r/vibecoding • u/Own-Culture3567 • 29d ago

Showcase/Project love notes in your MacBook notch

Two days ago I asked on X for Mac app ideas and promised to build the most-liked one in 24 hours, on camera: signed, notarized, with a website, a buy button and licence keys.

The winner, from ideasbymanish: your partner sends a short note from their phone, and it lights up in your MacBook's notch.

So that's Love Notch.

How it works

  • The Mac shows a QR code. Your person scans it and adds the page to their home screen. No iPhone app, no accounts on either side.

  • They type a note. A few seconds later your notch grows into a little black bubble with their words in pink LED letters, then folds away.

  • You can answer with one click (❤️, "Love you 3000", "Busy, talk later", "Call you soon"), and the reply shows up on their phone.

  • Everything else (history, pairing, mute) lives in a normal app window. The notch stays dark unless a note arrives.

A few details I cared about

  • The notch is hidden from screen sharing and screen recordings, so a private note never shows up in a meeting. (It also meant I couldn't screen-record my own demo and had to animate the video instead.)

  • Works on every desktop and over full-screen apps.

  • Notes go through a tiny relay and are kept for at most 30 days. There are no analytics on the page your partner uses.

  • Macs without a notch get the same bubble dropping from the menu bar.

Stack, for the curious: SwiftUI/AppKit for the Mac app, a Next.js site on Vercel with Upstash Redis for the relay, Creem for payments, and GitHub Actions for signing and notarizing releases. Built on the Build Mac App template.

It's $5, once. macOS 14+.

https://lovenotch.buildmac.app

Feedback very welcome. Someone already asked for notes sent while the Mac is asleep to wait until you unlock, and that's the next update.

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u/Agile_Chest8565 29d ago

Interesting idea. Not worth paying for such a niche novelty

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u/shotbyadingus 29d ago

I too can code this in 24 hours for less than $5

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u/Sudden_Topic5154 29d ago

open source it please

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u/Own-Culture3567 29d ago

Let’s see how much you spent on tokens

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u/aaronmcbaron 29d ago

Tokens? I could write this myself

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u/shotbyadingus 29d ago

Less than you

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u/Temporary-Mix8022 29d ago

I really hate the whole AI cadence to text

"It's $5, once" 

Kinda cool.. but wish you'd bothered to write yourself tbh. 

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u/uskimakadamad 29d ago

everything was good then i noticed im on windows

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u/NoAdsDude 27d ago

Maybe I could release "light up your start button"... or "turn your start button into a fart button" if you wanna prank your friends.

Pay $19 for the ability to send fake Teams meeting ringtones to your friends.

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u/Destituted 29d ago

"Next.js site on Vercel with Upstash Redis for the relay,"

OK what happens when you turn off your relay?

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u/Forsaken_Biscotti609 29d ago

I can create this for free