A quick personal update on Paradigm.

Over the past few days, I’ve moved the app onto its new infrastructure, connected its reasoning capabilities and uploaded build 13 to TestFlight.

The core experience is now working from beginning to end, and the latest build is ready for continued testing on physical iPhones.

Introducing Your Direction

The biggest development is a new feature called Your Direction.

This idea came into focus through conversations with someone whose perspective has recently begun challenging and expanding my own. Together, we kept returning to a question I’ve been sitting with:

Identifying the beliefs holding us back is useful, but what are we actually trying to move towards?

Paradigm can now help someone:

  • Define what they genuinely want.
  • Explore a belief that may be standing in the way.
  • Turn that insight into a small real-world experiment.
  • Record what happened.
  • Consider what challenged or reinforced the belief.
  • Capture what they learned.

Over time, the goal is for Paradigm to become less like a passive journal and more like a living record of change.

It will help people notice which beliefs are shaping their decisions and which actions are actually moving them towards the life they want.

A milestone that felt real

I completed the first full test today:

  1. Set a direction.
  2. Examined a belief.
  3. Carried out an experiment.
  4. Recorded the evidence.
  5. Confirmed everything remained after closing and reopening the app.

Seeing that complete journey work was a genuinely exciting moment.

There is still plenty to refine, particularly around the language, guidance and making the experience feel supportive without telling people what they should believe.

But it feels like Paradigm is becoming what I originally imagined.

What’s next?

Build 13 is now available through TestFlight. The next stage of testing will focus on:

  • Subscriptions and restoring purchases.
  • Voice capture.
  • The new Your Direction journey.
  • Data persistence across sessions.
  • How the experience feels over repeated use.

I’d love to hear your thoughts:

If you were using something like this, what would help you feel safe enough to question a belief you’ve held for a long time?