Fifteen Fantastic Years

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Grant Farr recently joined Rogue Amoeba’s exclusive 15-year club, recognized for his long-term leadership and development of key audio software including Audio Hijack, Piezo, and the original Farrago. His work has ensured the stability and continued evolution of these popular Mac audio tools, positively impacting many users, while also contributing shared user interface elements to other Rogue Amoeba products like Loopback and SoundSource.

https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/08/05/fifteen-fantastic-years/

AI Prompt Generator

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A free, open-source AI prompt generator provides a rule-based wizard to help users create clear, structured prompts for models like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, and Midjourney. The tool uses proven frameworks such as RTF (Role-Task-Format) to guide prompt construction with transparency and local, privacy-focused operation in the browser. It supports generating prompts for text, images, video, and code, offering live previews, model-specific formatting, and client-side AI refinement to improve prompt quality and productivity across various AI-powered workflows.

https://freeaipromptgen.com/

TerminalWidget for Mac, iPhone, and iPad

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TerminalWidget is a universal app for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS that allows users to display terminal command output, scripts, APIs, and Shortcuts results directly on customizable widgets with rich formatting, charts, progress bars, and images. It supports synchronization across multiple Apple devices via iCloud and offers various integration methods including a command-line interface, AppleScript, Shortcuts, and URL schemes for automation and updates. Available on the App Store for $19.99, TerminalWidget enables real-time, interactive widget updates tailored for developer and productivity workflows.

https://terminalwidget.app/

macOS RC — Orion RC 1.1.1.149.1 ✴︎ Aug 4, 2026

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The latest Orion Browser update includes numerous bug fixes and improvements such as resolving crashes related to tab numbers, enhancing extension popup behavior, fixing container management issues, and improving translation features with better state management and on-device performance. Additionally, it addresses performance problems with tabs, memory leaks, layout glitches in Google Sheets, and various UI fixes across macOS versions, significantly boosting overall stability and user experience.

https://orionbrowser.com/updates/orion-rc-release-notes.html#macos-orion-1-1-1-149.1

Adding a Custom MCP Server to Claude and ChatGPT

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Simon Willison explains how to add a custom MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to Claude and ChatGPT, enabling these chat interfaces to query external data sources like his blog’s database. In Claude, adding an MCP is straightforward via the Connectors menu, while in ChatGPT it requires enabling Developer mode, adding the MCP as a plugin without authentication, and manually activating it for each chat session. However, MCP plugins are not supported in ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice mode.

https://til.simonwillison.net/llms/mcp-in-claude-and-chatgpt

Super Productivity

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Super Productivity is a free, open-source task manager designed to support deep work with features like time tracking, Pomodoro timers, customizable boards, and integrations with tools like GitHub, Jira, and calendars. It emphasizes privacy by operating 100% offline with local-first data storage and no telemetry, and it offers extensive customization through plugins and keyboard shortcuts for efficient workflows. Tailored for various professionals including developers and freelancers, it provides detailed work analytics, flexible scheduling, and tools to overcome procrastination, all backed by an active open-source community.

https://super-productivity.com/

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