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czottmann, to random
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🧵 Biggest “surprise” of the last day? Being able to just push out a beta for my new macOS app without waiting for App Review or s/th is GREAT.

I mean, sure: The App Store is nice because it's well-integrated with Xcode (15, especially!), and takes care of hosting/ delivering/ payments/ IAP handling etc. Ace!

So among the things I had to do first: Set up payments (Paddle), licensing (Keygen), updating (Sparkle), hosting (Vercel/GH Pages/CF), and some workflows to take the pain out of …

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Cykelero,
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@czottmann Agreed—the MAS is handy for hosting/payment processing, but if you can skip it you probably should. You're probably saving on fees, too!

How'd you go about implementing licensing in the app? Does Keygen offer a Swift framework for checking license keys?

vdvestelle, to random
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I’m currently using the Mastodon app on the phone, but I’m seeing people using other apps for Masto. Can you tell me which one you’re using and what’s the best thing you like about it?

Cykelero,
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@vdvestelle Ivory for iOS, here! It's nicely designed, and actively supported :)
https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274

ctietze, to random
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I’m in a weird color mood today, apparently. But it’s nice outside and I don’t mind

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Cykelero,
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@ctietze Love the colors!

runevision, to random
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Nice article. As a C# gamedev, I had half-considered trying out Rust one day to see if (unlike C++ which makes me miserable) I might like it. But now I don't have to; it's clear I would be just as miserable with Rust, just for different reasons.

LogLog Games: "Here's also our postmortem of 3 years of Rust gamedev, and why we're leaving Rust"
https://loglog.games/blog/leaving-rust-gamedev/

Cykelero,
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@sinbad @runevision Oh that's interesting—I was considering trying Swift for gamedev, after a disillusion with Rust. For writing apps the language is incredible comfortable, and seems a lot more relaxed than Rust, so I assumed it'd be a nice fit for games. Do you remember specifics of what made Swift annoying for gamedev?

Cykelero,
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@sinbad OK! Might be worth another try, then 🤞

angelikatyborska, to random
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Copenhagen is such a lovely city 🥰 people in the city office can speak English fluently and are nice to you, both things highly unlikely in Berlin

Cykelero,
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@angelikatyborska I visited the city once and my brain couldn't accept that this was the capital of the country. People in the streets were so calm and nice!

songpocket, to random
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After 3+ years, I decided I misspelled my own app’s name. Today, I capitalized the P in SongPocket.

Arguments against: Photoshop and Snapchat

Arguments in favor: GarageBand and FaceTime. Also, general clarity: PhotosHop wouldn’t be PhotoShop.

Cykelero,
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@songpocket That looks and feels right!

alexisw, to random
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launched TikTok for the first time in a while - brilliant new feature…

Prior function - To skip to the next video, you scroll upwards.
New functionality - as you are scrolling upwards the video increases speed.

So like, maybe you decide not to keep moving your finger upward and watch the remainder at increased speed.
I don’t know if this exists in another app and I’ve just not seen it - but impressive. no instruction needed, discoverable and makes sense exactly where it is.

Cykelero,
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@alexisw Oh that's a cool idea! A good UX move, as you describe. I haven't seen it myself yet though

sindresorhus, to random
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New app:

Icon Preview — Preview your macOS app icon and menu bar icon

https://sindresorhus.com/icon-preview

Cykelero,
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@sindresorhus Ohhh yes yes yes! I currently use a Sketch plugin for this, but its keyboard shortcut is broken, and requires you to change your selection before triggering. Very much interested in your take!

Cykelero, to random
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I'm supposed to be working on the Retcon website but I keep procrastinating by working on the app 🤷‍♀️

mattiem, to random
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ThemePark is a very structured approach to handling editor theming.

  • built-in support for TextMate and Xcode themes
  • mapping tree-sitter highlight captures
  • style resolution using the SwiftUI environment

I've wanted to work on this idea for a long time now. Not totally done, but pretty far along!

https://github.com/ChimeHQ/ThemePark

Cykelero,
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@mattiem The idea sounds like something really useful—but I'm not clear exactly on what the package wants to do, and what it already does.
It can read theme files in two formats, but what can it then do with that data?

Cykelero, to design
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I've been making a small, hopefully nice-to-have Safari extension, and it needed an icon. Here's a some progress shots!

You might be able to guess what the extension does, based on the icon.

A timelapse of an icon evolving. It depicts an arrow curving to the right at the intersection of two white lines. The top line, which the arrow avoids, is overlaid with a white-and-orange striped rectangle.

Cykelero,
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@_nb Whoa haha, you got it on your first try!

Cykelero,
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@_nb This is the extension I'd been using too! Now, if only someone would make one that works on every webpage 🤠

Cykelero, (edited ) to random
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No reason in particular: what's your main OS, currently?

Cykelero, to random French
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So cool! AltStore is out, they're not trying to make any money off of anyone, and one of the first apps is a clipboard manager. (I love clipboard managers)

http://rileytestut.com/blog/2024/04/17/introducing-altstore-pal/

maxmelzer, to random
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😅 I was today years old when I realised that you don’t have to declare encryption export compliance manually for every build if you add this entry to your target properties:

Cykelero,
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@maxmelzer Aaand just did this for Table of contents. That'll make updating nicer—thanks!

Cykelero, to macos
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Adding a “Git config options” table to Retcon, for seeing current values.
When an option isn't set, the app tries to be helpful and shows the actual resolved value.

A screenshot, very similar to the first one in the post. In this one, the values have not been set. Various rows show “Not set” as a value, sometimes highlighted in red, as is the case for the name and email values. Other rows, like the “First branch name” option, show more detail: this one says “master (default)”

overenginerd, to random
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Just remembered that as of Swift 5.10 (Xcode 15.3) you can nest non-generic protocols inside of other types which is pretty slick:

Cykelero,
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@overenginerd Ohh nesting delegate protocols is nice!

fhe, to random
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Oh man, very much enjoyed this talk by @cabel — a big slice of joy 🟨

https://gdcvault.com/play/1034707/The-Playdate-Story-What-Was

Cykelero,
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@fhe Ohh, didn't know it was online! Thanks for the share!

Cykelero, to random
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Yearly tradition: pick up my phone and realize I can't go grocery shopping until I've connected to Xcode & rebuilt the app that holds my grocery list hostage

(years ago, I made my own grocery shopping app, and still use it to this day. It's installed to my phone directly from Xcode, so the build has a one-year expiry!)

pixelmator, to random
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Pixelmator Pro just added support for text editing in PDF files, including those created using Keynote, Pages, and Safari! ✍️

Check out our blog for more info on this new feature and other cool additions in this update, like customizable text strokes, and more:

https://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2024/04/03/pixelmator-pro-brings-text-editing-in-pdfs-and-adds-a-collection-of-bento-grid-templates/

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Cykelero,
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@pixelmator Whoa, that's cool!

Cykelero, to random
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To some, a superhero movie set in New York feels grounded; fantastical events in mundane surroundings.

But to most, New York is essentially a movie trope! The backdrop of countless stories they've seen, instead of a real place.

I wonder how much that difference changes how people experience movies?

Cykelero, (edited )
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In the same vein, a bunch of Americanisms (e.g. a character desperately needing money to pay off medical bills) feel relatable to some, but require suspension of disbelief from others.
It's fascinating to think that to much of the world, a lot of US culture feels like “movie stuff“.

runevision, to random
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I'm working on visualizations of dependencies between the different generative data layers in my game, using my LayerProcGen framework.

The left part of the screen shows a first person view of flying through a generated landscape. The right part of the screen shows the landscape way zoomed out from the side, and way below it are multiple layered grids with labels and lines between them indicating dependencies.

Cykelero,
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@runevision This is fascinating (and beautiful), but I don't understand much of what's being represented. Keenly looking forward to the video!

Cykelero,
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@runevision That makes sense. I'm very curious to see the final product!

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