Solo developer builds Perch, a native app combining GitHub, VS Code, and Claude/Codex

AIA solo founder says they built Perch, a native app that combines GitHub, VS Code, and Claude/Codex Desktop into one window, to stop switching between the three tools. The author says they have been using it on SlateDB and links the project's GitHub repository.

Chris

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"do not, under any circumstances, build dev tooling for yourself"

So.. I built dev tooling. I got sick of tabbing between Github, VS Code, and Claude/Codex Desktop. Perch combines them into a single native app.

Been using it on SlateDB--try it yourself!

https://github.com/perch-code/perch

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Chris · x.comPublished Nov 3, 12:33 PM ET · added here 9:22 PM ET

Original title: "do not, under any circumstances, build dev tooling for yourself"

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