Helix

Launch apps right at your cursor

Helix launched on April 12, 2026. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

Helix is a macOS launcher that appears exactly where you’re working. Press one hotkey, pick an app, and keep moving.

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MacLibrary2023 · ▲87
The app launcher macOS should have come with

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Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…
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I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work▲915
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AI · Apr 2026 · github.com
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I built a frontpage for personal blogs▲783
With social media and now AI, its important to keep the indie web alive. There are many people who write frequently. Blogosphere tries to highlight them by fetching the recent posts from personal blogs across many categories. There are two versions: Minimal (HN-inspired, fast, static): https://text.blogosphere.app/ Non-minimal: https://blogosphere.app/ If you don't find your blog (or your favorite ones), please add them. I will review and approve it.
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