Nilabh.
I'm in my forties, based in Bangalore, and I have a full-time job I don't dislike. Most days I also have a running list in my head that I can't seem to put down — things I need to do, things I've been meaning to do, things I probably don't need to do but feel guilty ignoring anyway.
For a long time I treated that as a productivity problem. I tried systems. Apps. Calendars colour-coded into submission. None of it helped, because the real problem wasn't organisation. It was that I couldn't tell the difference between what actually mattered and what was just noise that had learned to sound urgent.
And on the harder nights — when it wasn't a list problem, it was a weight problem — there was nowhere to put it. Not at 11pm. Not without burdening someone. I'd open my phone, type a few words to nobody, delete them, and go to sleep with it still there.
Therapy felt like admitting something was wrong. Meditation required a quiet room and a willingness to sit still I didn't have. Every productivity tool gave me more to manage. I wasn't broken. I was just full. And there was nothing built for that specific feeling.
Yohaanei is built for that feeling.
What it is
The quietest place on the internet. Not the most features. Not the smartest AI. The quietest. It asks nothing of you. You arrive as you are, say what's there, and leave a little lighter.
This isn't a mental health app. It isn't a productivity app. Nothing is gamified. Nothing tracks you. Nothing asks you to come back.
The Un-Do List
For when your head is full and everything feels equally urgent. You dump what's there — unfiltered, unsorted. Yohaanei tells you what actually needs you today, what can wait until tomorrow, and what you've been carrying that was never yours to hold. Not advice. Just clarity.
Un-Do List →Talk
For when you don't need sorting — you just need to say something out loud. No advice unless you ask for it. No five steps. No cheerful redirects. Just a quiet presence that stays with you while you say what's there. The 3am conversation you didn't want to have with anyone who has their own life.
Talk →Letters
Short essays on the things we carry. Written from a quiet room. No fixing, no advice — just words for the weight.
Letters →What's next
Sanctuary Residency — a year-long membership that makes this space truly yours. Your sessions carry across devices, your access is uninterrupted, and you're among the first to receive everything new that arrives here.
Founding member pricing is locked at launch for the first hundred. No upgrade nudges. No countdown banners. When it's ready, you'll hear about it quietly.
After web, an iOS app — so the 3am feeling has a home in your pocket, not just your browser. And a Sunday tool: a place to close the week properly before the next one arrives.
The Name
Yohaanei is my son's name, remade. Yohaan — it means God is gracious. The 'ei' I added: environment, the internet, the innerself. Three things we're always inside, rarely quiet in.
He's too young to understand what it means. But a name is a kind of wish.
Our Promise
Arrive as you are. Put something down. Leave a little lighter.
What People Say
“It was there to hear my thoughts. It made me understand myself more clearly.”
— Supriti, Beta member
“It understands the context well and doesn't change it even if I play with the words.”
— Saurav Ganguli, Beta user
“It doesn't add masala like ChatGPT. It doesn't encourage people to feel guilty or proud.”
— Early member from Bengaluru
“Like digital talk with emotions.”
— Satyam, Beta member
Say Hello
If something here helped you breathe a little easier, or if something felt off, or if you just want to say hello —