https://heyminnie.com/blog/ Notes on running an AI coding agent on your Mac: voice, permissions, MCP and building a desktop pet. en https://heyminnie.com/blog/gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli-mac/ Since June 2026, Gemini CLI no longer serves free and Google AI Pro accounts. Who is affected, the Homebrew trap on Macs, and how to move to Antigravity CLI. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT gemini cli macos install https://heyminnie.com/blog/keep-mac-awake-claude-code/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/keep-mac-awake-claude-code/ You start a long Claude Code task, walk away, and come back to a Mac that fell asleep halfway through. How to stop that with caffeinate, and what closing the lid does. Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code macos productivity https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-worktrees/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-worktrees/ How claude --worktree works, the setup step everyone skips, what happens to your branch on exit, and how to keep track of three agents at once. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code productivity https://heyminnie.com/blog/bongo-cat-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/bongo-cat-mac/ There are two Bongo Cats, and both now run on a Mac. Which one to install, the permission macOS asks for, and why you should care what reads your keystrokes. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT desktop pet macos install https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-command-not-found-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-command-not-found-mac/ Claude Code installed fine, and your Mac still says command not found. The five causes, in the order to check them, with the exact commands for zsh and bash. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code macos install https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-buddy-pets/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-buddy-pets/ Anthropic's /buddy terminal pet lasted a week in April 2026. What happened, whether you can get it back, and the desktop pets that react to Claude Code now. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code desktop pet comparison https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-notifications-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-notifications-mac/ Claude Code only sends desktop alerts in three terminals, and its hook alerts can lag a minute. How to get told the moment it finishes or needs you. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code macos permissions https://heyminnie.com/blog/desktop-goose-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/desktop-goose-mac/ The Mac build of Desktop Goose dates from 2020. How to run it on an Apple Silicon Mac today, how to get rid of the goose, and what changes after macOS 27. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT desktop pet macos install https://heyminnie.com/blog/shimeji-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/shimeji-mac/ The Mac app most people used for Shimeji was discontinued this year. The options that still run on Apple Silicon, how to import a shimeji, and what to skip. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT desktop pet macos install https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-gui-apps-compared/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-gui-apps-compared/ Claude Code is a terminal tool, so every interface around it is third-party. An honest look at the desktop apps, what each is actually for, and how to pick. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code comparison macos https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-vs-gemini-cli-vs-codex/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-vs-gemini-cli-vs-codex/ Three terminal coding agents, three different temperaments. What each is good at, how they differ day to day, and why you do not have to pick just one. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code gemini cli codex comparison https://heyminnie.com/blog/desktop-pets-for-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/desktop-pets-for-mac/ A guide to desktop pets on macOS — the classics, the modern open-source ones, and the new kind that are wired to something real on your machine. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT desktop pet macos comparison https://heyminnie.com/blog/install-claude-code-on-mac/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/install-claude-code-on-mac/ The short path to a working Claude Code on macOS: which installer to use, how to log in, what to do in your first repo, and what usually goes wrong. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code macos install https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-gemini-cli-codex-on-your-desktop/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-gemini-cli-codex-on-your-desktop/ Minnie doesn't care which coding agent you use. How she works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, Antigravity and custom CLIs, and exactly where they differ. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code gemini cli codex https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-permission-prompts/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/claude-code-permission-prompts/ Claude Code asks before it runs tools — until the prompt sits unseen in a terminal. How to configure approvals properly and stop watching the window. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code permissions security https://heyminnie.com/blog/desktop-pet-for-mac-that-does-work/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/desktop-pet-for-mac-that-does-work/ Desktop pets used to be pure decoration. Minnie sits on your Mac like one, but she runs your AI coding agent, asks before she acts, and costs nothing extra. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT desktop pet macos ai agent https://heyminnie.com/blog/free-ai-coding-companion-bring-your-own-agent/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/free-ai-coding-companion-bring-your-own-agent/ Most AI tools charge for the model on top of the app. Minnie drives the coding agent you already pay for, so the app is free and there's no second AI bill. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT pricing ai agent macos https://heyminnie.com/blog/local-ai-coding-assistant-privacy/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/local-ai-coding-assistant-privacy/ "Private" means different things for different AI tools. What Minnie keeps on your Mac, what your agent's provider sees, and what to ask any tool. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT privacy macos ai agent https://heyminnie.com/blog/mcp-servers-for-coding-agents/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/mcp-servers-for-coding-agents/ What Model Context Protocol is, how it lets your agent reach GitHub, Notion, Slack and your database, which servers to start with, and the security part. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT mcp claude code integrations https://heyminnie.com/blog/open-unsigned-mac-app-apple-could-not-verify/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/open-unsigned-mac-app-apple-could-not-verify/ Why macOS warns about unsigned apps, what the warning does and doesn't tell you, how to check an app yourself, and how to open one you trust. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT macos gatekeeper install https://heyminnie.com/blog/voice-coding-prompts-that-work/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/voice-coding-prompts-that-work/ Talking to a coding agent is different from typing to it. Practical habits for spoken prompts that are short, specific and hard to misunderstand. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT voice prompting productivity https://heyminnie.com/blog/talk-to-claude-code-with-your-voice/ https://heyminnie.com/blog/talk-to-claude-code-with-your-voice/ Claude Code is a terminal tool: no voice, no window. The three ways people add one, what each is good at, and why the permission prompt was the hard part. Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT claude code voice macos