I Built App Archiver to Free Disk Space Without Deleting Mac Apps
Why I built App Archiver, how it keeps rarely used Mac apps visible, and how staged compression and restoration reclaim lasting disk space.
Apps & Tools
Apps, utilities, workflows, and practical fixes I build, use, or study.
How One Fire TV Stick Became FTVDB
How a Fire TV Stick led from unreliable updates and logcat URLs to FTVDB, a community index of public Amazon device update metadata.
How to Use AI Without Losing Control of Your Code
A practical approach to using AI for prototyping and development without losing understanding, maintainability, or responsibility for the software we build.
Clean Uninstall Dropbox on macOS and Reset File Provider
How I traced Dropbox filesystem changes on a clean macOS VM and made a dry run first script to remove Dropbox local state, caches, services, and File Provider leftovers.
Parall — Multi-Instance App Launcher for macOS
How Parall creates native macOS app shortcuts for launching multiple independent app instances, including isolated browser and Dropbox workflows.
The macOS Dock Nightmare: How I Finally Stopped It from Jumping Between Screens
A DockLock story about the long-running macOS Dock jumping problem, the first fixes in DockLock Lite and Plus, and the DockLock Pro direction.