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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 07/06/2026

I'm glad to be your customer 😌🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Meme of a girl saying waow, based based based based...

Hazel. @hazels.garden · 20/05/2026

After some awful burnout and straight up 'I've given up' days, I've somehow managed to get AirSpace v2.2.0 live! 💖🌸 What's new: - Cmd+Tabbing is now possible in AirSpace! - AirSpace now supports emojis in custom space names 😌 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

Image of AirSpace with the text 'Cmd+Tab is now in AirSpace!' and '🌸 With love, Hazel. ✨'

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 02/05/2026

After days of ridiculous hacks and ideas (because Apple loves giving absolutely 0 APIs for spaces and Mission Control) AirSpace can now detect, track, and jump to fullscreen spaces!! Yaayyyyy :3 🎉💖 And it works like a charm 😌 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

AirSpace showing a list of fullscreen spaces.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 29/04/2026

Hello cutie-buns! 💖😄🐰, AirSpace v2 is finally available on both the App Store and my website! (7-day free trial, no payment details needed) Grab it if you find it useful :3 hazels.garden/airspace apps.apple.com/us/app/airsp... #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 27/04/2026

AirSpace v2 is finally ready, so what better way to celebrate than another promo video! I think it came out so much better better this time!! 💖✨ From amateur to slightly less... amateur. lol #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI #editing #videos #davinciresolve

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 23/04/2026

You can now color each space record with an induvidual unique color and AirSpace respects that both in the menu bar and in the switcher menu -- how cool is that! v2.0 coming in hot! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

Switcher menu from airspace, with rainbow colors

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 14/04/2026

Just made the promo video for AirSpace! It's my first time editing a video and it's evidently... amateur, but I think that's what makes it cute! 😊💖 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 11/04/2026

I’m building a new app, Tapestry! I know I just finished 2 in the last 10 days but I don’t know what to do with my hands 😭 Airspace started last August, so I guess the longer it simmers, the better it cooks! Pinkmaxxing time! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

My new app tapestry. What it does is still under wraps :D although the word commission might give it away

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 07/04/2026

A small demo on how AirSpace works. Requires a little bit of a setup but once you get going, it's all smooth sailing! Forgive the janky video, recorded this while sleepy lol #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 05/04/2026

You can now customize the text style and color in AirSpace! (This was so hard to code TwT, ohh AppKit my difficult darling) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 03/04/2026

Right, getting back to what I was making before I got distracted by Stargaze, I was building AirSpace! It's a menu bar app that lets you give spaces custom names, see them change as you move spaces, and teleport to spaces! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #macOSDev #Design #UI

An image of AirSpace, a macOS menu bar app that lets you see your space names in the menu bar, and open a panel to teleport to them.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 31/03/2026

Stargaze v1.1 is in the review queue! It now has biometric verification to protect your journal data, and you can now set a start date for each habit! This dims the stars before the start date :3 Hope it passes review soon! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

Face ID prompt shown on the journal page

Stargaze habit page with the stars before the start date slightly dimmed to differentiate

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 30/03/2026

Hey everyone! Just wanted to mention that Stargaze has custom LGBTQ themed icons! Available right now as a feature of Stargaze Plus!! Hope you find them cute :] ~ Hazel <3 #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Lesbian #Trans #Bisexual #Pride #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

An image consisting of 5 LGBTQ / pride themed Stargaze Icons, on a rainbow background.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 27/03/2026

When life gives you lemons, make neon yellow gatorade After 2 different App Store rejections, I have added a cutesy journal feature! (Please please please accept my app I'm sorry for not buying the latest iPhone, Apple 🥺) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

Journal page in my app Stargaze, showing three journal entries.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 24/03/2026

It'd be a shame to have a tip-jar for Stargaze and not make it star themed 🤭✨ So that's exactly what I did hehe Little nerdy, and a little silly :3 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

Image of the donate / support Stargaze page, with the text descriptions, and colors themed after the names of the categories, which are "Neutron Star", "White Dwarf", "Red Dwarf", "Main Sequence", and "Red Giant".

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 23/03/2026

Coding at 3am is definitely not the most optimal thing I’ve done in my life 🫩 StoreKit 2 arghhhhhh Stargaze is almost complete and I’m getting giddy!!!! >///< #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

The about page for my app Stargaze, containing the icon, app name, version number and a disclaimer

The paywall screen for Stargaze, showing the features received and the price of buying Stargaze.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 16/03/2026

Accessibility is so important, and Stargaze's onboarding has a new first page! I'm tempted to design it after the PlayStation boot screen epilepsy warning, but that might scare away the users 😅 Regular design it is :3 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Design #UI

Epilepsy warning as seen on boot up of a playstation system

On Screen motion warning design for Stargaze, modeled after the playstation epilepsy warning screen.

On screen motion warning for Stargaze, modeled after the rest of the onboarding designs of Stargaze.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 16/03/2026

Just finished the onboarding for my (completely human-written and made) app Stargaze!!! Yippeeeeee >///< Hope the disco lighting in the background isn't too distracting! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev #Dev #UI #Design

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 11/03/2026

My parents room vs. my girl cave. Quite a difference haha #SliceOfLife #Photography #DailyLiving #IShouldTouchGrass

An image of a bedroom, well kept and with bright lighting

An image of a bedroom with dark moody lighting and a dim monitor screen at the far end of the room

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 05/03/2026

Who knew a silly cute daily tracker filled with smol sparkly stars would require several thousand (non-ai hazel-made :3) lines of code? 😅 2 months of 8 hour days 🥺 I hope this little birdie flies when I launch her! Or maybe I'll get 5 users #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #iOSDev

View of the file explorer in Xcode, showing several dozen files and folders

Image of my app Stargaze, a daily tracker filled with stars that sparkle.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 03/03/2026

Warm inside, cool outside Just how I like it <3 🏮🌌 #Photography #PhotographersOnBluesky #WarmLights

An image of 6 warm lights inside a wooden shack, with the dark blue evening sky in the background

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 27/02/2026

"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy" Huzzah! I finally finished the star sparkle animation on Stargaze. Still no AI code 😌💖. This was so much harder than I thought with the grid being a SwiftUI canvas! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 25/02/2026

Even added a cute little interaction here and there :) Got any more ideas on what I should add? 👀

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 25/02/2026

Hazel's Garden as I've imagined it in my dreams is now live at hazels.garden! I'm so happy and proud >///< Had to dust off my webdev knowledge and learn Sveltekit for this lol Let me know if you find any bugs or quirks on the website! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #SoloDev #Indie #AppDev #WebDev

The main homepage of my website, Hazel's Garden

The about page of my website, Hazel's Garden; specifically the section Chief Morale Officers, which shows off my plushies.

The Stargaze (first app of Hazel's Garden) section of my website.

An image of the website in its previous old state, used as a comparison to how improved the current website is.

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 23/02/2026

A cute pixel art animation I made in Aseprite! #art #artist #digitalart #pixelart #animation

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Hazel. @hazels.garden · 21/02/2026

Been working on a new app to inaugurate my indie app studio! It'll be an app that lets you visualize the year as tiny stars that sparkle and shine periodically or when you fill them in :) Both the app and the site (WIP!) are made with 0 AI code or art. Launching soon! With love, Hazel <3

The landing page for my website, Hazel's Garden. It has the marketing text Skip the slop; get it hand-made.

The Stargaze (my app) specific page within my website, containing the App Store link, images of the app, along with proof of no AI code, and a FAQ.

Image of my app Stargaze, which has a grid of stars for the number of days in the year. Used as a daily tracker.

Image of the settings page of Stargaze, showing the ability to change its app icon, specifically to pride themed ones.

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