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[Trivi @triviwritescode]

I’ve been getting an insane amount of value out of tiny Mac apps I’ve built for personal use. So I turned the workflow for building them into a skill, and since then have been building even more apps.

Some are useful work tools, and others handle little personal tasks that would previously never qualify as problems one can build software for.

Here are some of the apps I'm currently using -
>> Work log app that sends entries to Google Sheets, where me and my team keep track of time spent vs. value created.
>> VPS Quick Commands has repeated text I type into the terminal in a searchable panel with copy buttons. This alone has saved me a few hours of typing time so far.
>> Steep is a tea timer. I've been obsessively drinking tea while working and I realised the duration of steeping has a big impact on taste. So I built a timer that drags my attention back to the tea while I work.
>> Unix time literallly just gives the Unix timestamp at any given time. I'm working on a project right now, where I need this a lot. I'll be discarding this app once the project is done. It's so easy to build these mini apps now, that even use and throw ones make sense.

I built these as native accessory apps instead using Apple’s widgetkit because I wanted a lot more interactions like typing work entries and search commands. Accessory apps also let me keep these pinned to my desktop and out of the doc just like widgetkit.

I shared the skill with my team last month and since then the 4 of us have built 11 new apps, and derived incredible value. We've also tested it extensively for codex and claude code, and made a few improvements along the way. Now I've open-sourced it as Make My Mac Utility.

All you have to do is, load the skill, give your coding agent an app idea or a problem and it starts a consultation flow to help you nail the exact app behaviour. Then it takes you through an interactive design segment where you can visually choose and improve the UX on your browser, and then the agent builds it out.

Give it a try, build a bunch of tiny apps, and fill your desktop with utilites. Let me know if you have any suggesstions or problems with the skill :)

https://t.co/xdkOtPmAYW

[Trivi @triviwritescode]

I don't really have a routine. I post as whenver I feel like there's something worth yapping about.

I'm mostly spending most of my time on building projects that are interesting to me, apart from work that outs bread on the table. All of this is in tech, so I usually have a lot to yap about.

I think what keeps me interested is that I follow a lot of right people, so my feed is very rich. It's mostly interacting with those and then writing whatever my insights are and what I find interesting.

[Trivi @triviwritescode]

22 days of bulding and posting on X, and am already at 271 new connections!!

How long do you think it'll take me to get to 500?

Looking to connect with more people building and hustling in tech

#connect

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@sudorevolt LFG!

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@BrianHaDu Happy to connect :)

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@sl1ma4 Thanks! Coffee on me if this comes true :)

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Holy shit! Didn’t realise there were so many personal AI assistants already

[anand iyer @ai]

Too many AI personal assistants, too little time to assess all of them. Nice work here: https://t.co/xy1Fmyunq4

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@solgrenk Didn’t we get a reset 2 days ago?

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As long as they are behind in the race, they will open source. OpenAI is the prime example, until models got good, they were a nonprofit.

The only other way I see this happening is if chip manufacturers like nvidia figure out a way to be current shortages and increase production. Then they’ll want to commoditise models to earn from chips. Hence the hugging face acquisition. But the RAMaggedon ain’t going away soon.

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@Saltrilab Thanks mate! Will be super soon I hope :)

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@Gunisack Look forward to the launch! Good luck

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@TUWA1025123 Thanks mate! Look forward to growing together!

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@YoussefWGerges Hey Joe, happy to connect!

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@nidakhanai21 Hey, happy to :)

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@adiccit 🙋✌🏼

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@hardickraj Hey, happy to :)

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@AmbroseAbaasa @X Followed you! Hope the algo is kind to you soon!

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@Grubbyzbc Done!

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@johnbr_ai 63 on day 1 is super cool!

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@Attwts Hey, just keep building things and yapping I guess. That’s what I’ve been doing! Not much of a strategy so far :)

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@knightlydev07 Done now! Happy to be the first follower :)

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@knightlydev07 100% agree! Sharing is what makes this space awesome

For some reason I can’t follow you back though