Product blog
Product blog
Product updates, field guides, and field notes—each with links to docs and the hub where relevant. High-level milestones also appear on the changelog.
Topic
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
Template-based editing: creative control without blank-canvas paralysis
The case for templates over a freeform editor, and the layered model that keeps them from becoming a creative straitjacket.
- 111 engine families, thousands of presets
- Start from a direction, then customize
- Up to four layers per project
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
Bring your own ONNX model: running your own weights in the browser
The logical end state of on-device AI — if the computation happens on your machine, the model does not have to be ours. How BYO-ONNX works and why it exists.
- Host your own ONNX at a URL
- WebGPU primary, WASM fallback
- Seven swappable capabilities
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
Designing a help mode that pulses the control you need
A UX note on in-context help — why a button that pulses beats a help page, and how a control-help registry keeps it honest.
- Help that points at the real control
- Control-help registry, full coverage
- Discovery without leaving the task
Web & UX
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
One song, five assets: cover art, Canvas, lyric video, overlays, and SFX from a single track
A creator playbook for getting a whole release kit out of one track using Novus Visualizers and its companion tools, with a repeatable checklist and a focus on keeping every asset on-brand.
- One song to five assets
- Cover, Canvas, lyrics, overlays, SFX
- One account, one consistent look
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
Separating business and personal finances (and why it matters)
Why commingling business and personal money causes tax, legal, and bookkeeping problems, and the practical steps — separate account, business card, clean records — to keep them apart.
- Why commingling hurts
- A separate account first
- Clean books at tax time
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
Repurposing one piece of content into ten
Why repurposing beats creating from scratch, the pillar-and-derivatives model, adapting per platform instead of copy-pasting, and building a repeatable one-to-many workflow.
- The pillar-and-derivatives model
- Adapt per platform, do not copy-paste
- A repeatable one-to-many workflow
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · May 30, 2026
Setting aside money for taxes when you run a small business
Why running your own business changes how tax works, why the bill blindsides people, the set-aside percentage habit, the separate-account method, quarterly thinking, and treating tax money as never yours. Educational, not personalized tax advice.
- Why the bill blindsides you
- The set-aside habit
- A separate tax account
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · May 29, 2026
What we deliberately left out of the Visualizers MVP — and why scoping down shipped it
How narrowing the scope, rather than expanding it, is what actually got the product live.
- Define "done" as a user outcome
- Protect the core loop
- Defer, do not delete
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · May 29, 2026
The cadence behind a site you can trust
An operating note on why a steady publishing cadence matters, and the code-as-content architecture that makes it sustainable solo.
- Publishing as a rhythm, not an event
- Code-as-content, no CMS
- Sitemap auto-builds from the data
Operating model
ReadField notes · May 29, 2026
Measuring honestly when the numbers are small
A field note on reading metrics honestly at small scale, where noise is large and self-deception is easy.
- Small numbers are noisy
- Watch trends, not single days
- Honest beats flattering
Field notes