Building a desktop client for an AI coding agent
Lessons from wrapping grok-build — the architecture, the traps, and why we picked Tauri over Electron. TL;DR grok-build is xAI's open-source Rust codi…
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Reverse-engineering an MMO Aion 2's network protocol to build a real-time DPS meter (Rust + Tauri)
Disclosure: this is a write-up about my own side project — a combat analytics tool for AION 2. No affiliation with the game's publisher. Links at the …
Open Science Desktop: A Local-First Experimental Tool for AI Research
The launch of Open Science Desktop marks a notable entry into the AI research tool space, positioning itself as a local-first, model-agnostic workbenc…
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…
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
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air (Intel). Every tool in my suite has to earn its place on this machine—if it can't run lean here, it doesn't…
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 —…
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…
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 s…
Building a Universal Binary with Tauri v2 — It's Easier Than You Think
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Intel Mac users still exis…
PDF Redaction in Rust — Why "Delete the Text" Isn't Enough
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Real PDF redaction is hard…
Gemini API vs Local LLM for Developer Tools — When to Use Which
All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. I've built tools with both Gemini API and local LLMs (via Ollama). They're solving different problems. Her…