How Building HugeLeap Led Me to Create Zeno, My AI Co-Pilot

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

A few months ago, I was deep in the grind building HugeLeap, my AI recruiting automation startup. We had just hit $5K MRR, which felt amazing — but my workflow was a mess. Ideas, notes, tasks, and goals were scattered everywhere. I’d brainstorm on ChatGPT, jot things in Notion, and still forget half of what I planned to do.

I realized the problem wasn’t a lack of ideas — it was turning ideas into action.

So one night, I started hacking on a small side project for myself — something that could chat with me like an assistant, understand what I wanted to accomplish, and automatically create a plan.

That project became Zeno 🧠

At first, it was simple: I’d chat with it about my goals, and it would generate a daily plan. But over time, it grew into a fully-featured AI productivity co-pilot:

• Goal to Task Conversion: Breaks long-term goals into daily, weekly, and monthly tasks

• Habit & Progress Tracking: Helps you build routines that stick and visualizes progress

• Daily Check-Ins: Adjusts plans dynamically based on what you accomplish

• Note & Idea Keeper: Keeps everything in one place across devices

• Context-Aware Memory: Remembers past conversations, goals, and tasks so nothing gets lost

Zeno isn’t just another to-do app. It’s a thinking partner — an AI that helps you plan smarter, act faster, and stay consistent.

I’m open-sourcing Zeno because I want feedback from makers, developers, and founders like you. I want to know: does this solve a real problem? What’s missing? How could it be better?

Check it out:
🌐 Website: https://zenoapp.site
💻 GitHub: https://github.com/VirajParab/zeno

I’m excited to build Zeno in public and share every insight, iteration, and feature along the way. If you’ve ever had great ideas but struggled to turn them into action, I’d love your feedback 🙏