Highly recommend this post. It perfectly captures the internal conflicts and mindset shift I’ve gone through over the last 2 years of coding with AI.
Oskar
Mac Indie Developer. Founder of
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Liquid Glass feels unnecessary 99% of the time. But when it sits on top of rich, vibrant content, it really comes alive.
These look amazing. The Openclaw Mac Mini is perfect 🦞
Backdrop submissions have grown 10x over the last few months, so I finally built a fully automated review pipeline. Using Gemini + Vision, it now handles submission reviews for me: detecting poor quality, catching watermarks, classifying scene content, and deciding approval.
Backdrop 2.6 is now available 🚀
This update brings a major redesign to the browsing experience, with an immersive new atmospheric hero, personal Discover feed, and Related Backdrops on detail views
SaaS is so dead.
I got tired of paying HelpScout $300/yr, so I built a custom admin center for Cindori.
Now every support ticket gets triaged by AI: it pulls customer details, orders, license keys, similar issues/resolutions, and even drafts the reply. All I do is press "Send".
Huge milestone for Backdrop: we’ve now surpassed 2,000 approved submissions!
Thanks to our community for making Backdrop the largest native live wallpaper platform on macOS.
Beware: there seems to be an explosion of macOS malware right now. They are already all over YouTube and Reddit ads, and copy established developers.
The "$599 iPhone 17e" starts at $930 in Sweden 💀 You could get a round-trip to the US for the difference.
Doesn't bode well for upcoming MBP pricing...
I’m super excited to share that my latest project, Backdrop, is now released! Backdrop aims to elevate the Mac desktop experience, making your desktop more creative with dynamic, animated scenes. Please give it a try and let me know what you think 🌌 https://cindori.com/news/backdrop-release