I Built an Open-Source macOS Screen-Cleaning & Pet-Lock Utility in 3 Hours with

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<p>I have a confession: I'm a productivity app addict.</p> <p>Notion, Todoist, Things, TickTick, Bear, Obsidian — I've tried them all. And every single one failed me in the same

<p>Let's be real: the current AI coding workflow is tedious. </p> <p>You hit a bug. You copy your code. You tab out to ChatGPT/Claude. You paste it. You copy the fix. You paste it

<blockquote> <p>PDF OCR, semantic mind maps, RAG search, and a hierarchical tag system — all generated through conversations with an AI app builder.</p> </blockquote> <p>I want to

<p>iCloud shared albums take 26+ seconds to load on my 300 Mbps fiber connection. I timed it. Apple, a trillion-dollar company, built something that is embarrassing to show

<p>Hey! I'm Sergey and I'm building a macOS screen recorder that enhances recordings by smoothing cursor movement and generating zoom animations based on clicks.</p> <h2> Why I

<p>Most productivity apps are built by teams of 20, funded by millions in venture capital, and still manage to feel like they were designed by a committee that's never actually

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2>