small businesses and nonprofits — on digital strategy, getting your online presence right, and using tools effectively.
Photography & Stock Footage
I'm an enthusiastic photographer who captures diverse subjects through both colour and monochrome lenses.
Free stock photography
Browse and download my free-to-use photographs on Unsplash.
View photography →Stock footage
Browse and license my video clips through Pond5.
Browse footage → My Pond5 portfolio · Referral link
