Maozai: Your Pocket Cat App

by Lois Simonis

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Oct 21, 2026 AI & Machine Learning

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Hi r/SideProject, I'm Will, an indie developer in LA. I used to be a software engineer at Tencent, and I've been hooked on large language models ever since they showed up. This is my first app of my own. I wanted to see what living with a bit of software would feel like if it weren't another assistant doing tasks for me, just something small that keeps me company. So I made Maozai (猫在, roughly "the cat is here"). What it does: It gets hungry at mealtimes. Tap "Eat to...