Tyler Szakacs

Developer, follower of Jesus, dad to Cal, and distance runner out of Philadelphia. I spend most of my time building AI tools and web products for small businesses and shipping my own apps on the side.

Vero

Vero is a finance app for iOS I've been building for about a year. You connect your bank accounts through Plaid and ask plain questions about your money. What did I spend on food last month? Am I on track this week? Vero just answers. Built in Swift/SwiftUI with Claude handling the reasoning. Live on the App Store.

Szakacs Media

Szakacs Media is my web, content, and AI company. I work with small businesses in Philadelphia — building their sites, automating their workflows, and shipping tools that actually move the needle. One person, full ownership of the work.

Preflight

Preflight is an App Store simulator for iOS developers. Preview your screenshots, metadata, and keyword fields before you submit, without waiting on review.

Open Source

MCP servers and CLI tools I've built for macOS, the Apple ecosystem, and agent workflows.

multimodal-imessage-mcp — iMessage access with conversation search and attachment handling
icloud-calendar-mcp — iCloud Calendar event management with full CRUD via local macOS
reminders-mcp — Apple Reminders integration with full list and reminder management
apple-notes-mcp — Apple Notes server for local macOS note management
safari-mcp — Safari browser control, page extraction, and WebDriver-backed screenshots
gmail-multi-inbox-mcp — Multi-account Gmail with built-in OAuth onboarding
app-store-connect-mcp — App Store Connect APIs and release automation
codex-memory — Codebase memory for risk analysis, co-change tracking, and decision context across git history
sourcekit-lsp-marketplace — Swift and Objective-C support for Claude Code via SourceKit-LSP
spotify-cli — Control Spotify from the terminal via Spotify Web API

Writing

Latest at a glance. Full archive at Articles.

Do You Want God, or a Genie?

April 2, 2026

There are so many people who question God's love, and I think it comes down to this: they do not believe He is doing what's best for them.

Waiting on God Is Hard. Here's What I Learned Anyway.

March 30, 2026

I am in one of the best and most difficult seasons of my life, and most of it has been spent waiting.

Leadership - what is it?

July 2, 2024

The word “Eikyō” (a japanese term) – is defined as “influence, or effect.”

Stack

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