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October 4, 2026•7 min read

Codex Said It Had 29k Tokens. I Checked the Source.

I had 80% of my weekly allowance left. My agent said it had 29k tokens. I audited Codex, T3 Code, and the saved runs to find where that number came from.

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When AI answers move, rented lead sources stop being a strategy

September 29, 2026•3 min read

When AI answers move, rented lead sources stop being a strategy

Josh Ries is right that lead-source dependence kills real estate businesses. The durable fix is an owned site, structured content, and a CRM that still works when AI answers and local intent shift.

One-line install

September 23, 2026•5 min read

One-line install

One command installs omadesign to ~/.local/bin and a desktop entry under your home directory. Nothing is written to /usr.

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Portable ARM64 and x86_64

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Portable ARM64 and x86_64

Omadesign 0.5.8 ships native ARM64 and x86_64 tarballs built for glibc 2.35. Same studio on Asahi, Ubuntu 22.04+, and current Arch.

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First five minutes

September 23, 2026•6 min read

First five minutes

Launch omadesign, pick a size or one of the 52 templates, then draw. Design starts on R, P, and T. Pixel paints with B. Photo grades a folder.

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September 23, 2026•6 min read

Welcome logo 0.5.8

The 0.5.8 welcome screen uses the corrected transparent logo, 25% larger, on a dark ground. Panels fade from the lighter theme color into that chrome.

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Welcome segmented buttons

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Welcome segmented buttons

0.5.8 welcome controls use gradient segments, Phosphor utility icons, and squarer rounded project folders. The screen is the studio's front door.

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Persistent title bar

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Persistent title bar

0.5.8 keeps the title bar visible so open-document thumbnails stay put. The menu is the Omadesign wordmark, without a second Open or Preferences link.

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September 23, 2026•6 min read

Filter icon states

The 0.5.8 welcome filter icon has no button background. Hover turns it blue. An active filter turns it red, so you can see the funnel is on.

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Template chooser width

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Template chooser width

The 0.5.8 template chooser opens at its final width and stays there as the pointer moves in. The 52 starters do not jump under the cursor.

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Crash recovery swap

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Crash recovery swap

Idle a second and Omadesign writes ~/.local/share/omadesign/<id>.oma.swp. Save deletes it. The Recovered tab lists the leftovers. Recents lists files you opened.

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Document tabs

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Document tabs

Document tabs sit above the canvas. Ctrl+N starts a tab, Ctrl+O opens another, and a close on unsaved work asks Save, Discard, or Cancel.

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Five personas one document

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Five personas one document

Design, Layout, Pixel, Photo, and Motion share one Linux binary, one .oma, and one layer stack. You change the tool well, not the file.

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Design persona tools

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Design persona tools

Design is the mark, the poster, the layout. The first keys are Move V, Pen P, Rectangle R, and Type T, in the same .oma you will paint and animate.

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Layout persona tools

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Layout persona tools

Layout builds screens in the same .oma as the drawing. Frame is F, rectangle is R, type is T. Export the selected frame as PNG, SVG, or HTML.

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Pixel persona tools

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Pixel persona tools

Pixel is for painting and retouching. Brush B, Eraser E, Clone J, and Wand W work on a pixel layer inside the same .oma as the vectors.

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Photo persona tools

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Photo persona tools

Photo grades the capture with Crop C and the develop sliders, then Place in Design. Settings sit in a .omaphoto file. The camera original is never rewritten.

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Motion persona tools

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Motion persona tools

Motion animates the artboard you already drew. Space plays, K sets transform keys, and File exports Lottie or animated SVG. The rest pose stays the drawing.

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Shortcut HUD

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Shortcut HUD

The Shortcut HUD sits on the bottom edge. The upper row follows the tool. The lower row lists letter keys. Hold Ctrl, Shift, or Alt to see those commands. Ctrl+/ toggles it.

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HUD modifiers while drawing

September 23, 2026•6 min read

HUD modifiers while drawing

The Shortcut HUD keeps a constant height when modifiers change, so a drag does not jump. Hover + more for overflow. Hints never take the keyboard. F1 is the full list.

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Omarchy theme chrome

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Omarchy theme chrome

Studio chrome follows Omarchy theme colors and the desktop font. Icons are Phosphor Light. Point OMADESIGN_FONT at a .ttf when you want a different UI face.

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Theme fallback chain

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Theme fallback chain

On launch, Omadesign reads the current Omarchy colors.toml, then the named theme file, then stock Catppuccin. The first file that is there wins.

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Move tool

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Move tool

Move is V. Click selects, drag moves, eight handles scale, the top handle rotates. Shift adds or constrains. Alt-drag clones. Corner dots round a rectangle.

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Layer reorder shortcuts

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Layer reorder shortcuts

Select a layer row, then Ctrl+[ or Ctrl+] to reorder it. Add Shift to send it to the back or front of its group. Each reorder is one undo.

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Free transform

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Free transform

Ctrl+T puts the selection into Move with scale and rotation handles ready. Live text stays live. Shape parameters stay editable. The command is also under Object.

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Node tool

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Node tool

Node is A. Drag points and Bézier handles, Shift-click to add, Alt-click to convert corner and smooth, Alt-drag to break symmetry, Delete to remove points.

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Break path

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Break path

Object → Break path turns a live shape into points that sit on the rotated artwork. The first node edit converts the same way. Selecting the path writes no undo.

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Flip horizontal vertical

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Flip horizontal vertical

Flip horizontal and Flip vertical mirror across the canvas axes you can see, rotation included. Undo restores the art. Live text needs Convert to path first.

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Pen tool

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Pen tool

Pen is P. Click for a corner, click-drag for a smooth point, and a twitch under 3px stays a corner. Shift holds 45°. Esc drops the last point, then cancels.

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Artboard tool

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Artboard tool

Artboard is Shift+O. Draw a board, drag to move it, scale from the handles, rotate from the top handle. Alt-drag clones. Rename it in Transform.

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Pencil freehand

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Pencil freehand

Pencil is N. Drag a freehand curve on the same canvas as the pen. Hold Shift and the stroke locks to horizontal, vertical, or 45 degrees.

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Shape tools

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Shape tools

Rectangle R, ellipse O, polygon Y, star S, and line L drag on like any shape tool you already know. Shift constrains. Radius, sides, and inner radius stay in Transform until you edit nodes.

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Corner radius multi-edit 0.5.8

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Corner radius multi-edit 0.5.8

In 0.5.8, Alt-drag a corner-radius handle with the Node tool and every corner on the path changes. Shift-select a set of corners, then drag one selected handle, and that set moves together.

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Type tool

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Type tool

Type is T. Click, and the first keystroke replaces the word Type. Enter starts a new line. Esc or a click away finishes. Double-click comes back to edit.

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OpenType character studio

September 23, 2026•6 min read

OpenType character studio

Character studio sets kerning, ligatures, tabular figures, and small caps on the text you already have. Project fonts from Brand → Typography show up in the font picker without a system install.

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Gradient eyedropper

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Gradient eyedropper

Gradient is G. Drag across a selected shape and the active fill or stroke keeps its stops. Eyedropper is I and samples the fill. X swaps fill and stroke. D restores defaults.

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Trace raster to vector

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Trace raster to vector

Trace is U. It turns the active pixel layer into vectors, with threshold, color count, and smoothness in the Trace studio. Object → Trace to vector runs the same command without switching tools.

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Zoom and hand

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Zoom and hand

Zoom is Z. Drag a box, click to zoom in, Alt-click to zoom out. Ctrl-click fits the artboard. Hand is H, and Space pans. Scroll zooms the canvas, not the panels.

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Select same properties

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Select same properties

Select gathers All, None, Invert, Same Fill, Same Stroke, Same Effects, and objects with or without those properties. A match is the whole property. Hidden and locked objects stay out.

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Compound paths 0.5.8

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Compound paths 0.5.8

In 0.5.8, repeated unions and subtractions stay editable compound paths. Holes stay holes. Double-click with Move or Node and you can move points, pull handles, insert, delete, and break a contour.

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Pathfinder ops

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Pathfinder ops

Object → Pathfinder runs Union, Subtract, Intersect, XOR, and Divide on two or more vectors on the same layer. Stacking order matters. Each operation is one undo. Holes survive Divide.

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Combine and release

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Combine and release

Group is Ctrl+G. Ungroup is Ctrl+Shift+G, and it does not fuse paths. Combine into a compound is Ctrl+8. Release compound is Ctrl+Shift+8. Artwork and guides do not mix in one combine.

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September 23, 2026•6 min read

Expand stroke

Object → Expand stroke to outline turns the visible stroke into filled geometry, including caps, joins, and dashes. The fill you already had stays beneath. Compound outlines keep their holes.

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Reshape distort skew

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Reshape distort skew

Object → Reshape opens Distort, Skew, Perspective, or a nine-handle Warp mesh. Shift constrains. Ctrl reverses snapping. Enter finishes. The first handle you move converts live text and parameter shapes to paths.

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SVG FX stack

September 23, 2026•6 min read

SVG FX stack

The FX studio stacks SVG filters on the selection, then on the layer underneath. Blur, shadow, offset, color, turbulence, displacement. The parameters are the SVG parameters.

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FX export to SVG

September 23, 2026•6 min read

FX export to SVG

FX parameters are the SVG parameters. The canvas shows them rasterized. SVG export writes a filter element and the fe primitives, so the graph you built is the graph you share.

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Layers eye lock

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Layers eye lock

Layers expand to the objects on them. The eye and the lock work per object. Click a name to select it on the canvas. A group expands, renames, hides, locks, and reorders as one unit.

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Pass through blending

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Pass through blending

Pass through lets child blend modes reach the backdrop outside an explicit group. Turn it off and the group isolates. Regular layers and Layout frames isolate on their own.

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Ruler guides

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Ruler guides

Drag a horizontal guide from the top ruler and a vertical guide from the left. Delete, drag off the canvas, or use the context menu to remove one. Ctrl+; shows or hides ruler and object guides.

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Convert selection to guides

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Convert selection to guides

Object → Guides → Convert selection to guides turns vectors into non-printing contours you can still edit. Curves, compounds, shapes, and live text keep their data. Release guides restores the artwork.

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Guides survive save

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Guides survive save

Guides stay in the .oma when you save, and they stay out of PNG, JPEG, SVG, and Lottie. A placed photo keeps its pixels.

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Lock unlock guides 0.5.8

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Lock unlock guides 0.5.8

0.5.8 puts Lock all guides and Unlock all guides on View → Guides as two commands. Guides start locked so type work does not nudge a rail.

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Ruler zero and units

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Ruler zero and units

Drag the ruler corner to set zero. Double-click resets it. px, mm, cm, in, and pt follow document DPI and leave the artwork in pixels.

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Snapping system

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Snapping system

Snap to edges, centers, guides, the grid, and equal gaps. Ctrl+Shift+; toggles. Hold Ctrl during a drag to reverse that choice, then let go.

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Shift constrain Alt clone

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Shift constrain Alt clone

Shift locks pen, brush, and moves to horizontal, vertical, or 45 degrees. Alt-drag clones. On a brush, Shift anchors at the last free point.

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Frames nest

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Frames nest

Press F and drag a frame. Draw another inside it and it nests. Wrap a selection, or drop an image fill, in the same .oma as the drawing.

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Auto-layout stack

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Auto-layout stack

Select a frame and turn on Stack children. The inspector checkbox reads Arrange children automatically. Direction, gap, padding, and layer order do the packing.

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Frame constraints

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Frame constraints

A child of a frame pins with Min, Max, Stretch, Center, or Scale. The pins are stored on the object in the .oma and run when you resize the parent.

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Export frame

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Export frame

File → Export frame PNG, SVG, or HTML writes the selected frame and its children. The rest of the artboard stays in the .oma.

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Layout templates

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Layout templates

Layout starters are five frame documents: Fieldwork, mobile screen, landing hero, dashboard, and card stack. They sit beside the 52 vector templates. They are not five of those 52.

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Canvas comments

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Canvas comments

Write a note, pin it on the canvas, and resolve it. The pin is stored in the .oma. The inspector shows how many are still open on the frame.

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September 23, 2026•6 min read

Pixel layer

Paint lives on a pixel layer in the same stack as the vectors. If the document is vector-only, add one from the Layers menu. The paths stay paths.

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Brush eraser fill

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Brush eraser fill

Brush is B. Size is the bracket keys. Hardness is Shift plus the brackets. Eraser E, Fill K, Clone J, Smudge M. Alt-click sets the clone source.

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Healing brush

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Healing brush

Shift+J. Alt-click clean texture, then paint the blemish. The dab blends that texture into the local color. The source stays fixed for the stroke. Undo restores the whole stroke.

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Selections pixel

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Selections pixel

Marquee is Shift+M, elliptical marquee is Shift+O, lasso is Q, wand is W. Tolerance sits in Brush. Ants stay until Esc. Paint stays inside the selection.

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Layer masks

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Layer masks

Add a layer mask from the layer menu or the Pixel inspector. Reveal all, hide all, or start from the selection. Black hides. White reveals. The pixels stay put.

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Mask invert apply

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Mask invert apply

Invert flips coverage. Remove puts the original layer back. Apply to pixels bakes a raster and one undo restores both the pixels and the mask. Placed-image masks follow the transform.

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Open photos folder

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Open photos folder

Open a photo, browse a folder, drop files, or load samples. The library shows camera metadata when the file has it. Imports run in the background while you grade.

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Camera RAW decoder

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Camera RAW decoder

LibRaw 0.22.2 is in the binary. DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, ORF, RW2, and the rest of the recognized families decode to 16-bit linear sRGB. No converter download. The camera file stays put.

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Develop panel groups

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Develop panel groups

Develop is three groups: Light, Color, and Detail. Tone curve, color mixer, and color grading stay collapsed until you open them. Before is the default development. Auto light sets exposure from the preview.

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omaphoto sidecars

September 23, 2026•6 min read

omaphoto sidecars

Save settings writes photo.png.omaphoto beside the original. Open either file to resume. The pair is name, size, and modification time. The camera file is never rewritten.

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Photo undo history

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Photo undo history

Photo has its own Undo and Redo, on the selected photo. Quit asks Save all, Discard, or Cancel for unsaved photo settings before palettes and artwork, and it waits for the writes.

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Photo export bit depth

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Photo export bit depth

Export JPEG, PNG, or TIFF in the background at full developed size, crop and rotation included. RAW PNG and TIFF keep 16-bit channels. Place in Design adds an 8-bit pixel layer and one undo.

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Tiled full-res preview

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Tiled full-res preview

The first view is a preview whose long edge is at most 1600 pixels. Zoom in and full-resolution tiles fill in from a background develop. The preview stays up until those tiles exist.

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Copy paste adjustments

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Copy paste adjustments

Copy a developed look with Ctrl+Shift+C and paste it onto a Library selection with Ctrl+Shift+V. Crop and rotation stay off unless you turn them on.

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Batch save settings

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Batch save settings

After a paste, Ctrl+S writes a .omaphoto sidecar for every selected photo. The batch is one Undo and one Redo. Categories travel on their own.

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omapreset library

September 23, 2026•5 min read

omapreset library

Save a named Photo look, filter the library, and move it as a .omapreset file. The preset keeps development values and categories, and a name clash keeps both.

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Whole folder apply

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Whole folder apply

Browse a folder, apply a copied look or a preset to the whole folder, and write one .omaphoto per photo in the background. Pixels stay untouched. Subfolders stay out.

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Folder job limits

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Folder job limits

A folder job stops at 10,000 photos and 32 MiB of settings history. Cancel leaves finished files undoable, and a sidecar edited outside the job is kept on Undo.

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Photo navigation

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Photo navigation

In Photo, hold Space or use Hand to drag. Middle-drag and two-finger scroll pan. Pinch, Ctrl+scroll, and Alt+scroll zoom. Ctrl+0 fits. Ctrl+1 is 100%.

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Rest pose intact

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Rest pose intact

The artboard you drew is the rest pose. Motion keeps a clip of tracks in the .oma and does not rewrite that drawing. Still PNG, JPEG, and SVG export the rest pose.

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Motion presets

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Motion presets

Select vectors and apply Draw stroke, Pop in, Slam, Shake, Fill up, the four Slides, Fly, Zoom, Buzz, or Fade in. Locked, hidden, and guide objects are skipped.

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Timing and energy

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Timing and energy

Duration sits above the motion presets. Timing & energy sets delay, stagger, intensity, and start-at-playhead. Each apply is its own Undo and only rewrites the channels it owns.

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Keyframe editing

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Keyframe editing

Drag a shape to write keys at the playhead. The first key after zero also plants the rest pose at zero. K keys X, Y, rotation, and scale. Delete peels a key, then the animation, then the object.

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Playback controls

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Playback controls

Space plays and pauses in Motion. Home and End jump the playhead. Loop is the repeat icon. Cycle ease on the key you selected. The preview stays in the persona.

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Export animated SVG

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Export animated SVG

File → Export animated SVG… writes animated transforms and stroke and fill reveals, and it keeps masks and effects. Text is outlined in that file. The .oma text stays editable.

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Export Lottie

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Export Lottie

Export Lottie… writes a Bodymovin 5.x shape animation with trim paths and fill masks. Pixel layers, layer masks, and effects stop the export with a clear error. Use animated SVG for those.

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Import Lottie

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Import Lottie

Import Lottie… places a shape-layer Lottie on the timeline. The importer covers a basic shape subset. Keep the .oma for the full editable animation. Still exports remain the rest pose.

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Fifty-two templates

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Fifty-two templates

Templates · 52 opens from the welcome screen or File → Template library. Search by name or idea, filter nine categories, and pick a built-in size or a custom width, height, and DPI.

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Templates offline editable

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Templates offline editable

A template opens as an unsaved document with editable paper, artwork, and copy. Your other tab stays put. Fonts are local. Portrait, square, and landscape layouts are distinct, and tiny sizes drop unreadable lines.

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Three right tabs

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Three right tabs

The right sidebar is three tabs. Inspect for the selected artwork, Palettes for reusable colors, and Brand for logos, images, fonts, and other assets.

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Project library files

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Project library files

Project kits sit beside the work as .omacolors, .omatype, and .omabrand/. A saved document uses the nearest enclosing folder that has any of them, or starts beside the document.

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Personal vs project palettes

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Personal vs project palettes

Palettes are Personal across your work or Project in the current folder. Name a palette, filter it, add the current color, the selection, or a hex including #RRGGBBAA, then click a swatch onto Fill or Stroke.

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Palette save export

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Palette save export

Palette Save is its own write, separate from the artwork. Load palettes… merges and suffixes name clashes. Export one palette or the whole collection. Duplicate and remove are there.

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Palette conflict handling

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Palette conflict handling

Palette files refresh about every three seconds. Unsaved edits stay put and Save blocks if the file changed underneath. Export a copy or Reload saved colors. Quit asks before it leaves.

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September 23, 2026•5 min read

Brand bank load

Brand → Load bank… opens a project folder or its .omabrand directory. Create bank, name it, and Save. Add assets… copies files in. The originals stay where they were.

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September 23, 2026•5 min read

Brand asset place

Filter brand tiles by name, path, or type. Thumbnails load in the background and refresh about every three seconds. Drag onto the canvas or double-click to center. Ctrl+Z undoes the place.

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September 23, 2026•5 min read

Brand accepted formats

A brand bank takes PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF, BMP, GIF, SVG, and .oma. SVG uses the supported import subset. Save bank copy… clones the bank, its name, and its nested folders to another project.

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September 23, 2026•6 min read

Brand typography kit

Add fonts… copies TTF and OTF files into the project. Name the kit, save roles such as Heading and Body, and Apply them to text. The faces work inside Omadesign with no system install.

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Typography load save copy

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Typography load save copy

Load kit… merges another .omatype and copies its fonts. Save copy… writes the kit and the faces into another project. Remove a role and the font file stays for artwork that already uses it.

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Project fonts travel

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Project fonts travel

Move the project and native .oma text stays editable, including new characters. Saving into another folder copies the faces that artwork uses. SVG export outlines project-font text. The .oma keeps the live text.

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Share project kit

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Share project kit

A project kit is .omacolors, .omatype, and the whole .omabrand folder beside the work. They are dotfiles. Show hidden files before you copy by hand. Fieldwork ships as a portable reference.

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Native oma format

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Native oma format

A .oma is JSON, PNG-packed rasters, and a motion clip in one file. Version 5 carries frames, auto-layout, constraints, and opt-in cloud metadata. Save imports as .oma to keep the editable document and the conversion notes.

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Open layered foreign docs

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Open layered foreign docs

File → Open reads layered PSD, PSB, XCF, every PDF page, PDF-compatible AI, OpenRaster, SVG, and Affinity via the optional bridge. Each file opens in its own tab at its size. Save writes a .oma and leaves the source.

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Place command

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Place command

File → Place… is Ctrl+Shift+P. The artwork loads in the background, then you click or drag to place it. Nested layers and masks come along. Undo removes the placement in one step. Enter places at center. Esc cancels.

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Drop to open or place

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Drop to open or place

Drop a layered document on the canvas or the welcome screen to open it. Ordinary images place. A .oma opens. Lottie imports. The status bar confirms copy, cut, and paste. Copy style is Ctrl+Alt+C. Paste style is Ctrl+Alt+V.

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Conversion notes

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Conversion notes

View → Document conversion notes lists what an import dropped or converted. The notes stay in the .oma. Affinity-only features, live Photoshop type, smart objects, effects, and private Illustrator data stay unrebuilt.

omadesign0.5.8import

Export matrix

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Export matrix

Export writes PNG at 1×, 2×, and 3×, plus JPEG, SVG, animated SVG, Lottie JSON, layered PSD and PSB, PDF, and OpenRaster. Layers a format cannot keep may become pixel layers, with notes. There is no native .af or .ai writer.

omadesign0.5.8export

PSD PSB bridge

September 23, 2026•6 min read

PSD PSB bridge

PSD and PSB open through a native layered reader and export as RGB 8-bit layers. Groups, names, masks, blends, and supported Normal color overlays can survive. Text and smart objects arrive as saved pixels.

omadesign0.5.8psd

Affinity optional bridge

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Affinity optional bridge

Affinity files open through the optional converter from setup-affinity-import.sh. Vectors, text, pixels, groups, masks, and artboards can come across. Adjustments and history often do not. The app does not download the converter.

omadesign0.5.8affinity

PDF AI import export

September 23, 2026•6 min read

PDF AI import export

PDF pages open as artboards with paths, supported text, images, and optional-content layers. Export writes pages, vectors, and that layer metadata. An .ai contributes its PDF-compatible artwork. Private Illustrator data stays unrebuilt.

omadesign0.5.8pdf

OpenRaster GIMP

September 23, 2026•5 min read

OpenRaster GIMP

OpenRaster imports and exports layers, stack.xml, a merged preview, and a thumbnail. GIMP .xcf opens in a native reader and does not write back. Text and effects arrive as pixels. Keep the .oma. Send ORA or PSD back.

omadesign0.5.8openraster

Headless inspect convert

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Headless inspect convert

omadesign --inspect reports a PSD, Affinity file, XCF, NEF, or .omaphoto as JSON. --convert writes .oma, SVG, PNG, JPEG, PSD, PSB, PDF, or OpenRaster. The CLI uses the desktop readers. Converting a file onto itself is refused.

omadesign0.5.8cli

RAW headless develop

September 23, 2026•6 min read

RAW headless develop

omadesign --convert photograph.dng --output photograph.tif develops a full-resolution 16-bit file through the Photo pipeline. JPEG is 8-bit. A matching .omaphoto is applied on its own. The camera file is never overwritten.

omadesign0.5.8raw

Cloud opt-in

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Cloud opt-in

Cloud stays off until you opt in. The .oma remains on disk. File → Sign in is the browser approval. Push project + review export is the upload. Unpublished work stays out of the gallery.

omadesign0.5.8cloud

Sign in identity

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Sign in identity

File → Sign in… opens a browser device code. Approve only the code the desktop is showing. The site account holds the name and email. A name in a file does not, by itself, grant cloud access.

omadesign0.5.8cloud

Enable sync invite

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Enable sync invite

Push project + review export uploads a versioned .oma and a flat PNG, then you save so the cloud link stays in the file. Owners invite a verified email as editor or reviewer. Other drafts on disk stay local.

omadesign0.5.8cloud

Publish to showcase

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Publish to showcase

Publish selected export is a separate owner step. /showcase lists public flat images. /showcase/:id shows one. Source files, assets, and private review threads stay out. Unpublished and private ids stay off the gallery.

omadesign0.5.8showcase

Collaborator project view

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Collaborator project view

/project/:id opens the signed-in workspace for that project. Pin, reply, and resolve on a flat export. Layout pins on the canvas stay with the frame. Without OMADESIGN_CLOUD_URL the desktop keeps ~/.local/share/omadesign/cloud-store.json.

omadesign0.5.8cloud

Compete waitlist

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Compete waitlist

/compete lists competitions, public entries, and withdrawal. A competition stays unpublished until it has a real brief and dates. Enter with a public showcase work. /account is identity. /api/cloud is the desktop transport.

omadesign0.5.8cloud

Lua 5.4 embedded

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Lua 5.4 embedded

Omadesign 0.5.8 embeds Lua 5.4.9 and plugin API 1 inside the Linux packages. There is no separate runtime to install. An update leaves the plugins you already installed in place.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Manage plugins

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Manage plugins

Plugins → Manage plugins installs a .lua file, a folder with main.lua, or an .omaplug bundle. Each plugin has an Enable checkbox. An update keeps a hidden backup of the previous folder. Reload after you edit.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Studio starter twelve

September 23, 2026•6 min read

Studio starter twelve

Studio starter ships twelve Lua actions on first install. A duotone, a shadow, an SVG icon, two brushes, a canvas tool, a pattern, a gradient, a palette, a batch nudge, and two behaviors that stay off until you opt in.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Plugin undo safety

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Plugin undo safety

A plugin runs off the UI thread. A finished document action is one Undo step. Errors, Cancel, and a document you edited mid-run leave the artwork untouched.

omadesign0.5.8undo

Plugin categories

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Plugin categories

Plugin actions declare a category. Filters, effects, icons, brushes, tools, behaviors, batch, patterns, gradients, and swatches each have a precondition, and the manager groups them that way.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Canvas tool plugins

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Canvas tool plugins

A tool plugin arms with Activate tool. The drag previews as a line. Editable artwork appears on release. Escape exits. Pixel filters and brush presets still need a raster layer.

omadesign0.5.8tools

Opt-in behaviors

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Opt-in behaviors

Document and selection behaviors ship off. One checkbox opts in, remembers the choice, and a behavior’s own output does not fire itself again.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Host API surface

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Host API surface

API 1 is a short list of oma calls. Shapes, fills, effects, brushes, palettes, SVG, pixels, and a status message. Each run gets a fresh Lua VM.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Plugin CLI batch

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Plugin CLI batch

omadesign --plugin and --batch walk every immediate .oma in filename order, write new files, keep the inputs, and refuse a path that already exists.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Install list plugins CLI

September 23, 2026•4 min read

Install list plugins CLI

omadesign --install-plugin and --list-plugins run without a window. Brush, palette, and canvas tools still belong to the desktop. Document commands batch from the shell.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Plugin sandbox limits

September 23, 2026•4 min read

Plugin sandbox limits

A plugin cannot run programs, open the network, or read arbitrary files. The caps are 15 seconds, 64 MiB of Lua heap, and 20,000 edits. This release has no plugin marketplace.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Starter source path

September 23, 2026•4 min read

Starter source path

After install, the clean Studio starter tree is at ~/.local/share/omadesign/plugin-examples/studio-starter. Fork the repo, add a folder under plugins/, and open a pull request with the proof.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Adobe familiar tool keys

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Adobe familiar tool keys

The tool letters are V A P N R O Y S L T G I U B E K J, Shift+J, M C W H Z. F1 opens the full list. The HUD at the bottom follows the tool you are holding.

omadesign0.5.8shortcuts

File and edit keys

September 23, 2026•5 min read

File and edit keys

Undo is Ctrl+Z. Redo is Ctrl+Shift+Z, and Ctrl+Y also redos. Save, open, new, place, and export sit on the usual chords. Pixel Ctrl+D clears a selection. Super+D duplicates.

omadesign0.5.8shortcuts

Arrange and transform keys

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Arrange and transform keys

Ctrl+G groups and Ctrl+Shift+G ungroups. Compound is Ctrl+8 and release is Ctrl+Shift+8. Front and back, free transform, guides, snapping, the HUD, and F1 sit on the chords beside them.

omadesign0.5.8shortcuts

View and motion keys

September 23, 2026•5 min read

View and motion keys

Ctrl+0 fits, Ctrl+1 is 100%, and Ctrl plus or minus zooms. Hold Space to pan. In Motion, Space plays, K sets keys, and Delete removes a key or the animation.

omadesign0.5.8shortcuts

Native dialogs context

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Native dialogs context

Open, save, place, and export use the desktop file dialog. Right-click the canvas for Place, Trace, and the same edits. The status bar reports copy, cut, and paste.

omadesign0.5.8shortcuts

Plugins offline docs

September 23, 2026•4 min read

Plugins offline docs

The 0.5.8 package carries Lua, the manual, the plugin guide, the creation skill, Studio starter, and the licenses. Author from the files on disk. The in-app Docs item still opens the website.

omadesign0.5.8docs

One binary not three apps

September 23, 2026•5 min read

One binary not three apps

Design, Layout, Pixel, Photo, and Motion are personas in one Linux binary. The letters V, P, T, and B stay put. F1 lists the rest while the same .oma stays open.

omadesign0.5.8personas

Vectors pixels photo motion

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Vectors pixels photo motion

Design, Pixel, Photo, and Motion share one layer stack in a .oma. Layout frames live in that file when the brief is a screen. The RAW stays beside it until you place.

omadesign0.5.8documents

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Brand kit on disk

Palettes live in .omacolors, font roles in .omatype, and logos in .omabrand/. Copy the project folder. No account is required to open the kit on another machine.

omadesign0.5.8brand

RAW sidecars not destructive

September 23, 2026•5 min read

RAW sidecars not destructive

Save settings writes .omaphoto beside the camera file and leaves the pixels alone. Whole-folder apply writes sidecars only. Place in Design when the grade should enter the poster.

omadesign0.5.8photo

Plugins without ExtendScript tax

September 23, 2026•4 min read

Plugins without ExtendScript tax

0.5.8 runs Lua plugins inside the binary. Filters, effects, icons, brushes, tools, patterns, gradients, swatches, and a batch command. One undo. No separate runtime.

omadesign0.5.8plugins

Import honesty export choice

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Import honesty export choice

Open PSD, PDF, SVG, ORA, XCF, Affinity through the bridge, and RAW. Conversion notes stay in the .oma. Export PNG at 1× 2× 3×, SVG, Lottie, PSD, PDF, and ORA. There is no native AI or Affinity writer.

omadesign0.5.8files

Cloud optional showcase explicit

September 23, 2026•5 min read

Cloud optional showcase explicit

File → Sign in is optional. Push uploads a version when you ask. Publish to the showcase is a second step by the owner. Unpublished work stays off the public gallery. The .oma remains local.

omadesign0.5.8cloud

Linux first creative suite

September 23, 2026•4 min read

Linux first creative suite

curl installs omadesign into ~/.local/bin and writes nothing to /usr. Omarchy colors, Phosphor icons, ARM64 and x86_64, offline templates, and Lua inside the 0.5.8 package.

omadesign0.5.8linux

Vanity phones and fake metrics scrubbed across five repos

September 9, 2026•2 min read

Vanity phones and fake metrics scrubbed across five repos

Follow-up: ten vanity-phone and fake-metrics issues closed. yourzaxbys and iPro dropped 555 vanity numbers; s12.in hero stats became honest capability copy; freview was a false positive; ileague metrics already fixed on main.

follow-upvanity-phonefake-metrics

Empty READMEs filled with real usage across three repos

September 9, 2026•2 min read

Empty READMEs filled with real usage across three repos

Follow-up: six content-factory-gap empty README issues closed via three PRs. animated-gradient-border, fab-analytics, and shagent now document real install/run usage. No fake stars or metrics.

follow-upreadmecontent-factory

Coming Soon shells replaced with honest status landers

September 9, 2026•2 min read

Coming Soon shells replaced with honest status landers

Follow-up: waitlist Coming Soon shells closed across hustledesk, kitchen, merchwinner, coordinatorapp, iPro-main-web, and omnux. Planned SSO and Notify forms now say Planned/not shipped or Not available yet. ileague.app still Coming Soon after lander PR (Vercel/DNS park).

follow-upcoming-soonwaitlist

LICENSE copyright aligned across ten repos

September 9, 2026•2 min read

LICENSE copyright aligned across ten repos

Follow-up: 20 issues across 10 repos closed. LICENSE copyright aligned to Michael Hurley / owning org on stripe-convex, slopops, orclawstrator, nvibe, compare, agent-os, agent-computer-use, WhisperCPPonEverything, s12.in, and ileague-app; MIT added where missing. Sample PRs stripe-convex#18 and s12.in#35.

licensecopyrightmit

hustle* suite: DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND cleared on *.vercel.app landers

September 9, 2026•2 min read

hustle* suite: DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND cleared on *.vercel.app landers

Follow-up: hustledesk/crm/convert/chat/forms #1 and hustlemail #2 closed. Packs that showed DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND now resolve on *.vercel.app hosts for desk, crm, convert, chat, forms, and mail. hustlemail also needed a PostCSS @tailwindcss/postcss fix. Custom DNS still parked overnight.

hustleverceldeployment

hms: live again on hms-cyan-six.vercel.app

September 9, 2026•2 min read

hms: live again on hms-cyan-six.vercel.app

Follow-up: hms#1 closed. Live host https://hms-cyan-six.vercel.app is up after packs flagged a missing deploy.

hmsverceldeployment

codefolio: DEPLOY.md landed, live URL still needs Convex env

September 9, 2026•2 min read

codefolio: DEPLOY.md landed, live URL still needs Convex env

Follow-up: codefolio#1 closed with DEPLOY.md only. No live URL yet; Convex env and codefolio.dev remain parked.

codefoliodeployconvex

simple: Firebase config env-only, service account wiped

September 9, 2026•2 min read

simple: Firebase config env-only, service account wiped

Follow-up: michaelmonetized/simple PR #12 closed Issue #7. Client Firebase is env-only and fails closed without logging values; serviceAccount/admin credential patterns gitignored; leftover local SA file wiped. Prior keep-Firebase notes still stand.

simplefirebasesecrets

launchpad: Clerk, Convex, and PostHog finally mount in layout

September 9, 2026•2 min read

launchpad: Clerk, Convex, and PostHog finally mount in layout

Follow-up: michaelmonetized/launchpad PR #7 closed Issue #3. Root layout mounts Clerk then Convex then PostHog; Convex uses @clerk/nextjs useAuth matching clerkMiddleware. Soft-guards when env is unset. Providers are no longer orphan files.

launchpadclerkconvex

mission-control-os: pending Clerk auth and agency create timeout

September 9, 2026•2 min read

mission-control-os: pending Clerk auth and agency create timeout

Follow-up: Hustle-Launch/mission-control-os PR #64 (d09322c) closed Issues #50 and #51. Shared auth hooks keep pending sessions from looking signed-out on AgencyGate/PortalGate/cockpit; agency org create/select gets a hard timeout plus error instead of infinite Working. Prod redeploy still blocked on bad VERCEL_TOKEN (infra).

mission-control-osclerkauth

MyBathroomConversion: WP File Manager gone, Salespromis key moved to env

September 9, 2026•2 min read

MyBathroomConversion: WP File Manager gone, Salespromis key moved to env

Follow-up: HurleyUS/www.mybathroomconversion.com PR #7 (928819d) closed Issues #4 and #5. Removed vendored WP File Manager 7.2.9 (~906 files) and moved Salespromis Opt In onto SALESPROMIS_API_KEY env/constant. Rotate the old key; set env before leads post again.

mybathroomconversionwordpresssecurity

BestWNC: I built a WNC directory that returns null instead of fake analytics

September 8, 2026•4 min read

BestWNC: I built a WNC directory that returns null instead of fake analytics

BestWNC is the WNC directory where listings start free and owner analytics return null when the measurement layer cannot defend a chart. September 8 shipped honest null availability, claim/billing hardening, and honeypots after spam flooded the inbox.

bestwnclocal-directorywestern-north-carolina

omadesign: I shipped a native Linux design suite in 13 days

September 8, 2026•4 min read

omadesign: I shipped a native Linux design suite in 13 days

omadesign is a native Rust + egui studio with Design, Pixel, Photo, and Motion personas on one document and layer stack. Four alphas in thirteen days, glibc 2.35 tarballs for aarch64 and x86_64, still alpha and shipping without Electron.

omadesignrustlinux

GetAt.Me: I replaced the link list with a relationship console

September 8, 2026•4 min read

GetAt.Me: I replaced the link list with a relationship console

getat.me is a relationship-first link-in-bio: Next.js + Convex contacts and booking rails, not just clicks. Honest about what is live vs scaffold.

getat.melink-in-bioconvex

Naarchy 0.4.0: Preferences, doctor, and the privacy pass

September 3, 2026•5 min read

Naarchy 0.4.0: Preferences, doctor, and the privacy pass

Update 2026-09-09: Naarchy 0.4.0 is tagged on GitHub (v0.4.0 / f95ce49). Preferences, naarchy doctor, atomic stores, travel opt-in, IPC cleanup, 86 tests. EXTEND after the Sep 3 island post.

naarchylinuxhyprland

I rebuilt the Omarchy site in TanStack Start in three days

September 3, 2026•3 min read

I rebuilt the Omarchy site in TanStack Start in three days

I ported the Omarchy marketing site and full manual into TanStack Start — 52 chapters, 16 news posts, Quattro hero etch, Vercel URL. Not the OS. The site.

omarchytanstack-starttanstack-router

Naarchy: a Dynamic Island for Linux that owns the notch

September 3, 2026•3 min read

Naarchy: a Dynamic Island for Linux that owns the notch

I built a native GTK4 Dynamic Island for Omarchy and Hyprland. It fills the 16" M1 Pro camera hole, grows ears for a live timer, and takes over the screen when the countdown hits zero.

naarchylinuxomarchy

uncap.us: I rebuilt the social layer around the repo

August 31, 2026•5 min read

uncap.us: I rebuilt the social layer around the repo

I spent eight months turning a file-cabinet Git host into a repo-native work hub — Lens, origin sync, CLI/UnGit, TanStack Start. Live at uncap.us.

uncapdevtoolstanstack

Mack's BBQ Shack: I built a Main Street site that still feels like the pit

August 30, 2026•4 min read

Mack's BBQ Shack: I built a Main Street site that still feels like the pit

Mack's Shack BBQ is a private Next 16 / Bun / Convex / Resend Canton pit site with a condensation-glass hero, skeuomorphic chalkboard menu, and catering leads from notify@uncap.us. Live on www.macksbbqshack.com; sixty-seven commits through the Aug 30 Resend fix.

macks-bbq-shacknextjsconvex

Omnux: I wired Linux for Apple silicon without lying about the GPU

August 27, 2026•5 min read

Omnux: I wired Linux for Apple silicon without lying about the GPU

Omnux is the HurleyUS Linux-on-Apple-Silicon umbrella: truth table for what installs today, software-render honesty on M3, and the monorepo that coordinates docs, GPU, and report siblings.

omnuxasahiomarchy

WNC History Tours: I shipped the booking shell before the tour pages existed

August 27, 2026•6 min read

WNC History Tours: I shipped the booking shell before the tour pages existed

omnux-report is an offline MIT Shell diagnostics tool (HEAD f9729a6) that ships a consenting redacted .tar.zst + SHA256 for Omnux on Apple Silicon, with SEP structure only. Validated on a real M1 Pro Omarchy box plus a ten-check fixture harness; mx-mac packaging and owner release still open.

omnux-reportomnuxasahi

slopops: I put my whole ops stack in one Omarchy bar popup

August 26, 2026•4 min read

slopops: I put my whole ops stack in one Omarchy bar popup

slopops is a public Omarchy Quickshell bar widget (0.1.0, HEAD after two 2026-08-26 commits) with one icon and five tabs (Fleet / Deploys / Sentry / Traffic / Issues), bash JSON fetchers, optional secrets.env, and a badge that goes red/yellow/green without opening another Electron tray.

slopopsomarchyqml

Hurleyus: I put Catppuccin Mocha in Hurley rally livery on Omarchy

August 26, 2026•5 min read

Hurleyus: I put Catppuccin Mocha in Hurley rally livery on Omarchy

Hurleyus is the Omarchy Catppuccin Mocha theme pack with rally walls, Plymouth unlock, and an Asahi U-Boot 160x160 splash patch. Four commits; last push 65f4da3. Omarchy 4.0.2+ drops hyprland.lua unless you clone + symlink.

hurleyusomarchycatppuccin

omnux-gpu: I opened an MIT siege for M3 pixels and refused to call it a driver

August 24, 2026•6 min read

omnux-gpu: I opened an MIT siege for M3 pixels and refused to call it a driver

omnux-gpu is the clean-room MIT attempt at Apple M3 AGX: scaffold, fifteen public issues, capture-first method. No working driver. Hardware is the bottleneck.

omnux-gpuomnuxasahi

twelveux: I hosted a shadcn registry and shipped Glass in one afternoon

August 15, 2026•3 min read

twelveux: I hosted a shadcn registry and shipped Glass in one afternoon

I stood up twelveux: a hosted shadcn registry with Max, a phi Catppuccin theme, and pen.dev Glass. Playground on Vercel. Five commits. Same day.

twelveuxshadcnglass

HMS: I replaced WordPress + Elementor with a live site that is the editor

August 14, 2026•4 min read

HMS: I replaced WordPress + Elementor with a live site that is the editor

I built HMS (Hustle Management System) so pages, blog, shop, and blueprints are block trees on Vite+ / React 19 / Convex / Clerk. Same URL for visitors and ?edit=1 for operators. Six commits. Version 0.0.0.

hmshustle-management-systempage-builder

Best Jeep Decals: I shipped a dark-first vinyl storefront for Jeep identity

August 8, 2026•6 min read

Best Jeep Decals: I shipped a dark-first vinyl storefront for Jeep identity

Private Next.js 16 Jeep vinyl e-commerce: Convex catalog, Clerk auth, Stripe checkout, wishlist, reviews. 30 seeded SKUs at $29.99. Live at bestjeepdecals.com.

best-jeep-decalsnextjsconvex

reaferral: I built a free referral tracker so agents stop bleeding commissions into spreadsheets

August 8, 2026•5 min read

reaferral: I built a free referral tracker so agents stop bleeding commissions into spreadsheets

Reaferral is an agent referral platform: who sent it, what fee attaches, where it sits in the pipeline. Accountability, not a CRM dump.

reaferralreal-estatereferrals

Your ZAXBYS: I built a franchise ops platform so the store and the above-store stop living in different spreadsheets

August 8, 2026•5 min read

Your ZAXBYS: I built a franchise ops platform so the store and the above-store stop living in different spreadsheets

I shipped Your ZAXBYS as a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk franchise management platform (employees, stores, schedules, CAPs, audits) with a public marketing lander and a private dashboard, package 1.0.0, 46 commits, HEAD 705473f.

yourzaxbyszaxbysfranchise

WNC History Tours: I shipped the booking shell before the tour pages existed

August 8, 2026•4 min read

WNC History Tours: I shipped the booking shell before the tour pages existed

WNC History Tours is my Western North Carolina history-tour directory (Next.js 16, Convex, Clerk, Stripe deps). Homepage + schema + Blacksmith CI shipped; tour detail and checkout still missing. Domain answers Cloudflare 526.

wnc-history-tourswestern-north-carolinaasheville

modern-design-playground: I left agents running for ten hours and they rebuilt nine worlds

August 8, 2026•5 min read

modern-design-playground: I left agents running for ten hours and they rebuilt nine worlds

I shipped waynesville.yourzaxbys.com as a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk single-store portal for 424 Russ Ave: public events/careers/community out front, live shift metrics, Steritech CAPs, hiring, training, and attendance behind the door. Package 0.1.0, 235 commits, HEAD c9f97b7. Not the franchise SaaS sibling.

waynesvilleyourzaxbyszaxbys

The National NC: live NC news feeds before the bias AI ships

August 8, 2026•3 min read

The National NC: live NC news feeds before the bias AI ships

TheNationalNC ships live RSS before the bias-AI story: real feeds on the page, model claims parked until the pipes work.

thenationalncnorth-carolinanews-aggregator

s12.in: I shipped a short domain that tracks clicks and hosts files

August 8, 2026•4 min read

s12.in: I shipped a short domain that tracks clicks and hosts files

s12.in is a private HurleyUS shortener + file host on Next 16.1.6, Convex, and Clerk with geo/device click recording and a 302 redirect spine. HEAD d6c074f; hero stats are still static JSX; Clerk on the observed deploy is pk_test.

s12.inurl-shortenerfile-hosting

Monarch Mountain Foundations: I migrated WordPress to Next — DNS still serves PHP

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Monarch Mountain Foundations: I migrated WordPress to Next — DNS still serves PHP

Monarch Mountain Foundations is a full Next rebuild (Resend, Schema, gallery, CSP) whose www still serves PHP/8.3.33 on LiteSpeed while the Vercel alias sits with main auto-deploy off. HEAD c7e4e30; homepage motion still hotlinks wp-content.

monarch-mountain-foundationshighlands-nccashiers-nc

mockup-gallery: I shipped 10 industry mockups as a cold-outreach portfolio

August 8, 2026•2 min read

mockup-gallery: I shipped 10 industry mockups as a cold-outreach portfolio

I stood up mockup-gallery — ten conversion-focused industry landers in one tabbed Next.js 16 gallery for HurleyUS cold outreach. Live on Vercel. Tailwind v4 fight, then Blacksmith/Fallow/Sentry/PostHog, then index,follow.

mockup-galleryhurleyuscold-outreach

MerchWinner: I shipped a POD course marketplace before the catalog had courses

August 8, 2026•3 min read

MerchWinner: I shipped a POD course marketplace before the catalog had courses

I shipped MerchWinner as a POD course marketplace on Next.js + Convex + Clerk + Stripe: catalog, checkout, and course rails in one stack, not a Google Sheet.

merchwinnerprint-on-demandcourse-marketplace

modern-design-playground: I left agents running for ten hours and they rebuilt nine worlds

August 8, 2026•3 min read

modern-design-playground: I left agents running for ten hours and they rebuilt nine worlds

I shipped a WebGL instrument homepage and nine landing worlds, then left a marathon agent loop overnight after WebGL went blank. Live on mdp-seven.vercel.app.

modern-design-playgroundwebglthreejs

Kings Roofing NC: I didn't redesign the WordPress site — I lifted it to Next.js

August 8, 2026•3 min read

Kings Roofing NC: I didn't redesign the WordPress site — I lifted it to Next.js

Kings Roofing NC is a pixel-faithful WordPress-to-Next lift that kept #FF7620, the lion, color pickers, and metal-structure tree under Hustle-Launch/kingsroofingnc.com. Working surface is kingsroofingnccom.vercel.app (apex Cloudflare 526); HEAD 984746b.

kingsroofingncwordpress-migrationnextjs

iLeague.golf: I built Patreon meets 18Birdies for golf creators — and left Clerk on pk_test

August 8, 2026•4 min read

iLeague.golf: I built Patreon meets 18Birdies for golf creators — and left Clerk on pk_test

iLeague.golf is the HurleyUS golf creator platform: Patreon-meets-18Birdies with Stripe tiers and a fifteen percent fee. Distinct from the iTour national tour lander.

ileagueileague-golfgolf

hurleyus.com: I shipped the parent site as a performance-pay membership lander

August 8, 2026•2 min read

hurleyus.com: I shipped the parent site as a performance-pay membership lander

HurleyUS.com is live as a membership-growth revenue partner lander for private and resort golf clubs — Next.js 16, Resend, Sentry, optional Convex — after an A/B flip that kept HomeA.

hurleyusgolfmembership

GetFarmin: I scaffolded a farm equipment marketplace with escrow math first

August 8, 2026•4 min read

GetFarmin: I scaffolded a farm equipment marketplace with escrow math first

I scaffolded GetFarmin as a Next.js farm-equipment marketplace with Convex listings and Clerk: tractor/implement catalog path, not a $49 SaaS seat. Honest about Connect onboarding still unfinished.

getfarminfarm-equipmentmarketplace

EverythingMonetized: I built a parody LMS where course bros sell courses about selling courses

August 8, 2026•4 min read

EverythingMonetized: I built a parody LMS where course bros sell courses about selling courses

I shipped EverythingMonetized.com, a Next.js 16 + Convex parody LMS with 5 AI course-bro personas, 10 absurd courses, admin CRUD, and a purchase flow that admits nothing ships, then left the live catalog at Showing 0 of 0 because Convex never got seeded on Vercel.

everythingmonetizedparodysatire

DJ Side Three: WNC wedding DJ funnel after cutting Clerk

August 8, 2026•3 min read

DJ Side Three: WNC wedding DJ funnel after cutting Clerk

djsidethree.com is a purple Next.js wedding-DJ landing with $500 / $1,200 / $1,500 packages, Convex inquiry, and an admin board. Feb 27 ripped Clerk, Turnstile, and Sentry to kill a production 500. Zod, rate limits, and Phosphor stayed.

djsidethreewedding-djwestern-north-carolina

Cravees: I built a catering martech agency site with dual pricing honesty

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Cravees: I built a catering martech agency site with dual pricing honesty

I built Cravees, a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk catering marketing agency site, with $299-$999 packages on the page and a different Stripe bronze/silver/gold ladder in code. Lead enums, ROI calculator, newsletter double opt-in. Live on www.cravees.com.

craveescateringmartech

Coordinator: I shipped an API queue control plane before the queue worker existed

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Coordinator: I shipped an API queue control plane before the queue worker existed

CoordinatorApp is an API queue control plane on Next.js + Convex: jobs, workers, and status you can operate, not a package demo.

coordinatorcoordinatorappapi-queue

Convex NextFaster: I swapped Neon for a Convex e-commerce template before the demo store existed

August 8, 2026•1 min read

Convex NextFaster: I swapped Neon for a Convex e-commerce template before the demo store existed

I took NextFaster PPR/prefetch DNA, ripped out Neon/Drizzle storefront pages, and shipped a public Convex + Clerk + Stripe + Sentry + PostHog + Resend e-commerce template with ~1.1k lines of Convex schema/mutations and a marketing homepage that still links to a /products route that does not exist yet.

convex-nextfasternextfasternextjs

Citation Manager: I built an Uberall competitor with 958 directories — and left auth on three stacks

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Citation Manager: I built an Uberall competitor with 958 directories — and left auth on three stacks

HurleyUS/citation-manager is an Uberall-framed local listings SaaS with a real 958-row directories.json registry, Convex schema, and 83 commits to HEAD 78e9fb1. Pack-day probe: citation-manager-pi.vercel.app returns 500 MIDDLEWARE_INVOCATION_FAILED.

citation-managercitationslocal-seo

BreazyApp pocket PEO draft pack

August 8, 2026•1 min read

BreazyApp pocket PEO draft pack

Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk pocket PEO for chain restaurants. Four portals, live waitlist, field protection, billing UI without stripe package. HEAD 2402b35.

Bar-B-Que Wagon: I built a Bryson City Main Street smokehouse site

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Bar-B-Que Wagon: I built a Bryson City Main Street smokehouse site

Bar-B-Que Wagon is a Next 16 / Bun / Convex / Resend smokehouse site for 610 Main St, Bryson City, with Zod catering leads and Yelp plates in the repo. Live on barbquewagoncom.vercel.app; apex DNS still dark; thirty-eight commits through the Aug 8 robots header.

barbquewagonbar-b-que-wagonnextjs

Appalachian Estate Sales: I rebuilt the Elementor site in Next before the gallery existed

August 8, 2026•3 min read

Appalachian Estate Sales: I rebuilt the Elementor site in Next before the gallery existed

Appalachian Estate Sales is a private Next.js 16.1.7 + Convex + Resend rebuild (HEAD 7a87d72, 24 commits) with seven routes and live lead capture on www.appestatesales.com. Previous/Upcoming still embed Facebook; README still says Convex/Resend are coming soon.

appalachian-estate-salesappestatesaleselementor

SantaBox.org: I rebuilt a BestWNC copy-paste into a Christmas charity lootbox platform

August 8, 2026•3 min read

SantaBox.org: I rebuilt a BestWNC copy-paste into a Christmas charity lootbox platform

SantaBox.org is a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk + Stripe Christmas gift-box charity rebuilt from a BestWNC directory copy-paste into a donate/wishlist/partner stack. Feb 13 deleted fabricated nonprofit logos before they became a liability. HEAD 67712cb.

santaboxcharitychristmas

shipthing: I named it for shipping rates and shipped a contacts spine instead

August 8, 2026•3 min read

shipthing: I named it for shipping rates and shipped a contacts spine instead

ShipThing is the public michaelmonetized/shipthing spine: Next 16.1.1, Clerk, Convex contacts, Resend lead mail, Sentry, PostHog, and proxy.ts. Thirty-nine commits; HEAD 9f91d97. PLAN.md still lists unchecked USPS/UPS/FedEx boxes.

shipthingnextjsconvex

mission-control: I built a p10k Go TUI for the whole portfolio — not the agent thread plane

August 8, 2026•2 min read

mission-control: I built a p10k Go TUI for the whole portfolio — not the agent thread plane

Mission Control is the public Go Bubble Tea mc TUI for Vercel, git, Swift, and GitHub across a local portfolio, separate from Hurley Mission Control's Convex human|agent plane. Phase 1 is the local strip; Phase 2 scaffolds metered Fly VMs and BYO Claude without claiming the other product's name.

mission-controlgobubbletea

$glass-design-system: I shipped Apple SVG refraction, not the WebGL registry$

August 8, 2026•4 min read

glass-design-system: I shipped Apple SVG refraction, not the WebGL registry

March 2026 I built a Next.js 16 glass design system with SVG feDisplacementMap Apple Liquid Glass, animated conic borders, jelly nav, and an 80+ Catppuccin showcase, live on Vercel. Distinct from twelveux WebGL Glass.

glass-design-systemapple-glasssvg

ascii-commit-graph: GitHub's heatmap in my terminal — then I made the cd hook fast

July 31, 2026•1 min read

ascii-commit-graph: GitHub's heatmap in my terminal — then I made the cd hook fast

ascii-commit-graph is a public 209-line shell heatmap (README V1.0.4, HEAD 9221b76) with a zoxide cd hook and a Jul 2026 single-git log / one-GraphQL fast path. ROADMAP release checkbox still open; install snippet still mentions michael-k/.

ascii-commit-graphbashcli

niri-macos: I ported niri's scrollable tiling to macOS, then wrote an autopsy on my own Swift

June 22, 2026•3 min read

niri-macos: I ported niri's scrollable tiling to macOS, then wrote an autopsy on my own Swift

Native Swift 0.1.0 port of YaLTeR/niri's infinite horizontal strip to macOS via Accessibility APIs: four commits, ~226KB Swift, AUTOPSY.md roasting the early prototype, then nightly commits that answered it with 112 tests, ConfigManager, and a NiriCore library split. HEAD d21a739.

niri-macosniriswift

iTour.golf: I rewrote the national creator-tour lander for May 2027 — production still serves the 2026 fake season

June 22, 2026•5 min read

iTour.golf: I rewrote the national creator-tour lander for May 2027 — production still serves the 2026 fake season

iTour.golf is the HurleyUS national golf creator tour, separate from the iLeague creator platform. Repo HEAD markets a 36-week 2027 season; live www still shows a 2026 story. No Stripe in the web package.

itouritour-golfgolf

Kitchen: I built a cloud project store where files are rows and disk is a Mirror — no git

June 22, 2026•1 min read

Kitchen: I built a cloud project store where files are rows and disk is a Mirror — no git

Kitchen is a public Next 16.2.9 + Convex + Clerk + Mirror project store (HEAD 97bec56, 34 commits, web 0.1.0) aimed at live sync without git ceremony verbs. Marketing routes return 200; discover/vision/mission still 404 and the working tree is dirty.

kitchencloud-nativesync

Codefolio: I shipped a GitHub-sync portfolio SaaS with 4k lines of specs — and claimed a domain that isn't mine

June 22, 2026•3 min read

Codefolio: I shipped a GitHub-sync portfolio SaaS with 4k lines of specs — and claimed a domain that isn't mine

Private michaelmonetized/codefolio is a Next.js 16 + Clerk + Convex developer portfolio platform: /:username public pages, resume, dashboard analytics, Free/$9 Pro/$29 Team. Three commits. Marketing OG points at codefolio.dev, which currently serves someone else's portfolio. HEAD c499a72.

codefoliodeveloper-portfoliogithub-sync

HustlePay: guest claim tokens before the framework adapters stopped being TODOs

June 22, 2026•1 min read

HustlePay: guest claim tokens before the framework adapters stopped being TODOs

Private michaelmonetized/hustlepay is auth-agnostic Stripe + Convex payments glue. One nightly commit shipped hp_guest_sessions claim tokens, Pay/ClaimAccount in @core, and seven hp_* tables — while @hustlepay/react still exports VERSION only.

hustlepaystripeconvex

bundx-init: every Next.js repo gets https://<repo>.localhost via Caddy

June 22, 2026•2 min read

bundx-init: every Next.js repo gets https://<repo>.localhost via Caddy

bundx-init is a public curl-install shell CLI (HEAD c8b59ad, 3 commits) that gives each Next repo a hashed *.localhost HTTPS origin via Caddy and allowedDevOrigins. Fixture basic-next lands on port 6422; no live web app.

bundx-initnextjscaddy

bashformer: terminal Flappy Bird in Ink — after I deleted the C/SDL pile

June 22, 2026•1 min read

bashformer: terminal Flappy Bird in Ink — after I deleted the C/SDL pile

bashformer is a public dual-stack TTY game: Ink Flappy in index.tsx (~263 LOC) and a pure-bash Nerd Font platformer in bashformer.sh (~314 LOC). HEAD 541d2bc, 21 commits, Unreleased; Feb 21 deleted the C/SDL pile and fixed Pipe.scored.

bashformerflappy-birdink

compare: back-to-back time lies — so I git-isolated the benchmark

June 22, 2026•3 min read

compare: back-to-back time lies — so I git-isolated the benchmark

Public michaelmonetized/compare is an 825-line bash CLI that snapshots a dirty tree, runs each command on its own compare/<slug> branch from a shared baseline, and logs POSIX time. Motivating examples: biome vs oxlint. VERSION 0.1.0. 3 commits. HEAD c5dbcd6. Second nightly is an empty tree.

nvibe: I wired Cursor Agent + CodeRabbit into Neovim, then fought the window manager until "it works!"

June 22, 2026•4 min read

nvibe: I wired Cursor Agent + CodeRabbit into Neovim, then fought the window manager until "it works!"

nvibe is a public Lua Neovim plugin (HEAD 56d0152, 35 commits) that auto-lays out Cursor Agent + CodeRabbit on the left and LazyGit/shells on the bottom with a hard NvChad dependency. Arc runs from Product Hunt README through "it works!" window-management hell, NvimTree #4/#5 fixes, a GitHub Actions gate that got deleted for "Vercel is our only CI/CD," and June 22 nightlies. HEAD 56d0152.

nvibeneovimnvim

hustlemail.com: $8/mo email-marketing lander with missing /signup

June 22, 2026•2 min read

hustlemail.com: $8/mo email-marketing lander with missing /signup

Private Next 16 marketing shell for HustleMail (Free / $8 Pro / $24 Business, Mailchimp vs ConvertKit comparison table, docs index full of dead child links, CTAs to /signup and /login that do not exist). No README. 3 commits. HEAD ab984f2. Sibling Resend+Convex hustlemail mail client is a different repo.

hustlemail-comhustlemailemail-marketing

Sonny's Shining: I wrote a rubber-hose beat-em-up tragedy before I picked an engine

June 22, 2026•5 min read

Sonny's Shining: I wrote a rubber-hose beat-em-up tragedy before I picked an engine

I shipped Sonny's Shining as a Fleischer-noir beat-em-up bible (GDD, novel, screenplay) plus a Next.js 16 newspaper site with an $8 Stripe preorder aimed at Christmas 2026.

sonnys-shiningindie-gamebeat-em-up

orclawstrator: I built the OpenClaw command center in Swift, then archived it for a Go TUI

June 22, 2026•4 min read

orclawstrator: I built the OpenClaw command center in Swift, then archived it for a Go TUI

Orclawstrator is the dual-runtime OpenClaw agent command center: Feb 2026 Swift AppKit plus SQLite and Gateway WS on :3377, then a Jun nightly that archived AppKit under swift-appkit/ and made the Bubble Tea TUI the recommended surface on the same ~/.orclawstrator/cache.db. Eight commits. HEAD 01d9a20. Separate from mission-control and hurley-mission-control.

orclawstratoropenclawswift

iPro.golf: the golf course & resort marketing agency lander — not iLeague, not iTour

June 22, 2026•5 min read

iPro.golf: the golf course & resort marketing agency lander — not iLeague, not iTour

HurleyUS/iPro-main-web is the live agency site for courses and resorts (ipro.golf): Next 16 pages, retainers $1,997 to $9,997+, ecosystem Coming Soon shells, iconference.golf rewritten to /iconf. Sibling vault michaelmonetized/iPro was SKIP. Distinct from ileague creator SaaS and itour season lander. 10 commits, HEAD b8dfdba.

iproipro-golfgolf-marketing

hustledesk.com: $8 flat helpdesk lander vs WordPress domain

June 22, 2026•3 min read

hustledesk.com: $8 flat helpdesk lander vs WordPress domain

hustledesk-com is a three-commit Next 16 lander selling $8 flat helpdesk tickets while hustledesk.com still serves a WordPress Make extra income parking page. The app subdomain 301s to that WordPress home; the Vercel project alias is DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND.

hustledesk-comhustledeskhelpdesk

redactthing: streamer PII Chrome extension that still ships unused jQuery and a 404 lander

June 22, 2026•1 min read

redactthing: streamer PII Chrome extension that still ships unused jQuery and a 404 lander

Public michaelmonetized/redactthing is a Manifest V3 Chrome extension for streamers: one-click redact/blur/mask/hide of emails, phones, and custom PII via MutationObserver. HEAD 5c4661c. 7 commits. June 22 nightly rewrote foreground.js to vanilla JS — jquery.js stays in the manifest unused. Google Sites fails on iframe piles. hustlelaunch.com/redactthing 404s. ROADMAP describes a different product.

redactthingchrome-extensionmanifest-v3

shipprep: default APPLY for the HurleyUS JS shipping standard

June 22, 2026•1 min read

shipprep: default APPLY for the HurleyUS JS shipping standard

Private Bun CLI (403-line bin/shipprep.mts) that migrates a Next/Bun project root onto Biome+tsgo scripts, Caddy localhost helpers, freview pre-push, Blacksmith ship.yml, and vercel.json with Git auto-deploys disabled on main/master. --audit is opt-in. 6 commits. HEAD c35a9d8.

Assessment-Toolbar: pink SEO chrome bar that promises Lighthouse and double-injects itself

June 22, 2026•1 min read

Assessment-Toolbar: pink SEO chrome bar that promises Lighthouse and double-injects itself

Assessment-Toolbar is a public Chrome MV3 pink SEO strip (HEAD 9652620, 6 commits, GPL-3.0) that ships SpyFu through Whois helpers but zero Lighthouse links despite Manifest/README claims. background.js dual-loads content.js; hustlelaunch.com/assessment-toolbar is 404.

assessment-toolbarmarketing-assessmentschrome-extension

freview: README says five reviews — REVIEW.md actually stitches six

June 22, 2026•3 min read

freview: README says five reviews — REVIEW.md actually stitches six

freview (@hurleyus/freview 0.1.0, HEAD 23237d9, 22 commits) is a public zsh pre-push gate that always writes six REVIEW.md sections even though README still sells Five reviews, with observability as the undocumented sixth plus a Claude fallow-gate rewrite to push-only.

freviewfallowscribe

hustleconvert.com: $8/mo popup lander, OptinMonster table, NXDOMAIN

June 22, 2026•2 min read

hustleconvert.com: $8/mo popup lander, OptinMonster table, NXDOMAIN

Private michaelmonetized/hustleconvert-com is a Next 16 popup marketing shell (Free / $8 Pro / $24 Team, OptinMonster vs Sumo table, docs index of dead child links). Auth CTAs point at app.hustleconvert.com; claimed domain NXDOMAIN; vercel.app DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND. Stock create-next-app README. 3 commits. HEAD a5d3f13.

hustleconvert-comhustleconvertpopups

hustlechat.com: Intercom-alt lander that claims Convex with no Convex dep

June 22, 2026•1 min read

hustlechat.com: Intercom-alt lander that claims Convex with no Convex dep

Private Next 16 live-chat marketing shell — Free/$0 · Teams $8 · Premium $18 · Enterprise $28 vs Intercom $74+/Drift $2,500+/Crisp $25+. Copy says powered by Convex; package.json has next/react only. Fake @hustlechat/* SDKs, github.com/hustlechat 404, app/cdn NXDOMAIN. Live hustlechat.com is GoDaddy parkweb (/lander). Demo ChatWidget is setState. 3 commits. HEAD a570134.

hustlechat-comhustlechatlive-chat

buffer-cli: wp-to-buffer-pro parity in the terminal — OAuth, no scrape

June 22, 2026•1 min read

buffer-cli: wp-to-buffer-pro parity in the terminal — OAuth, no scrape

buffer-cli is a public Bun + commander CLI (HEAD 778ecaf, 3 commits, ~1892 LOC) with WPZinc-shaped OAuth via localhost:9876 into ~/.buffer-cli. Gaps: no queue.ts, no --from, token refresh TODO, CHANGELOG still Unreleased.

buffer-clibuffercli

hustlecrm.com: $8/user CRM lander vs legacy PHP login domain

June 22, 2026•3 min read

hustlecrm.com: $8/user CRM lander vs legacy PHP login domain

Private Next 16 marketing shell for HustleCRM (HEAD 2c50bbb, 3 commits): HubSpot/Pipedrive/Salesforce comparison, $8/user/mo Pro + 14-day free trial, Kanban demo chrome, docs/API cards with hash hrefs. Live hustlecrm.com still serves a 2023 Bootstrap PHP login; Vercel aliases 404.

hustlecrm-comhustlecrmcrm

animated-gradient-border: transparent glass with a spinning conic ring

June 22, 2026•3 min read

animated-gradient-border: transparent glass with a spinning conic ring

animated-gradient-border is a public CSS lab (HEAD 5e9b611, 5 commits, empty README) that keeps a spinning conic ring via mask-composite: exclude so the video plate shows through the middle. Sibling to glass-design-system AnimatedBorder; open index.html locally.

animated-gradient-bordercssglassmorphism

hustleforms.com: $8/mo CRM form lander, Typeform table, NXDOMAIN

June 22, 2026•3 min read

hustleforms.com: $8/mo CRM form lander, Typeform table, NXDOMAIN

Private michaelmonetized/hustleforms-com is a Next 16 marketing shell (Free / $8 Pro / $24 Business, Typeform/Jotform/Wufoo table, docs hash-anchor index). CTAs hit local /signup|/login|/contact with no pages; hustleforms.com NXDOMAIN; vercel.app DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND. Stock create-next-app README. 3 commits. HEAD 80c54f4.

hustleforms-comhustleformsforms

mkproject: bash scaffold that ships .env-safe git init + RUNAFTER

June 22, 2026•1 min read

mkproject: bash scaffold that ships .env-safe git init + RUNAFTER

Public 76-line Shell CLI that copies ~/.config/mkproject/template, git inits with branch+commit message from .env, and runs RUNAFTER (default code .). The tool that created empty-junk siblings mkproject-1 and 49. 9 commits. HEAD 321012c.

mkprojectbashcli

new-design-gallery: I shipped a catalog UX, not another tabbed lander kit

June 22, 2026•1 min read

new-design-gallery: I shipped a catalog UX, not another tabbed lander kit

I stood up new-design-gallery — Embla carousel, category filters, Radix lightbox, Web Share/clipboard, and per-slug detail routes for 11 catalog cards. Live on new-design-gallery.vercel.app. Same March 28 day as mockup-gallery; different product.

new-design-gallerydesign-gallerynextjs

WhisperCPPonEverything: Ctrl+W streaming STT menubar, cyan glow, whisper-stream

June 22, 2026•2 min read

WhisperCPPonEverything: Ctrl+W streaming STT menubar, cyan glow, whisper-stream

Private Swift Package macOS menubar dictation (WhisperCPPonEverything 2.0.0, HEAD d33e5e2, 11 commits): Ctrl+W toggles idle/streaming, spawns Homebrew whisper-stream + ggml-medium, injects via CGEvent with suffix-prefix dedupe and a soft cyan 20-layer glow, plus macOS 15+ listen/post event access. README still describes the batch orange/silence path; renamed from VoiceType.

whispercpponeverythingwhisper.cppwhisper-stream

neovim-ide: the GIGACHAD of NvChad is a tmux layout (ollama ASCII, cursor-agent reality)

June 22, 2026•4 min read

neovim-ide: the GIGACHAD of NvChad is a tmux layout (ollama ASCII, cursor-agent reality)

Public michaelmonetized/neovim-ide: zsh + tmux launcher that builds an IDE-shaped pane grid (Agent | Neovim | Tasks/Git + Console/Terminal). Banner still draws ollama; init starts cursor-agent. README says MIT, LICENSE.md is GPL-3.0, package.json ISC. install.sh is 0 bytes. Ink CLI never calls tmux. 9 commits. HEAD 38ed773.

neovim-ideneovimnvim

devhost: Ink TUI + Caddy :80 multi-project .localhost manager

June 22, 2026•1 min read

devhost: Ink TUI + Caddy :80 multi-project .localhost manager

Private michaelmonetized/devhost is a Bun+Ink host manager: sequential ports from 3001, /etc/hosts DEVHOST markers, Caddy :80 reverse_proxy to each project, start/stop/open lifecycle + TUI. 1 commit (+1426). HEAD db69995. Live config still lists bestwnc-com.localhost. Distinct from bundx-init HTTPS Next patcher.

devhostcaddyink

shagent: Bun MCP + OpenRouter free loop after I deleted the Zsh shell harness

June 22, 2026•2 min read

shagent: Bun MCP + OpenRouter free loop after I deleted the Zsh shell harness

Public michaelmonetized/shagent: May init was a 258-line Zsh THOUGHT/COMMAND OpenRouter harness (rg/fd/eza/bat, mcp-cli, qmd). Jun 22 nightly deleted src/shagent.sh and shipped Bun CLI + MCP filesystem client + OpenRouter JSON tool loop (max 15 turns, default openrouter/free). Empty README. Marketing index.html is fiction (Rusty P. Shackelford). 3 commits. HEAD 61ecd7d. Sibling orclawstrator is a different repo.

shagentbuntypescript

nfglyph: Bun raw-ANSI Nerd Font picker — fuzzy names, Linux quit fixed

June 3, 2026•2 min read

nfglyph: Bun raw-ANSI Nerd Font picker — fuzzy names, Linux quit fixed

Public michaelmonetized/nfglyph: zero-dep Bun TUI glyph picker with vim motions. Jan 30 shipped Unicode range-scan + hex search; Jun 1 upgraded to Nerd Fonts 3.4.0 glyphs.json (50,174 named) + fuzzyMatch; Jun 3 fixed Linux quit (keepAlive vs process.exit) and clipboard cascade pbcopy->wl-copy->xclip->xsel. README still says 15k+ / hex-only. 4 commits. HEAD 1dfdc82.

nfglyphnerd-fontsglyph-picker

svganimator: Electron Svgator clone → Canaveral monorepo SVG keyframe studio

May 14, 2026•2 min read

svganimator: Electron Svgator clone → Canaveral monorepo SVG keyframe studio

Public HurleyUS/svganimator: May 3 Electron Svgator-inspired animator + inspiration scrape; May 4 exports + migrate to Bun Canaveral monorepo. HEAD keeps package name canaveral but product identity SVG Animator; @canaveral/svg (963 LOC Zod schemas, svg/lottie/gif/mkv), TanStack web studio, Electron shell, Expo card. 13 commits. HEAD 86bb4a2. Sibling surfaces: private HurleyUS/canaveral launch pad; local draw-on Bun SVGanimator; tsxsvg plan-only.

svganimatorsvganimation

Canaveral: Bun TanStack Start launch pad — web, Electron, Expo, Caddy

May 14, 2026•1 min read

Canaveral: Bun TanStack Start launch pad — web, Electron, Expo, Caddy

Canaveral is a private HurleyUS Bun monorepo launch pad (TanStack Start web, Electron, Expo, shared) with in-repo Caddy at canaveral.localhost:5337 and a ten-check freview gate. HEAD df2c041; eleven commits; AGENTS.md still oversells the Biome to house to freview path while package.json lint is oxlint-only.

canaveraltanstack-starttanstack-router

HurleyUS Agent SOP: Ship or shut up, OpenClaw memory layers, DHH gstack mandate

March 31, 2026•3 min read

HurleyUS Agent SOP: Ship or shut up, OpenClaw memory layers, DHH gstack mandate

Public single-file AGENT_SOP.md (548 lines, v1.0, HEAD c418e5e, 2 commits) for HurleyUS agents: Ship or shut up, ~/.openclaw/workspace memory layers, hard rules, Graphite/send-agent, plus PR #2 DHH research-first + gstack + deploy discipline. Docs-only; distinct from hurley-mission-control.

hurleyus-sopagent-sopopenclaw

notion-cli: OpenClaw/Claude Code Notion API skill — CRUD, filters, Markdown

March 28, 2026•1 min read

notion-cli: OpenClaw/Claude Code Notion API skill — CRUD, filters, Markdown

Public michaelmonetized/notion-cli: Bun/TS Notion API CLI for agents — db/page/pages/block/search subcommands, -p/-n property filters, page→Markdown, SKILL.md + setup for OpenClaw/Codex. package 1.0.0 vs banner v2.0.0; DELIVERY still flat list-databases; spaces/page/search modules unused by cli. 1 commit. HEAD 5309974.

notion-clinotioncli

resendld: OpenClaw Resend inbound daemon — poll, hooks/agent, Caddy UI

March 27, 2026•2 min read

resendld: OpenClaw Resend inbound daemon — poll, hooks/agent, Caddy UI

Public michaelmonetized/resend-listening-daemon (resendld 0.0.0-rc.0, HEAD 4fbec17, 46 commits): Bun daemon polls Resend /emails/receiving every 5s via pure fetch, stores markdown under ~/.openclaw/workspace/mail/, dispatches to OpenClaw /hooks/agent (cron fallback), with Convex + TanStack Start web at https://resendld.localhost via Caddy. install.sh covers macOS+Arch; afternoon of resend-cli PATH hell before zero-CLI.

resend-listening-daemonresendldresend

codemail: mail.config.ts founder email — per-domain, not per-seat

March 26, 2026•1 min read

codemail: mail.config.ts founder email — per-domain, not per-seat

Private michaelmonetized/codemail: Turborepo mail stack where mail.config.ts is law (Convex + Clerk + Resend + Fly SMTP + Next web mail/dashboard). Pricing Free Forever BYO keys / $8 Simple / $80 Managed. README still lists IMAP; PLAN marks IMAP out of MVP. Live codemail-web.vercel.app 200; codemail.vercel.app 500. 27 commits. HEAD e9fece4.

codemailemailmail-config

milkup: TipTap+Convex WYSIWYG that still ships a Milkdown README

March 25, 2026•2 min read

milkup: TipTap+Convex WYSIWYG that still ships a Milkdown README

Public michaelmonetized/milkup: same-day 9-commit arc (2026-03-25). Milkdown+Convex POC → mock strip → TipTap WYSIWYG + Convex listMedia → React19/Next14.2 CVE pin → Next16 → Opus QA deletes milkdown-video-plugin. README still markets Next15/Milkdown/MOCK_MEDIA/!video[](). HEAD 45fb587. Video insert is ![Video](url). No upload mutations.

milkuptiptapwysiwyg

simple: Next.js 16 Firebase auth starter — social login, keep-Firebase decision

March 23, 2026•1 min read

simple: Next.js 16 Firebase auth starter — social login, keep-Firebase decision

Public michaelmonetized/simple: Next 16 + React 19 Firebase Auth/Firestore starter — email+password, Twitter/Facebook/Google connect, AuthProvider, CRUD helpers, clamp spacing + Catppuccin tokens. Launch-week: CVE bumps, security headers, console strip, docs keep-Firebase vs Convex. HEAD da7e0b0 · 10 commits. Vercel homepage DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND; create-next-app README; login page still named RegisterPage.

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hurley-mission-control: I put humans and agents in the same thread model

March 22, 2026•3 min read

hurley-mission-control: I put humans and agents in the same thread model

Hurley Mission Control is the Convex + Clerk + Next plane where users.kind is human|agent. Deliveries, idempotent sends, 2s poll. Not the Go TUI. Not mission-control-os. Daemon still stubs.

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ConnectedIn: MV3 LinkedIn auto-connect Chrome extension

March 21, 2026•1 min read

ConnectedIn: MV3 LinkedIn auto-connect Chrome extension

Public michaelmonetized/ConnectedIn is a Manifest V3 Chrome extension that auto-clicks LinkedIn Connect buttons with configurable 100-5000ms delays, popup stats, chrome.storage.sync persistence, and a ~1,100 connects/week rate-limit warning. Same-afternoon 2-commit ship (init + INSTALL.md). HEAD a6236fa. Gaps: no content_scripts registration, missing images/icons.

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Agent OS: Bun + Ink + WebSocket shell-native orchestrator

March 21, 2026•2 min read

Agent OS: Bun + Ink + WebSocket shell-native orchestrator

HurleyUS Agent OS is a public Ink + WebSocket + interactive-zsh orchestrator (HEAD f66fffa, 2 commits) with a Mission Control Phase 1 seed and a separate Anthropic core.ts persona queue. Local only on ws://localhost:9999; SDK dep missing and .env still tracked.

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stripe-convex: I shipped a Theo-compliant Stripe+Convex library — and never published the package

March 20, 2026•3 min read

stripe-convex: I shipped a Theo-compliant Stripe+Convex library — and never published the package

Public michaelmonetized/stripe-convex is a TypeScript Stripe + Convex payment library (email-indexed sc_* tables, cart/coupons, Pay/AddToCart/Checkout/Has, 19 webhook events, Theo sync/portal helpers). package.json 0.1.0 with a release workflow and README version badge, yet zero GitHub Releases and registry 404; LICENSE still says Michael Shilman. HEAD 22e099e (PR #13). 11 commits.

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MyBathroomConversion.com: Elementor Opt-In → SalesPromis, then I deleted the xdebug_info() probe

February 27, 2026•2 min read

MyBathroomConversion.com: Elementor Opt-In → SalesPromis, then I deleted the xdebug_info() probe

www.mybathroomconversion.com is a SalesPromis/Hustle Launch Elementor lander whose child theme already POSTs Opt In leads to api.salespromis.com while PLAN.md once claimed lead capture Not Started. Feb 27 HEAD dc5a091 deleted webroot xdebug_info(); WP File Manager 7.2.9 and a hardcoded API key remain.

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Boilerplate: Clerk + Drizzle + Stripe Next shell, CVE-bumped to 16

February 22, 2026•2 min read

Boilerplate: Clerk + Drizzle + Stripe Next shell, CVE-bumped to 16

boilerplate is a private michaelmonetized Next shell with Clerk, Drizzle/@vercel/postgres subscriptions, and a Stripe webhook, CVE-bumped to Next 16.1.6 at HEAD 6f2dd2f. Live on boilerplate-fawn-gamma.vercel.app and boilerplate.hustlelaunch.com; marketing routes are still ten-line stubs.

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launchpad: NYE 2024 Hustle Launch boilerplate — README stack, unwired providers

February 6, 2026•2 min read

launchpad: NYE 2024 Hustle Launch boilerplate — README stack, unwired providers

Public michaelmonetized/launchpad is the NYE 2024 Hustle Launch premier-framework claim (Next 15 + shadcn + Clerk/Convex/PostHog providers + Resend /api/send) while app/page.tsx is still Create Next App, providers never mount in layout, no convex/ folder, Stripe unused except Theo STRIPE.md, and launchpad.hustlelaunch.com is NXDOMAIN. 8 commits. HEAD 5447591.

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iLeague-app: the generic influencer monorepo before the golf rebrand

February 4, 2026•2 min read

iLeague-app: the generic influencer monorepo before the golf rebrand

Public HurleyUS/ileague-app is the Jan 9 2026 Bun monorepo (Next.js 15 + Expo 52 + Convex + Clerk + Stripe Connect) for a generic influencer/fan league platform (violet #7c3aed, isInfluencer schema, gaming-to-lifestyle categories). HEAD 7af9d80 (Feb 4) wires mobile leagues to Convex and adds eas.json; www.ileague.app is Coming Soon static, distinct from ileague.golf.

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SalesPromis: GitHub still versions a WP Engine Elementor funnel — live left for Lovable

January 31, 2026•3 min read

SalesPromis: GitHub still versions a WP Engine Elementor funnel — live left for Lovable

HurleyUS/SalesPromis is a private WordPress wp-content dump of an Elementor SSDI qualify funnel (Salert + HurryTimer + custom ssdi-qualify.js). Live salespromis.com is already a Lovable/Vite SPA. Two commits. HEAD only added a Stripe cursor rule.

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fab-analytics: same-day PHP+JS GA drop-in that writes JSON to disk

July 10, 2024•2 min read

fab-analytics: same-day PHP+JS GA drop-in that writes JSON to disk

Public michaelmonetized/fab-analytics is a 0.1.3-rc first-party Google Analytics drop-in: fab-analytics.js posts pageviews, mailto/tel clicks, and form submit/abandonment to a PHP endpoint that writes logs/{domain}/*.json under hustlelaunch.com. 31 commits in one July 2024 day to first production run; HEAD 8218088 cleanup. Empty README/LICENCE. Sibling BestWNC 2026 directory analytics is a different product.

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Jennings Custom Homes: post-malware WP rebuild checklist — still on Bluehost

June 6, 2024•2 min read

Jennings Custom Homes: post-malware WP rebuild checklist — still on Bluehost

Public Hustle-Launch/jenningscustomhomes is a 4-file WordPress ops checklist for a Highlands/Cashiers NC luxury builder rebuild after Bluehost malware. Five commits Jun 4-6 2024; HEAD ad1f91f flips nine boxes to [x] and leaves TrustIndex plus login details open. Live www.jenningscustomhomes.com still resolves to Bluehost LiteSpeed at 75.98.174.238.

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