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What I learned building a system-wide AI writing tool on macOS

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I assumed a Mac app that helps you write in any text field would be the easy part. It wasn't. Here's what I learned building DraftKey, an on-device writing assistant for the apps you already use. Reading text across apps means Accessibility There's no public API that says "give me the text the user…

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  1. 2026-10-08 20:06 · DEV Community — AI
    What I learned building a system-wide AI writing tool on macOS

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