A creator community platform built on the idea that everyone has 30 things to say about everything. Browse 200+ published lists, write your own with an AI co-writer that suggests items in the Clemens Wan voice, and submit to the community.
What It Is
Lists of 30 is built around a simple constraint: every topic deserves exactly 30 things said about it. Not 10 tips. Not an infinite scroll. Thirty considered, escalating items, from the obvious to the philosophical.
The app is simultaneously a showcase of Clemens Wan’s 200+ published lists, a tool for anyone to write their own, and a community layer where users submit lists and get AI-assisted support from a co-writer that writes in the Clemens Wan voice.
Who It’s For
Four types of users:
- Inspiration Seeker: Browse the catalog to get ideas and read great examples of the format.
- New List Maker: Start their first List of 30 with AI assistance to push past creative blocks.
- Community Contributor: Submit their own list publicly and suggest topics for Clemens to write.
- Collector: Maintain a personal profile and track their writing over time.
The AI Co-Writer
The co-writer is not trained on the archive or on your writing. Each time it runs, it reads your topic, the items you have already written, and four published lists as voice examples: the two closest to your topic and two picked at random. It returns 3 suggestions at a time, which you can add, skip, or add all at once, and it will not repeat an item you already have.
Suggestions are one of two modes. The other asks instead of answers: three questions, each from a different angle (a specific moment, the cost, someone else’s eyes), and only your answer goes into the list. It is free and unlimited.
Beside the editor, Inspiration Peek shows published lists close to your topic. The matching runs in your browser, so a draft never leaves your device to find them. You can read one without leaving the editor and borrow a single item into your next empty slot, with Undo.
The composer splits a list into three zones:
- Items 1 to 10, Opening: the obvious ones, written fast.
- Items 11 to 20, Middle: where it gets specific.
- Items 21 to 30, Closing: the ten only you could write. Item 30 is a zoom-out or a vulnerable admission.
Features
- Catalog Viewer: Fast, browsable feed of 200+ lists. Guests read the first 10 items of any list; a free sign-in opens all 30. A list published this week is marked new, with its date, and “Surprise me” opens a random one.
- List Creator: Constrained 30-item input with inline AI suggestion. Move items up or down as the order settles. Saves to your profile once you’re signed in.
- Export: Copy a finished list as Substack-ready formatting or plain text, ready to paste wherever you publish.
- Notifications that start a list: Clemens’s newest list comes with a “write your own spin” shortcut that opens the editor on its title, prompts open straight into the editor, and a weekly pick resurfaces one older list from the archive.
- Community Submissions: Submit your list for the community. A person reviews every submission before it appears in Discover.
Stack
| Tool | Role |
|---|---|
| React + Vite | Frontend |
| Supabase | Database and auth: Google, email, or magic link |
| Gemini Flash (GStack) | AI co-writer, targeting under $0.01 per call |
| Cloudflare Pages | Hosting |