u/Any_Illustrator3875 — reddlx

I gave my Mac a tamagotchi - It walks the desktop, is a pomodoro timer, and a note taker

I had one of those keychain ones in 1998 and I think about it more than I should.

Built a tiny pixel pet that lives in your Mac. Upload any photo of any pet and get back a 9-frame sprite that walks across your dock, naps in your menu bar, and reacts when you click on it. Has a pomodoro mode where the pet works at a tiny pixel desk while you focus.

Doesn't die if you forget to feed it. (I considered it. Decided not to be evil.)

Native AppKit, $2.99 one-time. dockling.space. there's a free preview that runs on your own pet photo so you can see it as a sprite before deciding.

what pet are you turning into a sprite? Send me your pets please, can't wait to see them

u/Any_Illustrator3875 — 4 days ago

▲ 2 r/ProductivityApps

Anyone have a pomodoro app that really worked?

I've been struggling with deep focused work. And I had pomodoro working for me when I used an actual kitchen timer at college. But since now I work at the office and I can't necessarily have that thing ringing... I want a nice pomodoro app

Anyone tried a good one that really stuck? Also would love to hear from anyone who's been actually doing the pomodoro technique at least 30 days. Has it changed anything for you? Or was it not effective at all?

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u/Any_Illustrator3875 — 4 days ago

▲ 4 r/ShowYourApp+1 crossposts

I built a Mac app that turns any photo of your pet into a pixel pet that lives on your desktop - it's also a pomodoro + note taker

I missed having my dog at the office, so I spent the last few months building one on my desk.

You upload a photo (your pet, your dog, even a houseplant or your best friend) and you get back a 9-frame pixel sprite. The pet then lives on your Mac:

- Walks across your dock

- Roams your menu bar

- Sleeps, sits, reacts to you

- Has a Pomodoro mode where the pet works at a tiny pixel desk during focus sessions and naps during breaks

- Click on it, and it becomes a notes app, keeping your to-do's safe

- 25 pre-made packs available if you don't want to upload anything

The hardest part was getting the pet to walk across the macOS dock without flickering. macOS really does not want you putting a custom window on the dock layer. Took weeks of NSWindow level juggling to make it look natural.

Native AppKit (no Electron, no web wrapper), signed and Apple-notarized, ~30 MB. One-time price, no subscription, no account needed

It's called Dockling. dockling.space if you want to try it on your own pet. There's a free preview generation so you can see your pet as a sprite before paying anything.

Would genuinely love feedback. What pet (or non-pet) would you turn into a desktop sprite? Looking forward to how you use it. Cheers!

u/Any_Illustrator3875 — 4 days ago