Desktop Cleaner

So it turns out this daily posting thing is going to be harder than I expected, but hey can you blame me, I got a shiny new *macbook*

Chapter 1: Distractions are Distracting

While I was playing around with my shiny new computer, I realized I now had to pay for the sins of my past persona, my younger self, me when i was stupider (you get the idea).

That's right folks, my file system was an absolute steaming pile of hot explosive trash. A billion duplicates and garbage and nothing was categorized, oh my.

Chapter 2: I Can Build an App For That

My good ol LLM pals and I went to town absolutely rearranging my new file system's guts. At some point I realized I should just make an app for this, so I did.

I present to you a shiny new desktop app you can download (and if you have a mac – run – lol) Download Duplicate Finder for Mac

How It Works

Select a directory to scan
Watch as the app recursively checks for duplicates
Review the results in the interactive interface
Choose to delete files directly or export the list
Use the exported list with terminal commands for bulk deletion

Demo

Source Code and More Technical Stuff for You Nerds

Github repo if you want to get into the guts of this gutting-beast

This was my first Electron app, yay very cool very fun woot. okay bye.