Andy Brice
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Spotted on Hacker News:
https://www.al3rez.com/todo-txt-journey
HN Discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864134
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
https://www.easydatatransform.com...
Hyper Plan
7/27/2025
Drewster wrote:
Agreed! I love this software. I don't use it al the time, but everytime
>I do I walk away happy.
Good to hear that. I always hope that my software will be enjoyable to use, as well as...
>Nothing but plain text lasts forever.
...written on clay tablets. ;0)
Andy Brice
>The main
>disadvantage of MLO, and I regret very much to write it, is that its
>developers have been living in a war zone for a few years now.
I which case they probably need your support, more tha...
Summerfest 2025 has started
7/15/2025
Last day of Summerfest2025 is 22 July.
Summerfest 2025 has started
7/3/2025
>PerfectTablePlan?
>Please, tell us more about it :-)
It isn't very CRIMPY! Basically a table planner for seated events:
https://www.perfecttableplan.com/
Underneath the UI it does some fairly hard...
Summerfest 2025 has started
7/3/2025
Amontillado wrote:
>Much appreciate your hard work, Andy.
Thanks!
Just for complete clarity, I want to note that Hyper Plan development is paused while we concentrate our finite development resource...
Summerfest 2025 has started
7/2/2025
Summerfest 2025 is live, with 25% of lots of your favourite Indie apps.
Apps on sales include:
Tinderbox (Mac)
Scrapple (Mac + Windows)
Scrivener (Mac + Windows)
BBEdit (Mac)
Plus my own applicatio...
>Abandoned Software and Lock-in
>https://bicycleforyourmind.com/abandoned_software_and_lock_in
I agree with pretty much all of that. All 3 of my apps store user data in XML. XML is far from perfect, ...
>sorry, MacOS 2028 will be released in late 2027, not 2028 as I wrote.
It is confusing, isn't it?
But it looks like macOS 26 (released 2025!) will continue to support Intel chip:
https://www.thereg...
>I'm not sure what you mean by Apple nuking everything from
>orbit
I am referring to the fact that Mac apps have to be continually updated to work with the latest macOS OS/processor.
I develop apps...
>but I pirate (unpopular opinion here, and understandably so)
Sufficiently unpopular that I won't be taking the time to make a substantive reply.
Amontillado wrote:
>My machines are 10 years old, so clearly Apple hardware lasts.
The trackpad on my MacBook Air only lasted 2.5 years. Warranty was only 1 year. Not impressed, given the price.
Speaking of Apple nuking everything from orbit, I give you macOS 26:
https://www.apple.com/os/
Its not clear to me yet what effect this is going to have on existing macOS apps.
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Andy Brice
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Ps/ Nothing lasts forever. Even the sun is going to burn out, eventually.
>So what to do ? Use only apps from big companies like Apple or Microsoft , that are unlikely to disappear in the short/medium term ?
In my experience big companies kill off products as often as smal...
Urtext
5/5/2025
Saw this on Hacker News and thought someone might be interested:
https://urtext.co/
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
https://www.easydatatransform.com
https://www.successfulsoftware.net
Mirce wrote:
>I really don't understand the negative reactions regarding the article and vibecoding in general.
There is an element of defensiveness from programmers, worried that the bots are going...
To say I am skeptical of 'vibe coding' is an understatement.
>As a product team of one building an app with an intended user base of one, I aimed only to please myself.
Some people seem to think vib...
Johnny.Decimal
2/22/2025
>I don't know how huge the financial effects and losses are because we
>are all searching for files and other assets on our devices every day,
Windows built-in search is a disaster. But void tool 'e...
Johnny.Decimal
2/22/2025
Not my sort of thing, but I thought somebody might find it interesting:
https://johnnydecimal.com/
Discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43128093
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Andy Brice
Crimping as nihilism
2/2/2025
Cyganet wrote:
>Do people actually find new software on Product Hunt?
I think it is more for people interested in startups, both creating their own startup or investing in other people's. But I could...
Crimping as nihilism
2/1/2025
MacSE wrote:
>I feel seen! That's exactly me - spending more time organizing my
>productivity tools than actually being productive. I've become quite
>skilled at meticulously setting up systems but so...
Crimping as nihilism
2/1/2025
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Thanks, Andy. Seems like that writer got a “Word a Day” calendar for Christmas!
I'm guessing social studies graduate. Which reminds me of this hilarious incident:
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Crimping as nihilism
1/31/2025
A rambling article that starts off analysing Product Hunt data and ends up attacking productivity software includes this gem:
"The nihilist is not everyone who uses productivity tools, but the person...