About
The apps I keep wishing existed.
Long Weekend Labs is one person building small desktop apps around a full-time job, family life, and a one-year-old who quite reasonably has no interest in release schedules.
It usually starts with a gap.
I run into a clumsy workflow, a tool that only exists on one operating system, or a private task that should not require uploading anything. I look for a good app first. When I cannot find one, and the need keeps coming back, I start building the version I wanted.
AI is honestly part of how I can do this in limited time. It writes a lot of the code. I choose the problem, direct the work, test the builds, reject what feels wrong, and decide whether the result is useful enough to release. The tools help; the responsibility stays with me.
Some projects become public apps. Some remain experiments or private builds. I would rather show those states plainly than dress every idea up as a launch.
- Fill a real gap or remove a real annoyance.
- Keep work local and private whenever the app allows it.
- Support Windows and Linux when useful tools have been left on macOS.
- Ship carefully, then keep listening and improving.