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How I built an app launcher for my desktop AI companion: an index, not a shell command

How I built an app launcher for my desktop AI companion: an index, not a shell command "Open Notepad" sounds like the simplest request a desktop companion can get. It nearly became the most dangerous one. The obvious implementation is a shell command: take the app name, run it, done. But a shell co…

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  1. 2026-11-01 10:28 · DEV Community — AI
    How I built an app launcher for my desktop AI companion: an index, not a shell command

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