My apps: everything I built for myself

This is the list of every app I built for myself. Most of them replaced a commercial app I used for years: Alfred, Path Finder, OBS, Hazel, TextMate, Fantastical. The others do a job no app did the way I wanted. Each one has its own note with the story, the numbers and how it's built.

They all started the same way. I describe what I want in 1 line, my agent studies how I use the old app, asks me its questions with a recommended answer for each, writes a spec, and builds the app once I approve it. Then I use it every day and keep changing it. Why I work this way: see The era of personal software is here.

The apps

31 apps. 23 of them replaced 22 apps I used to run. The other 8 do something no app did for me before.

Writing and files

App	What it does	Replaced
Notee	Markdown editor for my notes, with workspaces	VS Code
Textee	Text editor and clipboard scratchpad	TextMate
Stickee	1 sticky note of to-dos, full screen on demand	Stickies
Filee	Dual-pane file manager	Path Finder
Lastee	Recent files: 1 hotkey copies the newest path	Trickster
Foldee	Folders in every Open and Save dialog	Default Folder X
Sortee	Sorts, renames and moves files by rules	Hazel
Geminee	Finds duplicate files and folders, trashes or links the copies	Gemini 2
Handee	Copies files between the Mac and iPhone or iPad	AnyTrans

Keyboard and desktop

App	What it does	Replaced
Launchee	Keyboard launcher for apps, files, URLs and scripts	Alfred
Clipee	Clipboard history	Alfred
Snippee	Text expander	Espanso
Shotee	Screenshots in 1 key, with an annotation editor	CleanShot X
Tilee	Tiling window manager in Hammerspoon	Amethyst
Dictee	Local dictation: hold Caps Lock, speak, paste	Wispr Flow

Communication and time

App	What it does	Replaced
Emailee	Mail app for my personal mailboxes	Mail
Calendee	Keyboard-first week calendar	Fantastical
Callee	Teams web shell that records clean calls, with separate voice tracks	Microsoft Teams, OBS

Media and studio

App	What it does	Replaced
Hifee	Music player for my lossless library and Apple Music	Audirvana
Recordee	Screen and camera recorder with scenes	OBS
Pitchee	Records and edits demo videos	Nothing: new
Webcamee	Virtual camera that keys out my green wall	ATEM Mini
Movee	Movie tracker with watchlists and AI picks	IMDb

Work and NicAI

App	What it does	Replaced
NicAI CC	Control centre for what my AI delivers	Nothing: new
Eventee	B2B events: people, meetings and follow-ups	Nothing: new
Prospectee	Outreach sequences drafted in my voice, sent after my review	Nothing: new
Reachee	A personal prospecting page per SDR, ticks synced back	Excel

Home and admin

App	What it does	Replaced
Receiptee	Matches missing bank receipts with invoices, uploads after my OK	Nothing: new
Scanee	1 scanner button to an OCR'd, filed, searchable archive	Nothing: new
Familee	Private family iPhone app around our shared calendar	Nothing: new
Sentree	Camera window on the Mac when a person is detected outside	Nothing: new

What they have in common

• Built with Claude Code. I don't write the code. I decide what the app does, test it and ask for changes.
• Speed first. Every app has measured speed budgets, and each one has to beat the app it replaces. Speed is the main reason I switch.
• Only what I use. Parity with what I used in the old app, plus the 1 to 3 things I always wanted. Everything else waits for version 2.
• 1 look. Every app uses my own design system, the same as this site: black and white with red, and the hexagon edelweiss logo in every icon.
• Built for my agents too. Each app has a command-line interface with JSON output. My Claude Code sessions read an app's state and run its actions without the window, so NicAI can drive every app. See What is NicAI and NicAI CC: the command centre for my Claude Code sessions.
• Private by default. The apps run on my Mac and keep my data local. A few repos will go public once they're clean.

Where the list comes from

The tables are generated from 1 data file, so this page stays current: each new app gets a record and an icon, and a script rebuilds the tables and the overview graphic. Apps whose note isn't public yet appear without a link.