I built this project because I am fascinated by the Yarrow Stalk method—a process that is complex and full of ritual.
While most apps are just "click and get answer," my implementation requires the user to click over 100 times to complete the ritual. I originally hesitated to add AI because AI demands speed, whereas this ritual represents slowness.
After a month of observation, the results have been surprising:
1. I see users completing these 100+ clicks every day, far exceeding my expectations.
2. Users have left comments on the site specifically asking me NOT to add AI.
3. I also received strong validation for this "sacred friction" strategy from the Indie Hackers community.
This has been really encouraging. It seems people are craving the "process" more than just the result.
I had Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 3 do a Tarot reading for me given what their memory systems know about me and was underwhelmed but I that just may be Tarot, which I'm not familiar with.
More interesting was when I asked them to tell me which character I most resemble in the folowing: The Wire, The Sopranos, Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad and the game of Chess.
Both said I was Freeman in The Wire, Hesch in The Sopranos, Mike in Breaking Bad and a Knight in chess. I asked them to explain their reasoning, which was enlightening from a self-knowledge perspective.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 17.8 ms ] threadI built this project because I am fascinated by the Yarrow Stalk method—a process that is complex and full of ritual.
While most apps are just "click and get answer," my implementation requires the user to click over 100 times to complete the ritual. I originally hesitated to add AI because AI demands speed, whereas this ritual represents slowness.
After a month of observation, the results have been surprising:
1. I see users completing these 100+ clicks every day, far exceeding my expectations.
2. Users have left comments on the site specifically asking me NOT to add AI.
3. I also received strong validation for this "sacred friction" strategy from the Indie Hackers community.
This has been really encouraging. It seems people are craving the "process" more than just the result.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.
More interesting was when I asked them to tell me which character I most resemble in the folowing: The Wire, The Sopranos, Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad and the game of Chess.
Both said I was Freeman in The Wire, Hesch in The Sopranos, Mike in Breaking Bad and a Knight in chess. I asked them to explain their reasoning, which was enlightening from a self-knowledge perspective.
otherwise, cool.
and I agree AI has no place in an app like this.