The idea is: you join a meeting, hit start on the app, minimize, and go do actual work (or go make a coffee). When someone says your name or any keyword(s) you set, you get a native macOS notification with enough context to jump back in without looking lost. It uses whisper and is 100% local and doesnt leave traces, also very OE friendly.

https://pingmebud.com

Would love to hear what you think, especially if you're drowning in meetings too.

I realized I needed a way to safely not care about my meetings. So I built an app.

PingMeBud lets you completely zone out of a meeting and pings you when someone says your name or any keyword(s) you care about. The idea is simple: You join a meeting, hit start, minimize, and go do deep work (or go make coffee). When a keyword is detected, you get a native macOS notification with enough surrounding context to jump back in without looking lost. There's also an optional full-screen red border flash that grabs your attention even if you're deep in another app.

Technical details:

* Uses Whisper (local AI) to transcribe meeting audio purely as a means to detect keywords. Optimized for Apple Silicon (M1-M4).

* Audio captured via ScreenCaptureKit (system audio only, not your mic). You can even have your speakers muted and still get alerts.

* Everything runs locally. Nothing leaves your machine. Transcripts live in RAM only and are wiped when you end the session or close the app.

* No cloud, no accounts, no telemetry.

* Try it free for 7 days, then $29 one-time

* Only network call: a license ping to Polar.sh every 7 days. Between pings, the app can work fully offline.

* Supports wildcard * keyword matching (e.g., meet* for "meeting", "meetings", "meetup”, or *sync for `async`, `nsync` etc).

* You can also track silences, perfect for when someone asks a question and is waiting for a reply.

* For macOS 12.3+, Apple Silicon required. Made in Electron + React.

It's perfect if you're the kind of person managing lots of meetings, or multiple overlapping meetings (perfect for OE devs).

Happy to answer any questions!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47233238

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I was thinking in sending this link to my family but probably the timer is really fast for them but I think they could used your app as "training" so they know how to spot a dark pattern in the future

Is the goal to have your website/blog only for friends or also for strangers? If its the second I think it would be nice to display "Random site of the day", "Most visited post of the month" and "Most visited page of the month".

This because i think there is people like me who dont write much but likes to read other peoples blogs and would be great for discovery

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