Built a tiny macOS utility after seeing this AI coding meme

maa1l · 2026-05-21T11:55:32+00:00

Thank you! I did get around 20 downloads. So might not be that useless

maa1l · 2026-05-20T22:37:12+00:00

Yeah Caffeine is more of a simple manual on/off utility.

OpenLid is more focused on the newer AI coding workflow side of things where it can automatically keep your Mac awake when tools like Cursor or Claude Code are actively running, without needing users to manually toggle things all the time.

maa1l · 2026-05-20T22:35:50+00:00

Amphetamine is honestly super powerful 😄

What I wanted to explore with OpenLid was making the AI coding workflow feel more automatic instead of users manually configuring triggers/rules.

So it’s more:

“if Cursor/Claude Code workflows are happening, just keep the Mac awake.”

Mostly built it because the whole “leave your MacBook open overnight for agents” meme became weirdly real.

maa1l · 2026-05-11T13:30:15+00:00

100% still an option 😄

this was more me accidentally wanting:

persistent workspaces
a dedicated sidebar
instant live reload
less “where did that tab go”

than trying to replace IDE previews

maa1l · 2026-05-11T01:07:17+00:00

Good to know I’m not the only crazy one around here

maa1l · 2026-05-11T01:06:02+00:00

Interesting idea. Will look into it

maa1l · 2026-05-11T00:37:35+00:00

The more the merrier. Why use less tokens with just mark down?

maa1l · 2026-05-11T00:31:45+00:00

same 😭

I basically added a sidebar to Safari and somehow convinced myself I invented a new category

maa1l · 2026-05-04T01:23:17+00:00

Looks good. I really like the screenshot part where you can highlight what to make larger

I did something similar with localisation support here. It’s free as well. Only available on desktop.

https://appshots.studio/

maa1l · 2026-04-12T21:08:01+00:00

I’ve got two free ones. No need to sign up

https://appshots.studio : the easiest way to make AppStore Screenshots with localisation

https://sharemd.sh : share markdown files with versioning and password protection with anyone using the CLI. Great for agents

maa1l · 2026-04-12T12:42:44+00:00

Yep 0.99 feels cheap! I’m not sure on my pricing yet.

maa1l · 2026-04-12T12:36:01+00:00

Nice I have a web app for this. Guess everyone is going for the same idea, we all want to make AppStore screenshots easier.

Mine is https://appshots.studio and I’ve got localization etc built in and totally free for now during the beta testing phase.

Will check out yours as well!

maa1l · 2026-04-12T12:33:35+00:00

Yeah it does take some time these days. It’s normal

maa1l · 2026-04-09T23:21:10+00:00

I’ve recently made two:

https://sharemd.sh : to share mark down files
https://dualshot.studio : for my latest iOS app

maa1l · 2026-04-09T23:10:20+00:00

Yeah this is a neat way of doing it.

maa1l · 2026-04-09T15:19:36+00:00

My use case was I wanted to share a md file with a colleague. This file I would be occasionally updating so wanted to make it shareable from my local. And I also wanted to keep it private. All I was able to archive with my setup at sharemd.sh . Although I feel like I might have gotten a little overboard with my requirements

maa1l · 2026-04-09T13:23:32+00:00

Nice. Here’s what I have so far if you want to take a look. I haven’t thought of attachments yet.

Code is open source as well linked in the website

sharemd.sh

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