MacOS Tahoe will be the final version of macOS to support some specific Intel-based Macs.

Last spring, I spent more nights on LinkedIn Jobs than on Netflix. One role even dragged me through four rounds of interviews before ghosting me completely.

\ Somehow, the bar keeps rising—referral? Video intro? Homework project?—and still we’re told “just follow up.” After the 30-hour week called “full-time recruiting,” I rarely had energy left to chase down recruiters’ emails, let alone write something thoughtful.

\ So, I built a shortcut for myself.

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The Idea in Plain English

One click = one polite follow-up.

• Click a little button in Chrome right after submitting an application.
• The extension grabs the company name and role.
• Behind the curtain, it drafts a short email and tries to find a real recruiter’s address.
• If it finds one, it sends; if not, it gives me a copy-paste draft.

\ No tabs, no digging through Google, no wondering what to say.

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What I Actually Did (Non-Engineer Edition)

1. Googled “how to make a Chrome extension.” Copied the starter template, swapped icons, and added a textbox for my webhook link.

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2. Hooked it to Make.com. Think of Make as Lego blocks for the internet—drag this, drop that, tell it “when you see X, do Y.”

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3. Asked ChatGPT to write the email. Prompt: “In 120 words or less, polite, mention the job title, express genuine interest.”

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4. Pulled recruiter info from Apollo. Free tier—best thing for a student budget.

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5. Tested on myself. It worked.

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Why Bother Following Up Anyway?

• Silence ≠ rejection. Recruiters sift through hundreds of apps; the polite ping helps them remember you.
• It shows you care. If two candidates look equal on paper, the one who reaches out usually wins.
• It builds a real contact list. Even if you don’t land this role, you now know a human at that company.

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Honest Lessons (So Far)

• Friction kills good intentions. If I have to copy-paste anything, I’ll put it off until “tomorrow,” which never comes.
• Side projects are therapy. Shipping something—even half-baked—felt better than refreshing my inbox for the 100th time.

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What’s Next (After I Catch My Breath)

• Clean UI, no setup screens (my friends will never paste a webhook, and I can’t blame them).
• Toggle for internship vs. full-time tone. Same click, slightly different voice.
• Open-source once it’s not embarrassing. I’ll post the repo before fall recruiting hits.

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Build With Me

If you’re a fellow builder looking for a teammate, I’d love to collaborate:

➤ JavaScript tinkerers who know their way around Chrome Extensions \n ➤No-code automators ready to stretch Make.com in new ways \n ➤Prompt-crafting nerds who can wring the perfect tone from ChatGPT

Ping me on LinkedIn (Parviz Sadikov) or email sadikov@uw.edu

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Microsoft is now allowing Windows 11 testers to try out a new, larger Start menu that includes a scrollable interface, new views, and more customizability. An early version of the new Start menu first started showing up in Windows 11 builds in April, followed by Microsoft’s official announcement in May. Today’s Dev Channel release lets you try it out officially for the first time.

“We’re making it easier for you to launch your apps with our updated, scrollable Start menu,” explains the Windows Insider team. This scrollable Start menu means that all apps is now at the top level, so you don’t have to navigate to a second page to find your apps.

You’ll also be able to disable the recommended section so you can see more of your apps, and choose two new views: category and grid. The default category view groups apps by category, and the grid view is ordered alphabetically more like a traditional list view.

Microsoft has also made the Start menu larger based on the screen size of your device or monitor. “On larger devices, users can expect to see 8 columns of pinned apps, 6 recommendations, and 4 columns of categories in the Start menu,” says the Windows Insider team. “On smaller devices, you’ll see 6 columns of pinned apps, 4 recommendations, and 3 columns of categories.”

There’s also a new mobile device button on the Start menu that lets you expand or collapse the Phone Link interface that appears alongside the Start menu. Microsoft is also allowing Windows 11 users to choose what lock screen widgets appear, allowing you to add or remove widgets and rearrange them for the lock screen.

Finally, this latest Dev Channel build also includes a new Gamepad keyboard update that lets you sign into a PC with a PIN code using a controller. This is part of Microsoft’s work to improve Windows 11 on handheld gaming devices like the recently announced ROG Xbox Ally devices.

At Monday's WWDC conference, Apple announced the new macOS Tahoe, which comes with a series of updates related to Apple Intelligence, continuity features with the iPhone, and Spotlight search.