The Blog

Thoughts on connection, loneliness & real life.

We write about the loneliness epidemic, IRL connection, and what it takes to build something that actually helps.

LonelinessMarch 2026· 4 min read

72% of young Australians feel lonely. Here's why we're building Avilo.

The numbers are in and they're brutal. Young people have never been more 'connected' — and never felt more alone. We look at why, and what we're doing about it.

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ProductMarch 2026

Plans die in chat. The anatomy of a failed meetup (and how Avilo fixes it).

We interviewed 30 people about the last time a plan fell through. The patterns were identical. Here's what we found — and how we designed Avilo's core loop around it.

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SafetyFebruary 2026

Why IRL selfie confirmation is the most important feature we built.

Meeting strangers IRL sounds scary. It shouldn't. We break down every safety layer we've built into Avilo and why the selfie confirmation changed everything.

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CommunityFebruary 2026

The First 50: why we're launching small on purpose.

Most apps try to grow as fast as possible. We're doing the opposite. Here's the case for tight, deliberate community-building — and what the First 50 actually means.

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FounderJanuary 2026

Building alone: what solo development actually looks like.

Max is building Avilo by himself. No co-founder, no team yet. This is what the daily reality of solo development looks like — the wins, the walls, and the why.

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SocietyJanuary 2026

The irony of social media: how infinite connection created mass loneliness.

We were promised that the internet would bring us closer. In many ways it has. But something else happened too — something nobody planned for.

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