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inbox hero · the pitch
A factory-automation puzzler

Inbox
Hero.

Wire up filters, classifiers, and summarizers. Turn email chaos into a quiet, humming production line — and watch your interface evolve through fifty years of computing as you master it.

in development · platforms and release date not announced
tier_1 · phosphor.exe
uptime 00:42:17
> rule add: from:newsletter → /news
> rule add: contains:invoice → /$$$
> rule add: reply < 24h → /todo
> classifier learn → 92% accuracy
> throughput: 14.3 mail/sec
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queue   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░  47%
filter  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░  84%
archive ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100%
$ type a rule _
the six tiers · interface evolution
197x
Phosphor
green text, infinite patience
1983
Apple IIe
beige plastic, bitmap fonts
1995
Win 95
taskbar, double-click everything
2004
OS X
aqua, jelly buttons, drop shadows
2021
Win 11
rounded corners, fluent design
20xx
Future
gestures, ambient, undecided
from the devlog
14 entries
No. 14Mar 28
On quiet difficulty curves
No. 13Mar 14
Classifier rules, take three
No. 12Feb 29
The IIe tier feels right now
No. 11Feb 11
What "factory-y" means here
→ all entries
status
stagein development
tiers plannedsix
steamnot announced
release datenone yet
pricetbd
updated oct 2026
letters
One short letter when something ships — the list isn't set up yet, so there's nothing to sign up for here today.
The Catalogue ● Inbox Hero ○ untitled · ii ○ untitled · iii about letters