Sprint 9 closed: Desktop MVP
Sprint 9 is closed . The goal was to ship the first desktop shell over Meronq's existing packages — a native window that connects a project, shows its…
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Bundling a CLI Binary as a Tauri v2 Sidecar: Lessons from Building a Desktop App
When you build a desktop app with Tauri v2 , sooner or later you'll hit a question: how do I bundle and manage an external CLI binary inside my app? M…
Why I Built my Own Suite of Android Tools for macOS in Rust
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lopdf vs pdfium in Rust — What I Learned Building a PDF App
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. I built Hiyoko PDF Vault —…
MTP File Transfer in Rust on macOS — Why I Wrote My Own Stack
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoMTP transfers files …
Conflict Resolution in a Bidirectional Sync App — How I Handle the Hard Cases
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoAutoSync does bidire…
USB Hotplug Detection in Rust on macOS — Reacting to Device Connect/Disconnect
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoAutoSync and HiyokoM…
Hardware Video Compression in Rust on macOS — ffmpeg with VideoToolbox
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoAutoSync optionally …
APK Install and App Manager in Rust + Tauri — Building ADB Tools
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoKit includes APK ins…
Building a Floating AI Assistant That Lives in the Corner of Your Screen
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The Dev Tools I Actually Use as a Solo Rust + Tauri Developer in 2026
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Not a listicle of everythi…
My $0/Month AI Stack as a Solo Mac Dev — What I Actually Use in 2026
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Storing API Keys Safely in a Tauri App — Don't Just Use LocalStorage
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Users enter their Gemini A…
Product Hunt Launch for an Indie Mac App — What I Did and What Happened
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. I've launched three apps o…
Rust Ownership Made Practical — Patterns I Use in Every Tauri App
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Rust's ownership system is…
I Built a Feature That Automatically Switches Android from USB to Wi-Fi — Here's How It Works
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. You plug in your Android d…
QuickLook Integration in a Tauri App — Native macOS File Preview
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoKit's MTP file manag…
Wi-Fi ADB Lies to You: The Silent Disconnect Problem No One Talks About
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Tauri v2 State Management: Patterns From 7 Shipped Apps
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Tauri Sandbox Permissions — Why Your Command Silently Does Nothing
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New PKM tool for MacOS
I just created a MacOS native PKM tool that has a local-first and CLI-first design philosophy. I'd love your feedback! mjwegenka / PuzzlePKM Local-fir…
I was wrong about Electron
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I Built a Mac App That Keeps Your Clipboard in Sync Across All Your Android Devices
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scrcpy Integration in a Tauri App — Android Screen Mirroring on Mac
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AppleScript Injection and Directory Traversal — Security Bugs I Fixed in My Own Apps
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Security review of my own …
Clipboard Monitor + Gemini in a Tauri App — Building a Smarter Dev Tool
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. HiyokoHelper monitors the …
Building a Menubar App with Tauri v2 — What Nobody Tells You
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Menubar apps look simple f…
Global Keyboard Shortcuts in Tauri v2 — The Right Way and the Wrong Way
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Global shortcuts in Tauri …
Rust Async in Tauri v2 — What Tripped Me Up and How I Fixed It
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Tauri v2 uses Tokio under …
Building a Universal Binary with Tauri v2 — It's Easier Than You Think
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