Who is Mitski? (Yes, she's real)

People assume the bird on the website is a marketing decision. A cute mascot, invented in a branding meeting.

She's not. Mitski is my sun conure, she lives with my family, and she has personally supervised more of my medical education than some of my professors.

Her working conditions are simple: she sits on the lamp while I study, screams when I've been at the desk too long, and demands attention at scientifically precise intervals. A proper photo shoot is pending negotiation with the model — she is a diva, and she bites. Until then, the emblem above is her official portrait, and honestly, it's accurate where it counts.

When we started building the study platform, we needed a guide — something that walks a student through the day, celebrates the streaks, and interrupts gently when it's time to rest. Every option felt corporate. Then I looked up from the keyboard at the actual creature who does exactly that in my real life.

So the guide became Mitski. Her colours became the brand — that orange-to-amber gradient in the logo's heartbeat is literally her chest plumage; the small green in the palette is her wingtips. Even the celebration animation drops sun-conure feathers instead of confetti, because in this house, achievements have always been celebrated with feathers everywhere.

On the site, Mitski flies through the How-It-Works tour, narrates your study day, and appears when a Mastery Loop closes. She never gives medical advice — that's a hard rule — she gives rhythm: study, check, rest, return.

Her review of the product so far: she has never once looked at the screen. Five stars for the lamp placement.

— Meyshan · Meet digital Mitski on the How it works tour