content: 2026-05-05 capture run — 28 finds, 2 reviews, set-pick tooling

Captured 27 finds from the daily sweep across 15 sources (Daring Fireball, HN Show HN, Kottke, Wallpaper, Outbound, Uncommon Goods, Kikkerland, BIFL, Quote Investigator, Marginalian, r/dadjokes, icanhazdadjoke, r/shortcuts, Recomendo, Messy Nessy) plus one user- suggested find (valchoose-barf-bags) and 11 additional reader- suggestion finds (appcleaner, blip, cleanmykeyboard, clocker, daisydisk, ia-writer, launchos, macfolio, mos, vivid, wallspace). New reviews: monitorcontrol (graduated from today's reader suggestion, category interface) and blip (graduated from today's reader suggestion, category indie). Both registered in hero.ts. Site tooling: new dev-only POST /api/set-pick middleware that rewrites HERO_SLUG in src/pages/index.astro for the Make today's pick action. EditConfirm reworked to support a non-copy "set-pick" mode; EditAction takes action and slug props; the reviews template switches the toolbar button over to the new wiring. Log + candidate-sources updated. Two new candidates: Routinehub.co and Moss & Fog.
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+name: "Vivid"
+subtitle: "Unlocks the HDR-only headroom on MacBook Pro displays for everyday use"
+date: 2026-05-05
+link: "https://www.getvivid.app/"
+linkText: "Visit getvivid.app"
+source: "Reader suggestion"
+topics:
+  - macos-apps
+tags: [macos, display, brightness, indie]
+description: "One-time-purchase Mac app that lets the MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR run their full 1,600-nit panel brightness for SDR content, not just HDR video."
+---
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+Apple caps SDR brightness at 500 nits on the M-series MacBook Pros and Pro Display XDR, even though the panels can hit 1,600. Vivid pretends the whole desktop is HDR content so the display lets the extra headroom out — toggle it from the menu bar or with a hotkey, then drive it from the regular brightness keys. Outdoors on a sunny patio it's the difference between a usable laptop and a mirror; €20 one-time, no subscription.