My favorite Linux app didn’t exist on Windows—so I built a better one with Claude
Jul 4, 2026 | Guides
Everyone’s talking about AI coding tools right now, but most of the examples feel abstract—a web-based operating system, a DOOM clone, portfolio websites. They’re cool, but they don’t really solve real problems in your day-to-day life. Well, I’ve been running into a frustrating app gap lately where some of the tools I rely on in Linux don’t exist on Windows, and vice versa. That disconnect has been slowing down my workflow, so I decided to vibe-code my way out of it.