The latest articles on DEV Community by Beau (@beau). https://dev.to/beau https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4096923%2Ffd98ff1b-4d21-4ac1-a668-e895ac8cd1f9.jpg https://dev.to/beau en Beau Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:21:42 +0000 https://dev.to/beau/portrait-clip-a-local-windows-app-for-vertical-clips-bll https://dev.to/beau/portrait-clip-a-local-windows-app-for-vertical-clips-bll <p><a href="https://github.com/beaudenison/portrait-clip" rel="noopener noreferrer">Portrait Clip</a> is a Windows app that takes a landscape recording and reframes it for TikTok, Shorts, and Reels. MIT. Local only. No account, no watermark, the file never leaves this PC.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <p>Drop in an MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, or AVI. You get two crops on a canvas: <strong>Content</strong> and <strong>Camera</strong>. Drag them. Portrait, square, or landscape. Presets: Portrait Split, Portrait Crop, Full Blur. You can save your own layout.<br> Split at the playhead, trim, delete what you do not want. Compile with FFmpeg at 720p or 1080p, 30 or 60 fps. Stitch compiled clips into a montage if you need one file.<br> Exports go to <code>Documents\Portrait Clip\Exports</code> unless you change the folder in Settings.</p> <h2> How it is built </h2> <p>Tauri. TypeScript on the front, Rust on the back. FFmpeg encodes on this machine. The installer is a normal setup for the current Windows user. A newer setup replaces the install. Clips and layouts stay put.<br> Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. <a href="https://github.com/beaudenison/portrait-clip/releases/latest" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download the latest installer</a>.</p> <h2> If you want to build it </h2> <p>Node, Rust, and VS 2022 C++ build tools.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight powershell"><code><span class="n">git</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">clone</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">https://github.com/beaudenison/portrait-clip.git</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cd</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">portrait-clip</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">npm.cmd</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">install</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">powershell</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">-File</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">scripts\download-ffmpeg.ps1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">npm.cmd</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">run</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">tauri</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">--</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">dev</span><span class="w"> </span></code></pre> </div> <p><code>npm.cmd run tauri -- build</code> writes the setup to <code>src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/</code>.<br> Issues and PRs are open.</p> <h2> Links </h2> <ul> <li>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/beaudenison/portrait-clip" rel="noopener noreferrer">github.com/beaudenison/portrait-clip</a> </li> <li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/beaudenison" rel="noopener noreferrer">beaudenison</a> </li> <li>X: <a href="https://x.com/beaudenison" rel="noopener noreferrer">@beaudenison</a> </li> </ul> showdev typescript rust microsoft Beau Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:09:52 +0000 https://dev.to/beau/tools-i-build-and-the-systems-work-behind-them-bik https://dev.to/beau/tools-i-build-and-the-systems-work-behind-them-bik <p>I am Beau Denison. Systems engineer in Spokane. I started on a casino floor doing desktop support. Now I work on identity, endpoints, and remote access.</p> <p>I also build small tools when I need something that does not exist yet, then I open-source them.</p> <p>This account is both. Posts will be about the tools, and about the systems work I do in the shop. I will label which is which.</p> <p>GitHub is <a href="https://github.com/beaudenison" rel="noopener noreferrer">beaudenison</a>. LinkedIn is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/itbeau" rel="noopener noreferrer">itbeau</a>. X is <a href="https://x.com/beaudenison" rel="noopener noreferrer">@beaudenison</a>.</p> showdev career beginners ai