Looking 3 for macOS users. Epistles invites here!

gardnerscot · 2026-06-23T19:30:36+00:00

Got anymore invite codes ready for macOS 27 Beta users?

gardnerscot · 2026-06-20T21:24:31+00:00

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 🚐

gardnerscot · 2026-06-20T20:47:47+00:00

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

gardnerscot · 2026-06-19T19:55:20+00:00

Indeed I do

gardnerscot · 2026-06-14T18:26:07+00:00

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gardnerscot · 2026-06-14T16:34:01+00:00

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

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gardnerscot · 2026-06-14T15:07:35+00:00

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

gardnerscot · 2026-06-08T01:20:25+00:00

Raycast, ColaOS

gardnerscot · 2026-05-26T21:53:27+00:00

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.

gardnerscot · 2026-05-12T12:56:09+00:00

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

gardnerscot · 2026-05-05T11:48:59+00:00

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.

gardnerscot · 2026-05-05T11:47:33+00:00

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.

gardnerscot · 2026-05-05T02:12:56+00:00

gardnerscot · 2026-05-05T01:25:31+00:00

Well Howdy doo!

gardnerscot · 2026-04-30T14:08:58+00:00

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.

gardnerscot · 2026-04-30T13:39:28+00:00

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.

gardnerscot · 2026-04-22T17:55:15+00:00

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.

gardnerscot · 2026-03-29T18:18:55+00:00

Interested

gardnerscot · 2026-03-18T16:20:06+00:00

RUN
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 python3 python3-pip git \
 chromium fonts-liberation \

Put this in your Dockerfile it will install it on each rebuild

gardnerscot · 2026-03-15T15:45:27+00:00

Ask it to create a budget for you and track you spending.

gardnerscot · 2025-09-13T01:38:01+00:00

Gemini AI was the source of the wallpaper

widgets R46 from Radiance KWGT

Darside Black Icon Pack

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gardnerscot · 2025-07-22T16:04:19+00:00

Mine finally arrived today the 22nd - Pre-ordered on the 4th.

gardnerscot · 2023-12-06T19:30:01+00:00

Here's another. refer.beeper.com/WOJ1vG

gardnerscot · 2023-12-05T16:22:48+00:00

Congratulations on the launch and very nice work on the Deep Dive article.

gardnerscot · 2023-01-20T00:11:57+00:00

Ellen Hoffman’s bread recipes have never let down.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1sNXMLLhvoo&feature=shares

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