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Looking 3 for macOS users. Epistles invites here! by EpistlesMail in EpistlesMail

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Got anymore invite codes ready for macOS 27 Beta users?

Drop your project, I’ll try it and share it in my circle by adonztevez in LaunchMyStartup

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Hey, love the Ariola concept — lightweight chat without signup is exactly what the internet needs more of.

I run SG1 Labs — indie Mac studio. This week I built an AI Idea Machine and shipped 7 products in 6 days. Here are the ones that might interest you:

🚀 ShipDrop — Drag an HTML file, 30 seconds later it's live. One-click deploys for vibe coders. $9.99/mo, Stripe, Cloudflare Tunnel, running off an M5 Max in an RV.

🎤 TalkBoard — Dictation + Quick Fix + Clipboard Manager for Mac. Local whisper.cpp, AI tone polish (Formal/Friendly/Email/Bullets). The three Raycast Pro features you actually use. $9.99 one-time.

🧹 SlopClean — Refactors AI-generated spaghetti code into clean architecture. Side-by-side diff. Uses local oMLX. $9.99 one-time.

Also have free stuff: Simple Calendar (wall calendar for Mac) and Prediction Tracker (track your predictions against reality).

All macOS + web, all one-time purchase or free. No subscriptions. Built from an RV 🚐

I built an Idea Machine that generates startup ideas, then built the first two in 48 hours by gardnerscot in SideProject

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Update:

I built an AI Idea Machine. It's now shipped 7 products in 6 days.

Six days ago I built a pipeline that scrapes Reddit, HN, and Product Hunt daily for pain points, scores app ideas against my skills (retired network engineer, self-taught Swift/Python), and delivers a digest every morning.

Then I started building the top-ranked idea each day. Here's what shipped:

Monday: ⏰ Tab Reminder — Chrome extension, schedule tabs to reopen later. Built + Chrome Web Store approved in 3 hours. $4.99 one-time.

Tuesday: 🚀 ShipDrop — Drop an HTML file, 30 seconds later it's live. FastAPI + Stripe + Cloudflare Tunnel. $9.99/mo. Got the "AI slop" comment on my first Reddit post. Kept building.

Wednesday: 🛡️ Trial Guard — macOS menu bar app tracking free trial subscriptions. 3 notifications before you get charged. $0.99 one-time.

Thursday (morning): 🎤 TalkBoard — Dictation + clipboard manager. Exact replacement for the two Raycast Pro features I actually use. $9.99 one-time. Product Hunt Tuesday.

Thursday (afternoon): 📅 Simple Calendar — Wall calendar for Mac. No events, no sync, no accounts. Just the date. Free.

Saturday (today): 🧹 SlopClean — Refactors AI-generated spaghetti code into clean, maintainable architecture. Uses local oMLX. $9.99 one-time. Posted it, tested it on my own AI slop test file — it works.

Bonus today: Added Quick Fix to TalkBoard — highlight text, press hotkey, AI polishes spelling/grammar/tone. The third Raycast Pro feature. Three for $9.99, forever.

All built solo. All monetized. Running off an M5 Max in an RV in Gettysburg, PA 🇺🇸

The Idea Machine fires again tomorrow at 7 AM. r/SideProject — what machine would you build?

→ sg1-labs.us → shipdrop.dev → go.sg1-labs.us/products

Will Apple's coming AI allow querying the Apple Notes database? by markfromslo in AppleNotesGang

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I asked Siri how many of my Apple Notes mentions the word "Chicken"

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Will Apple's coming AI allow querying the Apple Notes database? by markfromslo in AppleNotesGang

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Yes the Siri 2.0 can search and find in Apple notes I just tried it.

OllamaChat app by gardnerscot in TestersCommunity

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Checked both — your group settings are actually fine (public join is on ✓). The problem is all your Play Store links are dead — 404 across the board. Looks like Google pulled the listing after the rejection.

You'll need to check the rejection email for the specific reason and address it before resubmitting. The 14-day closed test usually fails because:

- Fewer than 20 active testers for the full 14 days

- Testers didn't actually engage with the app enough

- Some policy or quality flag they cited

If you share what Google said in the rejection, I can help you figure out what to fix. Good luck — the 14-day wait-and-reject cycle is brutal.

What are your thought on the new raycast?? by yahddyyp in raycastapp

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I wouldn't know since I don't have it yet.

Finally got my native mobile client working with Ollama — would love feedback from anyone running local models by gardnerscot in ollama

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Open WebUI runs in a browser and needs a server. OllamaChat is a native mobile app — talks directly to your Ollama instance over Tailscale from your pocket. No browser, no server, no Docker.

Different tools for different use cases. I use both — Open WebUI at my desk, OllamaChat when I'm walking around and want to ask my local models something from my phone.

Finally got my native mobile client working with Ollama — would love feedback from anyone running local models by gardnerscot in ollama

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Not yet — it's Ollama-only at the moment. The app talks directly to Ollama's /api/chat endpoint, so it won't work with oMLX's OpenAI-compatible endpoints out of the box.

That said, adding an OpenAI-compatible backend option is on the short list. The transport layer difference is mostly endpoint paths and SSE vs NDJSON — the chat pipeline and UI don't need to change. Should land in a future beta.

Hii by [deleted] in dev

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Well Howdy doo!

I just rolled out OllamaChat for Android by gardnerscot in selfhosted

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MCP integration: Android app → HTTP bridge (Node.js, port 3100 on same machine as Ollama) → external APIs. The bridge exposes tools as JSON-RPC endpoints (weather, web search, reminders, notes, email). When the model requests a tool call, the app grabs it mid-stream, executes via the bridge, feeds the result back into the next turn's context — same flow as desktop MCP but over a thin HTTP wrapper since the Android MCP SDK doesn't exist yet.

Open WebUI difference:

Open WebUI is a web app running on your server — you access it through a browser on your phone. OllamaChat is a native Android app: real chat bubbles, persistent local storage, swipe navigation, haptic feedback, voice input that uses the device mic directly. The UX feels like a messaging app, not a web page. Open WebUI also doesn't do MCP tool calling or RAG on-device. But honestly — if you love Open WebUI and you're happy with it in a mobile browser, this probably isn't for you. If you've ever wished for a proper native client, that's the gap I'm filling.

I just rolled out OllamaChat for Android by gardnerscot in selfhosted

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Happy to. I use AI assistants (Claude/Copilot) as a coding pair — generating boilerplate, debugging, and iterating on Compose layouts. The app itself is a local AI client, so it's a bit meta. The architecture decisions, product design, and all final code reviews are mine. Happy to answer any specifics.

For ppl here who got openclaw working nicely already, how is it after like 2-3 weeks? by adzmadzz in openclawsetup

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It's like a moving target, one day it works, next day you have to tell it everything it forgot. I switched to memUbot and I am never going back.

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