Week One: First Spark and Project Initiation

Every platform begins as a spark — a quiet idea that refuses to fade. Hesti was born from that kind of spark: the sense that hospitality deserves tools that feel alive, attentive, and human. Not cold dashboards. Not rigid systems. Something warmer. Something that listens.

This week marks the first step in shaping that vision into form.

I’m building Hesti as a companion for the people who keep venues running — the hosts, managers, bartenders, servers, and operators who hold entire experiences together with intuition and care. The goal isn’t just efficiency. It’s presence. Clarity. A sense of calm in the middle of the rush.

Like the hearth goddess she’s named after, Hesti is meant to be steady. A quiet center. A source of warmth that helps everything else flow.

These weekly insights will be my way of documenting the journey — the breakthroughs, the questions, the design choices, and the moments where the project surprises me. Not polished announcements. Just honest reflections as the platform takes shape.

This first week has been all about grounding Hesti—giving her a place to live, a voice to speak with, and the beginnings of a shape she can grow into.

With the assistance of Copilot, we started by establishing Hesti’s online home through a dedicated Wix site. This space will evolve into the central hearth for updates, documentation, and the unfolding story of the platform. It’s the first visible doorway into the world we’re building, and setting it up marks the moment Hesti steps out of concept and into reality.

If you’re reading this, welcome to the beginning of our journey.

From there, we shifted into the technical foundation of the application itself. Native React is now fully set up, giving us the framework to begin shaping Hesti’s core experience. The home screen is in development, along with the early functional pathways that will define how users interact with her. Primary features—like voice command integration and the initial menu structure—are now underway, forming the first layer of Hesti’s intelligence and responsiveness.

It’s early, but the momentum is real. Hesti is no longer just an idea; she’s becoming a working companion, one feature at a time.

We're going to need a logo for both Hesti and Sky Ryder Studio. Let's see what we can do with the help of Copilot and Adobe Photoshop.

Ron Yee I Founder

Sky Ryder Studio