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by milen 7mo ago
I’ve implemented that feature but I haven’t had the time to push out a new update (family life and day job take up all my time). I’ll try to prioritise this over the next few weeks. Thanks for all the kind words to everyone who likes Monodr
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Time it's not fatigue, but disconnection(morrick.me)
3 points by milen 10mo ago|0 comments
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by milen 1y ago
Yup, that's me! EventBox [1] was rebranded as Socialite after it got acquired [2] by Realmac Software. [1] https://milen.me/software/eventbox-walkthrough/ [2] https://www.macworld.com/article&
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by milen 1y ago
The team is just me - the developer. There’s no affiliation whatsoever, I’m actually quite surprised every time Monodraw appears on the front page as the app just had its 10th birthday. I would have assumed most people in the community woul
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by milen 1y ago
At least back in the day, it used to be common to "buy a license" or "buy a serial key". I didn't really put too much thought into the phrasing, as I haven't received any feedback. Regardless, when you buy it,
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by milen 1y ago
As jamil7 noted, Monodraw predates SwiftUI by about 4yrs. But more importantly, my priority is delivering the best user experience and that's where AppKit shines.
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by milen 1y ago
One idea I've been toying with would be to do a Kickstarter-style campaign and if it reaches a certain threshold, then I know it would be worth porting.
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by milen 1y ago
FWIW, pirated copies of Monodraw are widely available, I take that as a form of flattery :D
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by milen 1y ago
Thank you!
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by milen 1y ago
Appreciated!
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by milen 1y ago
Oh, wow - so happy to hear from a Clear user! I was one of the co-creators of Clear and the developer who built the iOS app. It was co-created by me, Realmac and Impending. I had previously interned at Realmac and had been friends with the
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by milen 1y ago
Thank you for the appreciation!
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by milen 1y ago
It's on the TODO list!
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by milen 1y ago
Yeah, it's unclear how many people fall into that bucket. I'm sure it's non-zero but I don't know if it's worth the time.
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by milen 1y ago
Targeting Windows/Linux/web still means I cannot re-use the sources. But targeting web might be faster in terms of development time, although I don't have deep expertise on non-Apple platforms, so I cannot say for sure.
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by milen 1y ago
Yeah, there's a few such libraries that I'm aware of but I haven't had time to evaluate them. I do plan to at least look into them and make decision from there.
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by milen 1y ago
That makes sense - I deliberately did not go down the subscription route.
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by milen 1y ago
Thank you!
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by milen 1y ago
The top two features I want to add next are table support and some form of auto layout (like flexbox). I really care about stability and performance, so I’m happy to hear that it’s being appreciated.
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by milen 1y ago
Monodraw's main selling point is that it's a fully native AppKit macOS app. If you value the experience, then you might like the app. asciiflow.com is great as well. (Monodraw developer here)
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by milen 1y ago
Thank you for the kind words! > Would you consider adding an '8-bit character bitmap' mode, which allows for the bitmap to also be edited? Can you clarify with an example? Monodraw supports "surfaces" which are just l
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by milen 1y ago
The direct version is not sandboxed as I didn't want to deal with Sparkle (autoupdater) and sandboxing. The Mac App Store version is sandboxed.
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by milen 1y ago
Good luck with your project! The world is big enough for multiple products in the same space, no need to get discouraged.
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by milen 1y ago
Any time spent on copy protection is time not spent on improving the product for the paying customers. I find it unlikely that such copy protection would actually convert a non-paying user into a customer. I also don't want to make the
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by milen 1y ago
There are no current plans but never say never (the app is 100% AppKit, so porting means a full rewrite). I wish I had the time to port it to all three desktop OSes.
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by milen 1y ago
Yeah, it was. After I finished working on the iOS app I was previously involved with, I needed to either find a job or make another app. I was browsing StackOverflow and saw some cool looking ASCII diagrams, thinking to myself "How can
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by milen 1y ago
Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
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Refined Clarity(lmnt.me)
1 points by milen 1y ago|0 comments
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The role of the University is to resist AI(danmcquillan.org)
67 points by milen 1y ago|47 comments
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Why I Won't Use AI(agentultra.com)
65 points by milen 1y ago|51 comments

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