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Life & fun · April 29, 2026

MeetingEscape

Vibe-coded panic button for escaping meetings

What it does

I vibe-coded MeetingEscape between diaper changes and sleep deprivation. It's a dumb little macOS menu bar toy for a dumb real problem: you’re stuck in a meeting (or a call, or a Wednesday) and you need an exit nobody argues with. Hit a shortcut → your Mac rings → fake caller ID pops up → you do the grimace → “sorry, gotta take this” → you’re gone. Yeah, it’s silly. It’s also kinda fun. $3 once so roughly less existential dread than pretending your Wi‑Fi died again.

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