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Notes from making apps
What I cut, what I kept, and what I learned shipping small products to the App Store.
2026-05-22
Building BatteryGO — Why I Made Yet Another Battery App
There are dozens of battery utilities on the Mac App Store. I made another one. Here's what I learned about scoping a simple product down to what really mattered.
macosapp-storedesign2026-05-15
ClipGO — The Clipboard Manager I Wished For
Every clipboard manager I tried felt like it was built by and for power users. ClipGO is what I wanted instead — a clipboard you don't have to learn.
macosapp-storedesign2026-05-08
DisplayGO — Taming the Multi-Monitor Mac Setup
macOS's display arrangement panel hasn't meaningfully changed in a decade. DisplayGO is what I wanted it to be.
macosapp-storedisplays2026-05-01
Dodot — A To-Do App That Doesn't Pretend to Be Anything Else
Habit trackers, goal trackers, mood trackers — Dodot is the to-do app that resists turning into any of those. That's the whole pitch.
iosapp-storeproductivity2026-04-24
LetGo — Writing Without the Cursor Anxiety
Why does the blinking cursor on a blank page feel like a judge? LetGo is a writing app that does one small thing to take that pressure away.
iosapp-storewriting