Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 24/09/2026New app in progress! Again much thanks to @dotmorten.xaml.dev 140
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12/09/2026One more star, you could be the 5Kth stargazer!!! github.com/TheJoeFin/Te... 000
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 10/09/2026What is the point of having awesome installer tech if you don't use it for one of the most key experiences (email) on your platform? Is there something broken with MSIX that the Outlook team cannot use it? I never see messages like this on any of the electron apps I use. It is hard to understand. 130
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 06/09/2026This is a long screenshot of the MAUI android version of the Simple QR Code Maker app... IDK... it is just so far from what I'd expect out of these 'state of the art models' but maybe not. 100
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 06/09/2026First off: the source app is a simple WinUI QR Code app crafted to have lots of options with minimal text instruction and details. Personally I think it is an elegant solution that I have been hand crafting for years before using AI agents. Up next is what GPT-6 Astra built... 100
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 05/09/2026Tradio is an app designed to be small and provide background music without taking a gig of ram. v2 just released today and has a ton of polish making the app a great tool for every Windows user. github.com/TheJoeFin/Tr... #indiedev #windev #windows 080
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 31/08/2026Getting ready to release the latest Outfit update with graphs! I don’t looking at graphs to be the quickest way of deciding when to go run. How do you choose when to go out for a run or ride? Check it out here: outfitapp.co/get #fitness #outfit #indiedev #reactnative 060
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 20/08/2026Why can MS Copilot not see my tasks in MS To Do? Is that app getting killed? Can’t access when testing in M365 work account either. 🤔 010
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12/08/2026It is insane how quickly Text Grab can take a jpeg of a table and get it into Excel. apps.microsoft.com/store/detail... #Productivity #OCR #Data #WinApp #WindowsApps #OpenSource #IndieDev 091
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 01/08/2026Traydio (previously Trdo) 2.0 is coming along well! I'm adding a new VLC library that can be used along side the native library, changing the UI from a flyout to a window and adding almost all of the open issue requests! 111
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 17/07/2026Sadly animated SVGs are not supported on @bsky.app so here is an .mp4 010
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 16/07/2026Having fun playing around in @figma.com making a new plugin for accurate gears! Animate just makes it so satisfying to watch. 🤤 100
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 16/07/2026Another year of #MVPBuzz!! Looking forward to making several more Windows apps and tools! #WindowsDeveloper #WinDev 260
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 27/06/2026Is this is a common memory leak issue lately on Windows? Frequent issues with: Service Host: Connected Devices Platform User Service_15e32d Service Host: Cloud Backup and Restore Service_15e32d cc @jenmsft.bsky.social 010
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 22/06/2026Does this mean Android apps could come back to Windows without the limited app availability?? That would be awesome! 010
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 16/06/2026The latest Text Grab release brings Paragraph Detection and new modes: Spreadsheet and Markdown! I've got some great things cooking too... joefinapps.com/2026/06/16/s... #windev #windows #native #winapp #dotnet #indiedev 2112
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12/06/2026It is insane to me that Copilot is unable to accomplish tasks like basic calendar integration. Note: I am using Microsoft's email/calendar service so there is zero integration excuse 100
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 06/06/2026If you're frequently wrangling text in your job you'll love the latest version of Text Grab!! github.com/TheJoeFin/Te... #windev #windows #native #winapp #dotnet #indiedev 080
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 24/05/2026New app for finding Fluent Icons by drawing! Blog post on how I built this with the WinApp Skill coming soon! #WinDev #Windows #IndieDev #WinUI 072
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 17/05/2026Starting simple, but customizing QR Codes with a center logo, colors, and removing the background from the logo PNG using local Windows AI! apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nch5... #WinDev #Windows #IndieDev #WinUI #QrCode 061
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 11/05/2026The customization is complete. Reminds me of a presentation given by @james.montemagno.com 010
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 11/05/2026I've updated it to an aerial tramway emoji. (I did have to flip it to get the hotspot in the top left like a normal cursor) #🚡 #snl 100
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 11/05/2026I'm adding .cur file support to Simple Icon File Maker, so of course I had to test it out... #unicornCursor #WinDev #Windows #indieDev apps.microsoft.com/store/detail... 150
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 09/05/2026Test of generating 10k QR Codes was successful, it was a little laggy at first, but churned through all 10k no issue! 000
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 09/05/2026Keeping the "simple" in Simple QR Code Maker even when version 2 introduces a ton of new features. I worked to keep it as simple as possible. #WinDev #WindowsApp #LocalFirst #IndieDev #productivity #opensource #FOSS 080
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 30/04/2026I've been cooking up Simple QR Code Maker 2.0 and it is an epic release! If you're interested in trying out the preview flight let me know and I'll add you! #dotnet #indiedev #WinDev #OpenSource 050
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 28/04/2026PoweToys v99 is out now with 2 new utilities! I’m personally loving Grab and Move! github.com/microsoft/Po... 010
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 06/04/2026Spend hundreds of dollars on Sonos, get pestered that your music misses you?? Sooooo annoying!!! 000
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 05/04/2026Simple Icon File Maker v1.16 can extract icons from DLL and EXEs! apps.microsoft.com/store/detail... 021
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 04/04/2026Also different Capture Modes from the Fullscreen Grab similar to the Snipping Tool. 101
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 04/04/2026The next feature is a new language option 'Direct Text' which uses UI Automation to get the text directly from the window element! You can see in this demo that even though the text of the file name is clipped, it is still available to access! 101
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 04/04/2026Unit conversions in the Edit Text Window makes it quick and easy to do math and units. I find this is handy when doing date calculations like days from today or in x number of hours. Pretty neat! 101
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 03/04/2026v1.9 updates for my mini tray internet radio player Trdo. If you listen to music while you work you'll love this little app! apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nxt4... #windev #windowsdeveloper #native 000
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 07/03/2026Vibe coding from the bus stop. One of the awesome benefits of a 5G PC! 240
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 26/02/2026I'm working on adding date calculations to Text Grab. Always something I want quick access to do calculations like this on the fly! #WindowsDevelopment #WinDev #Indie 120
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 06/02/2026Has anyone used Copilot CLI to create a new WinUI3 app and run it? I directed it to make a plan, use dotnet new templates, use the winapp cli. It did run eventually when switching to unpackaged, but that feels like a major miss 000
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 02/01/2026Local AI stuff is pretty cool for 100% on device translation! Cool stuff coming in Text Grab! The OCR and Translation is all happening on the NPU! 020
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 17/12/2025Trdo 1.5 brings the ability to favorite songs and view a list of the favorited songs! I love making tiny yet powerful apps! 020
Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 17/11/2025New feature 1: the calculation pane! Doing simple math is a click a way. Equations update, add a total, or average, etc. Give it a try and let me know what you think! Inspired by Soulver on the Mac, I wanted similar math capabilities paired with the other text tools built into Text Grab. 000
