A screenshot of the Trdo tray flyout

New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio

In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause the radio by clicking the radio icon in … Continue reading New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio

Claude Code asked to describe Text Grab saying it is a WPF Windows OCR app

Building Windows Apps with Claude Code

Agentic coding assistants have been hyped pretty big. Now the insane hype can move on to the next thing because the agents are here. As of writing this, the most impressive agent I've used is Claude Code. It has the best mix of speed, accuracy, and self-correction. Interacting with Claude Code all happens within the … Continue reading Building Windows Apps with Claude Code

WCR Over Simple Packing Hero Screenshot

Adding local AI to Windows apps is super easy

With Microsoft //Build right around the corner there is little wonder about what will be the major theme of the show... AI. But if you've been paying attention you know the cat is already out of the bag! Local AI APIs are available for Windows developers today and implementing them is easy! There is already … Continue reading Adding local AI to Windows apps is super easy

Video: Improving XAML in your real app!

I've been a self taught windows apps developer since 2016, so I have consumed my fair share of tutorials and developer content. While the best experience is building apps, I have found much of the online content splits into two camps: narrow examples and deep long form content. Both kinds of content is valuable for … Continue reading Video: Improving XAML in your real app!