Built a posture app with Claude that mocks you on-screen for slouching

A developer with lifelong bad posture gave Claude one short brief and had it build a complete posture-correction app. The app uses AirPods to detect when the head tips forward into a slouch. The moment that happens, a pixel-art avatar of the user runs onto the screen with a sound effect and roasts them with a different message each time.

The overlay is click-through, so it floats over without blocking other work. It's built in Swift, and the entire app is essentially just this one alert-and-message mechanic.

Key points

  • Uses AirPods to detect slouching in
  • a pixel-art avatar with sound and a roast message when you slouch
  • Roast messages vary each time
  • Built in Swift with a that never steals focus
  • The whole app came from a single brief given to Claude
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