Simple, focused tools for real life. We build apps that solve genuine problems — nothing extra, nothing wasted.
Every product starts with a genuine problem — usually one we're experiencing ourselves.
AI-powered weekly meal planning for busy families. Set up your family profile once — it plans your dinners, builds your grocery list, and gets smarter every week.
We're always building. The next Truer Things product is in early development. Follow along on LinkedIn to hear about it first.
Truer Things is where my side projects live. I'm Ryan — an electronics systems engineer from Michigan who spends evenings building software tools with AI.
I started Tablewell after getting frustrated that AI couldn't remember my family's dinner preferences week to week. A few months of late nights later — it's a live app with real users and a paying subscriber.
I build these things because the problems are real, the AI tools are fascinating, and frankly there's nothing quite like watching an idea go from a late-night sketch to something real people actually use.
Feedback on Tablewell, a product idea, or just want to say hi — I read every email.
ryan@truerthings.co