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Roundup posts

Every post on the Product Rally blog tagged Roundup: shortlists, guides and comparisons built from tools the board voted up.

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Roundup3 min read

Mac apps that earn their menu bar slot

The menu bar is the most expensive real estate on a Mac. Eight small apps off the board that are worth a slot, what each one costs, and which macOS it needs.

Roundup2 min read

App Store screenshots: where to find the good ones and how to make yours

Six galleries of App Store screenshot design and the two tools that make the twelve sizes. What the top apps do on the first frame.

Roundup2 min read

Shader backgrounds you can ship in React with zero GLSL

Moving gradients, fluid, grain and full shader components for React, Vue, Svelte and Solid. Eight sources on the board and what each one costs the bundle.

Roundup2 min read

Screenshot tools that make a changelog look designed

Backgrounds, browser frames, annotations and App Store sizes. Six tools that turn a raw screenshot into the picture a changelog or a post deserves.

Roundup2 min read

UI components for AI interfaces: chat, thinking states and approvals

The parts an AI product needs that a normal kit lacks: streaming chat, thinking indicators, approval steps, animated numbers. Eight sources on the board.

Roundup2 min read

shadcn/ui add-ons that stay in the codebase after the demo

Ten registries and kits that extend shadcn/ui with animation, charts, themes and terminal components. Which ones ship, which ones are a demo.

Roundup2 min read

AI tools that earn a second week, picked off the board

Most AI tools get opened once. These eight are the ones members came back to, sorted by the job they actually finish.

Roundup1 min read

Design tools for a solo founder, and when each one stops being right

Eight tools off the board for the person who is designer, developer and marketer this week. Picked by what they output, not by what they look like.