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I built 4 Windows apps to replace Microsoft's defaults. Here's what 2 months taught me.

2 months ago I had a simple idea:

Microsoft's default Windows apps are bad.
Someone should fix them.

That someone became me.

The apps

ATLOCK — Every Windows lock app can be bypassed
by opening Task Manager and killing the process.
ATLOCK uses WH_KEYBOARD_LL hooks and a watchdog thread
to make that impossible.

ANOTE — Notepad hasn't changed meaningfully since

  1. ANOTE adds syntax highlighting, per-file password lock, auto-save, and a built-in translator.

ACALCU — Every calculator is identical. ACALCU has
30+ themes, right-click button customization, and lets
you set videos as button backgrounds.

APIC — Image tools are either too expensive or
require internet. APIC handles edit, convert, compress,
and batch processing offline.

What 2 months actually taught me

Building is the easy part.
Distribution is where most indie projects die.

Small numbers are still real.
220+ strangers downloaded my software without knowing me.

Consistency beats perfection.
I shipped ugly. I improved. I shipped again.

Frustration is a roadmap.
Every app started with something that annoyed me.

Where things stand

All four apps are free, single .exe, no installation.
Listed on Softpedia, SourceForge, AlternativeTO.
Google indexed. Still building.

We build what others forgot to fix.

GitHub: https://github.com/Akhouri-Anmol-Kumar
Website: https://akhouri-anmol-kumar.github.io/Akhouri-systems

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