I Built Windows Desktop Apps to Fix My Own Annoying Workflows

try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3901387) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Ping Posted on Apr 28 I Built Windows Desktop Apps to Fix My Own Annoying Workflows #productivity #showdev #sideprojects #tooling I didn’t plan to build an app catalog. I just wanted to fix one annoying problem: my C: drive kept filling up at the worst possible time (usually during releases, obviously). So I built a cleanup tool for myself. Then I built another tool. Then another. Now WPZ Studio has become a small universe of desktop apps. The accidental roadmap The pattern was simple: Hit a repetitive pain point Build a focused tool Use it daily Improve it when it annoys me again Very glamorous. Very “indie dev meets chaos management.” 😄 What I ended up building Instead of one app, it turned into a full lineup: Productivity tools (clipboard, file utilities, zip/PDF/Excel helpers) Utility + diagnostics tools (network checks, log analysis, cleanup) Developer-focused tools (event log analysis, Terraform workflow support) Plus education apps and even a desktop pet, because not every app has to be serious If your computer has ever made you whisper “why are you like this,” I probably built something for that mood. The website side The repo is a GitHub Pages site that works as a live app catalog with: category filters keyword search sorting multilingual content So yes, I built tools to save time, then built a site to organize the tools I built to save time. The recursion is complete. Why I keep doing this I like shipping software that solves specific, boring, real problems: “What changed in these two Excel files?” “Why is this server acting weird?” “How is disk space gone again?” “Can this repetitive task just disappear?” For me, good desktop software should be boring in the best way: reliable, fast to learn, and always there when needed. If you want to explore WPZ Studio 🌐 Website: https://pudavidamai.github.io/wpzstudio/ 🛍 Microsoft Store publisher page: https://apps.microsoft.com/search/publisher?name=WPZStudio Question for fellow builders: what’s one tiny-but-annoying workflow you wish someone would turn into a desktop app next? Top comments (1) Subscribe Personal Trusted User Create template Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Submit Preview Dismiss Some comments may only be visible to logged-in visitors. Sign in to view all comments. Code of Conduct • Report abuse Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well Confirm For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse

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