2026-07-06
You ordered it in the comments — so I built it: SoloPic, a free image tool
At the end of my last piece — 'Why I'm Rebuilding 100 Free Software Tools' — I asked: which one do you most wish someone would rebuild for you? A reader from Tianjin named Axiang left three specific requirements in the comments: batch edge-crop, batch rename via a mapping file, and batch brightness/contrast. I replied 'Got it — the core is batch processing, right?' and then spent a few days building it: SoloPic, a free, offline, 12 MB batch image tool, built exactly to his spec, right down to 'crop 100px from the left and 57px from the bottom.' This piece is about how that one comment became real, working software — and why the best candidates for the '100 free tools' project aren't in my head. They're in your comments.
