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Building Redact: How I Shrunk a 4.5GB AI to 600MB for Real-Time Clipboard Protection
Last week, I worked on the first prototype of Redact — a macOS app that prevents developers from accidentally pasting secrets into ChatGPT, Slack, or any external service. The concept is simple: – intercept the clipboard– run it through a local AI– block if sensitive This post documents the engineering challenges I faced and how I solved them using Swift, Apple’s MLX framework, and a lot of trial and error. The Architecture Redact is built as a native macOS app with three core components: The key constraint: Everything runs locally so no cloud Continue reading
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Samsung developers leaked code so is your team
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧. They aren’t doing it on purpose. But they are doing it daily. It cost Samsung their source code(see link below). And I 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄. One copy-paste at a time. The mechanism is 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆: Cmd+C (Proprietary Code) → Cmd+V Continue reading
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#1 “comparison is the thief of joy” – is it really?
We’re told that “comparison is the thief of joy,” but what if that’s only half the story? What if comparison is simply part of our design? Think about it. You see a social media post and you instantly measure it against your own life. You read the news and you’re already comparing today’s events to Continue reading
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Nobody Wants to Read This (But Reading These Books Changed My Life)
Do you see the book: “Nobody wants to read your shit” – (on the left 13th, from the bottom) Well I know… you don’t want to read this either. but… let me tell you my story. It took me just less than 500 days to read all of this books + 20 online pdfs and Continue reading
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Preventing app removal on iOS
Lastly, as I was working on the Calendar+: App Blocker project and posted about it on Reddit, someone asked if there are ways to bypass the block and access apps by uninstalling the app. As I was searching, I came across an interesting piece of code that can prevent your app from being uninstalled. However, Continue reading
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🫡 for startup founders
My respect for startup founders has grown a lot since I tried it myself. When I worked for an early-stage startup and watched the CEO make decisions, I used to think, “If it were me, I’d handle it differently and probably be less stressed.” But I was just fooling myself. Running a startup is real Continue reading
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Hard Conversations and Harder Decisions
I came across this post today, and here’s what I would say: Sometimes you’ve gotta have tough conversations, give a reality check, and that’s part of the grind. It’s important to explain to your partner—clearly and often—the road you’re on and how it’s going to impact both of your lives. When you’re sacrificing your time Continue reading
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What’s your biggest skill?
For most people, their biggest skill is complaining. I’m talking about employees whose entire energy and focus are on complaining about managers, the company, and almost everything around them. You have to understand a very simple thing: there is no perfect organization, no perfect manager, no perfect CEO, and no perfect people. Everywhere you go, Continue reading
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Are you treating everyone the same?
Having worked in very different companies and startups, I’ve observed one recurring mistake: treating everyone the same and making the same rules for everyone. There’s a simple fact: if you have to set stupid rules in your company, it means you have stupid people around who need those rules. These stupid rules only frustrate or Continue reading
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