Jamey Blakely

For several years I have used a utility I built to give me an alternative to the Start menu. I have always preferred being able to right click anywhere on the desktop and have my custom menu options right there. And I don't mean a customized desktop menu on right click, but a completely custom menu, just the programs I want, nothing else. Sometimes I still need the default desktop menu, so if <SHIFT> or <CTRL> are down with the right click, the regular Windows menu comes up.

Is that something anyone else would be interested in?

Starting something completely new, iterating on an existing project, or just brainstorming? Drop your plans here and get some feedback!

What I'd love to hear:

• What are you tackling this weekend?

• Any interesting challenges you're working through?

• Looking for feedback on an idea or feature?

Hey folks, I m an indie developer working on a companion chatbot. My goal? To make it feel less like a disposable utility you shut off, and more like that friend who you actually care about checking in on.

At first, I thought, Isn t conversational AI companionship an obvious demand? People talk to smart speakers all the time! But I quickly realized: without a sense of rights + obligations, even the smartest model feels like a close tab and forget widget. After all, our warmest interactions with pets or dolls come from a shared sense of social exchange and life rights.