First, I really love this idea, and I thank you for getting it into my head.
That said, if no AI is really important, I guess it's worth $29, though I can't tell if you used AI to build it or not from here.
Like, I just one-shot a script that does the same with Claude, after it listed 5 free projects that do the same, including one GUI. The whole thing took less time than writing this comment.
Now, if it were $2.99, I probably would have just paid you.
> Like, I just one-shot a script that does the same with Claude, after it listed 5 free projects that do the same, including one GUI. The whole thing took less time than writing this comment.
I'm assuming the author put in the effort to validate their program handles all kinds of pictures. With that assumption:
- how did *you* validate the one-shot script that Claude handed you works correctly?
- after all said and done, and getting it to work correctly, did you end up spending atleast $30 in time, effort and money?
I am curious how coding agents would affect the future of "micro apps" - apps/scripts that do one thing and just one thing very well.
I like your idea. While installing the app, I suddenly had an idea for the logo: what do you think about using a tilted old photo of a child as the app icon?
I have not used Windows for decades. With that context:
> For $30 you should sign your binary so you don't have a UAC popup.
How much does it cost to be able to sign a binary so you can deploy it on Windows without a UAC popup? How arduous is it?
> Also is it not doable with Google takeout ( with Gmail )?
It sure is. You do a takeout and iterate over the compressed mbox looking for media attachments. Then you write them out. The edge cases, and the actual value is ensuring you properly grab all the media dispositions.
I also have emails from people who like to zip up a bunch of pictures and then email them to me - my own script takes care of this detail but I wonder if most other tools, including this one does.
First, I really love this idea, and I thank you for getting it into my head.
That said, if no AI is really important, I guess it's worth $29, though I can't tell if you used AI to build it or not from here.
Like, I just one-shot a script that does the same with Claude, after it listed 5 free projects that do the same, including one GUI. The whole thing took less time than writing this comment.
Now, if it were $2.99, I probably would have just paid you.
The website is clearly AI-written (along with the text), and the screenshot also looks quite like the styles that LLMs love
My question is why not use IMAP?
That's what they used to do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708270
The OP had posted a detailed reply here as well, that they since deleted - I think because they didn't want to deal with all the pushback here.
> Like, I just one-shot a script that does the same with Claude, after it listed 5 free projects that do the same, including one GUI. The whole thing took less time than writing this comment.
I'm assuming the author put in the effort to validate their program handles all kinds of pictures. With that assumption:
- how did *you* validate the one-shot script that Claude handed you works correctly?
- after all said and done, and getting it to work correctly, did you end up spending atleast $30 in time, effort and money?
I am curious how coding agents would affect the future of "micro apps" - apps/scripts that do one thing and just one thing very well.
Or you can just use Google Takeout: https://takeout.google.com
Deselect everything, select "Mail", create export, wait until it's done, and then download the zip.
I like your idea. While installing the app, I suddenly had an idea for the logo: what do you think about using a tilted old photo of a child as the app icon?
I like the idea. Google Takeout works, but a focused app that helps you actually find and recover old photos could still be useful.
For $30 you should sign your binary so you don't have a UAC popup.
Also is it not doable with Google takeout ( with Gmail )?
I have not used Windows for decades. With that context:
> For $30 you should sign your binary so you don't have a UAC popup.
How much does it cost to be able to sign a binary so you can deploy it on Windows without a UAC popup? How arduous is it?
> Also is it not doable with Google takeout ( with Gmail )?
It sure is. You do a takeout and iterate over the compressed mbox looking for media attachments. Then you write them out. The edge cases, and the actual value is ensuring you properly grab all the media dispositions.
I also have emails from people who like to zip up a bunch of pictures and then email them to me - my own script takes care of this detail but I wonder if most other tools, including this one does.
> How much does it cost to be able to sign a binary so you can deploy it on Windows without a UAC popup?
You can get a cert for $130-300/yr, and then you can use signtool to sign it.
idk if other tools do it for free, but cool idea, hope that it gains the deserved visibility