Andy Brice
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- Member since
- July 2015
- Topics started
- 36
- Total posts
- 342
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- 1 week ago
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Summerfest 2026
1 week ago
23rd September is last day of Summerfest:
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/
>All the Big Tech bros appear to be moving in the direction of mass-commodification – of their users, not just their products, turning us all into cogs in their more or less well-designed machines
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Apps for Retirement
3 weeks ago
Simon wrote:
>ramapocalypse
I was quite shocked how much the price of magnetic harddisks have also gone up. ~100% in a year.
Life without AI
3 weeks ago
>I need Notion’s ‘databases’ feature: tables containing text data (names, dates, phone numbers, etc.) as well as numbers, and the ability to perform calculations on certain columns, such as adding up ...
Commercial success is always one more feature away. ;0)
A mode to place cards freely was high on the wishlist for v3. But I have made it policy never to promise future features.
Anyway, I don't ...
Hyper Plan is in a super-competitive market. The market for native Mac/Windows software is also shrinking. And vibe-coded competition is not helping. I hoped that I could do something different enough...
Some people use my https://www.hyperplan.com app for writing. Rather than traditional Kanban (a list of lists of cards) it is a 2D array of cards, automatically laid out from the card data. And you ca...
Summerfest 2026
9/3/2026
It's that time of year again! 25% off a range of software from Indie developers, including my own Hyper Plan and Easy Data Transform:
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/
Database for MacOS
6/6/2026
Airtable is pretty slick. But it is online and that may not suit. Not sure what capabilities it has for label printing.
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
https://www.perfecttableplan.com
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SilverBullet
5/13/2026
>Although I realise that some of the comments are rather tongue in cheek, I feel that the overall negative vibe towards Silverbullet is unwarranted.
The developer can't expect to call something 'S...
SilverBullet
5/11/2026
Silverbullet seems a rather optimistic name. If/when it folds (as so many apps do in this space) we'll be able to say "There is no Silverbullet".
Forum redesign
4/8/2026
**Looks** a lot more modern.
Forum redesign
4/8/2026
Lots a lot more modern. Thanks!
Malware is a real things, and we all have to be mindful of it. But, as a full time app developer, the explanation by 'satis' sounds a lot more likely than Remnote stealing your data for nefarious purp...
Winterfest 2025
1/8/2026
Winterfest is finishing, last chance for scrimping on your crimping!:
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
https://www.perfecttableplan.com
https://www....
Winterfest 2025
12/22/2025
I wrote an article about how it feels harder as an indie developer. it is partly a plug for Winterfest, but I thought someone might find it interesting:
https://successfulsoftware.net/2025/12/22/is-t...
Winterfest 2025
12/19/2025
I have a list of deadbeat vendors who have been very late paying invoices. Including a world famous hotel and a world famous sporting organization. In fact it seems that the more famous you are, the l...
Winterfest 2025
12/18/2025
It's that time of year again! 25% off some of your favourite CRIMPing software, including my own Hyper Plan and Easy Data Transform:
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/
AI-infused
10/21/2025
satis wrote:
>Before I finished typing the 5-letter word the Google suggestions bar
>offered "an island located in the Tyrrhenian..." with a tiny thumbnail
>from Wikipedia. When I finished I got the W...
AI-infused
10/20/2025
Just this morning I searched "Capri" on Google. The AI overview told me it is a fictional island. But it's very much a factual island.
BundleHunt 8/2025
9/2/2025
>It’s interesting that around a quarter of the apps offered in the BundleHunt deal are 1-year subscriptions of some type.
It is a lot more attractive for the vendor to offer a steep discount o...
BundleHunt 8/2025
9/2/2025
James Salla wrote:
>Are there any discount specials like this for Windows-based software?
Bundles seem to be less of a thing for Windows software. I'm not sure why.
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefest...
BundleHunt 8/2025
8/29/2025
>When they offer a $35 unlock for $6 (and take home even less after
>fees), it feels like a short-term cash infusion possibly at the cost of
>even fewer future renewals since current buyers unlock ev...
BundleHunt 8/2025
8/29/2025
>With traditional software, devs would hold back
>features for big paid upgrades, which was risky and led to cashflow
>issues, especially for indie teams. Apps like Scrivener have felt the
>pain of th...
I thought it was funny that he said he had tried *all* the TODO apps, then listed ~5. There must be at least 100s and possibly 1000s.