alex → apps

a local-first rss and read-later reader for macos that keeps everything in your notes as plain markdown. no telemetry.

a macos menu bar app that watches the status pages you depend on and shows the worst one at a glance.

a rule-driven folder tidier in the macos menu bar: a small, scriptable take on hazel.

a menu bar wrapper around caffeinate that keeps your mac awake.

an offline library for technical documentation: save any docs site, search it, and let your agent read it over mcp.

a local search index over any markdown vault, served to agents over mcp, plus a digest of new notes ranked against your current interests.

slices one long video into a properly tagged album.

a markdown renderer that supports six dialects, has text-to-speech, and compresses the whole document into a shareable url. no backend.

an obsidian plugin for github projects: the boards, as kanban, inside your vault.

a telegram bridge to claude code, so you can drive it from your phone.

an open pan/tilt camera on an esp32, about $43 in parts, with a home assistant integration and an mcp server so an agent can aim it.