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Making Screen Capture Feel Less Boring

Most screen capture tools look the same — dim overlay, crosshair, done. We added custom themes with particles and WebGL shaders to Snapr's selection overlay. Here's why we built it and how it works.

2026-05-19

Why I Rewrote My Screen Recorder from Electron to Native

Building a screen capture tool in Electron was fast — until I hit Chromium's 30fps cap, no system audio on macOS, and no native API access. Here's how rewriting the core as a native CLI unlocked 4K 60fps recording and features like scroll capture.

2025-05-15