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In light of today's Apple Mac Pro announcements, I'll chime in... Problem: Building macOS desktop applications as an indie-developer. Project: Fileloupe for M

In light of today's Apple Mac Pro announcements, I'll chime in... Problem: Building macOS desktop applications as an indie-developer. Project: Fileloupe for Mac and Videoloupe for Mac Fileloupe is a lightweight media browser that I actually announced on Hacker News a few years back. Videoloupe was just released and is a video player/editor in the spirit of the older QuickTime Pro 7. I work on both of these full-time and I'm currently in a coffee shop in Bangkok. The jury is still out whether or not being a macOS indie developer is sustainable... https://www.fileloupe.com https://www.fileloupe.com https://www.videoloupe.com https://www.videoloupe.com

pmarreck 9y ago
uh wait... what Apple Mac Pro announcements?
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- kennycarruthers 9y ago
  Discussion on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619 Daring Fireball "The Mac Pro Lives": http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
  - pmarreck 9y ago
    So, a slight bump to the existing machines and a promise for a fully revamped one next year. I have the most recentish Mac Pro. It's a fantastic machine, I wish it had sold better, but perhaps the proliferation of iDevices and laptops more or less killed it except for special niches :/
sgt 9y ago
I have to say the file size for File Loupe is impressive - only 5MB for all that functionality. PS Is it written in Swift or ObjC?
- kennycarruthers 9y ago
  Both are 100% Objective-C. No plans to make the switch anytime soon. I'm comfortable with Objective-C and understand it reasonably well. Applications can be pretty small when they're 100% native and include almost no artwork or auxiliary assets.
j_s 9y ago
Nice. Get yourself listed on http://alternativeto.net/browse/search?q=videoloupe http://alternativeto.net/browse/search?q=videoloupe
flashrider 9y ago
wow this is great! I've been searching for a tool like videoloupe for a long long time!!
- kennycarruthers 9y ago
  Glad to hear. Feel free to follow up by email with any feedback, comments or questions.
stephenr 9y ago
Sorry to go off topic but are you living, holidaying or "digital-nomad"ing in bkk?

pmarreck 9y ago

uh wait... what Apple Mac Pro announcements?

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kennycarruthers 9y ago
Discussion on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619 Daring Fireball "The Mac Pro Lives": http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
- pmarreck 9y ago
  So, a slight bump to the existing machines and a promise for a fully revamped one next year. I have the most recentish Mac Pro. It's a fantastic machine, I wish it had sold better, but perhaps the proliferation of iDevices and laptops more or less killed it except for special niches :/

sgt 9y ago

I have to say the file size for File Loupe is impressive - only 5MB for all that functionality. PS Is it written in Swift or ObjC?

kennycarruthers 9y ago
Both are 100% Objective-C. No plans to make the switch anytime soon. I'm comfortable with Objective-C and understand it reasonably well. Applications can be pretty small when they're 100% native and include almost no artwork or auxiliary assets.

j_s 9y ago

Nice. Get yourself listed on http://alternativeto.net/browse/search?q=videoloupe http://alternativeto.net/browse/search?q=videoloupe

flashrider 9y ago

wow this is great! I've been searching for a tool like videoloupe for a long long time!!

kennycarruthers 9y ago
Glad to hear. Feel free to follow up by email with any feedback, comments or questions.

stephenr 9y ago

Sorry to go off topic but are you living, holidaying or "digital-nomad"ing in bkk?