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· 7 min read
CoolBar: controlling my air conditioner from the menubar
My Blue Star AC had a Bluetooth radio inside it and nobody had told me. One day later I had a menubar app for Linux and Windows and an Android app that talk to it directly, with no cloud and no account. This is the story, including the parts that did not work.
· 4 min read
Nomad: a work/break timer that stays out of your way
I built Nomad because every focus timer I tried wanted an account, a subscription, or a whole system to learn. Nomad asks for a work length and a break length, then keeps time from your system tray. Free, open source, and now at v1.0 for Windows, macOS and Linux.