Indie dev uses $250 Claude credits to rebuild paid Mac utilities, ships DockLock
yihui_indie · x · 2026-09-26
Indie developer @yihuiindie is using $250 in free Claude credits from Anthropic to rebuild his favorite paid Mac utilities as his own versions to save money.
First product done: DockLock, which pins the macOS Dock to a chosen display, fixing the annoyance of the Dock jumping between screens when the mouse hits the bottom edge in multi-monitor setups.
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