Matthew Channell

Matthew Channell

Indie Windows maker fixing friction

About

This started as me fixing my own annoyances - the small daily frictions Windows presents when doing my work. It turned out I wasn't the only one bothered by them. So now I build small, focused Windows utilities: one job each, no subscriptions, no cloud, no bloat. Clip is the first: a floating tray that catches every screenshot and download so you can drag it straight into VS Code, Outlook, Jira, Claude, or anywhere else for that matter - under 3 seconds, no File Explorer hunting. I picked Electron deliberately: its startDrag API turns each tray thumbnail into a real OS-level file drag that drops into any app, which is the whole point. Heavier than a native shell, but that one capability is what makes Clip work seamlessly. Building in public. One problem at a time.

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3mo ago

What are the 5 tools you simply couldn't do your work without?

This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.

Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):

  1. Grammarly proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication

  2. ChatGPT / Claude mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising

  3. Figma I can put the basic graphics together quickly.

  4. Translator sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue

  5. Gmail and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts

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