How we run five coding agents side by side in one window
I build NestMux, a desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot and OpenCode in a grid of real terminals, each with its own account…
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Your Computer Is Busy When You're Not: Building a Desktop Observability Tool with Electron
You close your laptop. The screen goes dark. You assume everything stopped. But what if it didn't? Maybe Docker is still transferring data. Maybe Ch…
Windows silently stops delivering WH_KEYBOARD_LL hook events when a Chromium window has focus (and the diagnostic hook hides it)
I ship a push-to-talk dictation app for Windows ( VocalCode ). Hold a key, talk, release, text appears at the cursor. The "hold a key" part is a low…
I auto-sorted my 3D printing files without an LLM
My model folder got out of hand. If you print much you know the shape of it: STL, 3MF, STEP, OBJ, PLY and ZIP files piling up faster than you can na…
I made my desktop agent speak SKILL.md — now it can eat the whole skills ecosystem
Last week I wrote about AMA-teras , a desktop AI agent that writes its own tools behind verification gates. This week it learned to speak SKILL.md —…
Cara Print Langsung dari Browser ke Printer Thermal Tanpa Dialog Windows
Mencetak dokumen dari aplikasi web biasanya harus melewati dialog print bawaan browser atau Windows. Untuk aplikasi biasa, hal tersebut mungkin tida…
I built a desktop AI agent that writes its own tools — behind verification gates
A desktop AI agent that writes its own tools — and why every line passes a gate before it runs. The itch Agent capability is quietly becoming synony…
Playwright can test Chrome extensions. So why does my AI agent still need my help?
What happens when you let an AI write a browser extension I've been building Chrome extensions with AI coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, whatever…
Update — Electron Linux Message Box Fix Merged Downstream, Upstream Review Still Pending
The Electron Linux message-box repair from Field Test #042 has now been merged into a downstream package, while the original upstream Electron pull…
Python Persona: How Strong of a Pythonista Are You?
This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Passion Edition What I Built Python Persona is a desktop app that analyzes any GitHub user's Python code…
I wanted to listen to lo-fi without switching to lo-fi playlists
I have playlists I like. Music I've saved, albums I come back to. And then I have the lo-fi study streams, which are a completely different thing yo…
The Code Was in Git. The AI Conversations TO Implement it,Was Gone
I reopened an old project and found a working authentication implementation. What I could not find was the reason it looked that way. The commits sh…
Electron vs PWA in 2026: The Trade-offs Nobody Puts in the Comparison Table
Almost every "Electron vs PWA" article ends up at the same tidy verdict: PWAs are lightweight, Electron is heavy, choose accordingly. It's true enou…
A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing
The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
How to Call Windows Native APIs in Electron
How to Call Windows Native APIs in Electron Calling Windows native APIs in an Electron app feels like wanting to see the ocean but only having a map…
How to verify Gumroad license keys in an Electron app (and the 3 gotchas nobody warns you about)
If you sell a desktop app on Gumroad, it hands every buyer a license key. But Gumroad stops there — checking that key inside your app is entirely up…
I built a free open-source photo & video organizer for 27,000+ files (no cloud, no subscription)
I had 27,000+ photos and videos scattered across a Linux PC, external SSD, and multiple USB sticks. Every existing solution either required cloud ac…
Building a Mac Screen Recorder That Adds Zoom Animations from Click Data
Hey! I'm Sergey and I'm building a macOS screen recorder that enhances recordings by smoothing cursor movement and generating zoom animations based…
I was rewriting the same database plumbing in every Electron app, so I built NookDB
Every Electron app I built reached the same fork: "okay, now add a database." And every time, that one sentence quietly turned into three separate j…
PySide6 vs Electron: Why I shipped a 118 MB Windows desktop tool, not a 250 MB cross-platform one
Disclosure: This article is co-written with Claude Opus 4.7 acting as AI CEO for an indie woodworking software brand. Tagged #ABotWroteThis . All be…
Low quality wallpapers are a pain, I'm trying to fix that.
I love switching wallpapers a lot, the feeling of intention when I look at my desktop is something I yearn for and like many, I often get my images…
I was wrong about Electron
When I started building Paseo, I picked Tauri. The reasoning felt obvious at the time. I was building a desktop app with a web UI, and I cared about…
Lessons from building Electron auto-update across 25 releases
If you're shipping an Electron desktop app to end users and you don't have auto-update wired in, you're going to keep getting "this is broken" bug r…
I built MacJuiceMonitor — a free macOS menu bar app for Bluetooth device battery levels
macOS doesn't make it easy to see how much juice is left in your AirPods, Magic Mouse, MX keyboard, PS5 controller, or any other Bluetooth periphera…
I Built a Local-First SSH + SFTP Workspace for Developers
Most SSH tools solve the connection problem. I wanted to solve the workflow around the connection. When I manage servers, the work rarely stops at "…
How I Built an AI Character That Lives on My Desktop and Learns New Expressions
I wanted my AI assistant to have a face. Not a chat bubble, not a cartoon avatar — something that feels alive on my desktop. So I built Cloe Desktop…