In 2020, Peter Solimine wrote a script to attend his Zoom lectures for him. It evolved into Beulr, an app that auto-joins meetings using looped videos. Here's how it worked, how it scaled to 100k+ users, and why it ultimately shut down.
Long before air conditioners, ancient architects in Iran and Central Asia built windcatchers that harnessed pressure differentials and the stack effect to cool buildings naturally. This approach is now inspiring modern sustainable design.