Andy Brice
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>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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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...
Maurice Parker wrote:
Thanks Bill. I've been steadily adding features and making it faster and
>more stable for years now. Maybe someday it will get popular, but I'm
>not holding my breath. Mostly I...
Any year-end or Black Friday deals?
11/26/2024
Winterfest opens ~19 December, if you wait that long.
http://www.artisanalSoftwareFestival.com/
Speaking as a software developer who has written CSV parsers, CSV is a farly horrible format, for all sorts of reasons, including:
-loosely defined standard (e.g. doesn't specify text encoding)
-diff...
Summerfest 2024
6/21/2024
It's that tiime of year again! 25% off many of your favourite crimping tools. Includes Tinderbox, Scrivener, DEVONthink, Scrapple and my own Hyper Plan and Easy Data Transform. Some of the software is...
Just a heads up. There seems to be an issue mounting .dmg files containing licensing information on recent macOS 14.4 betas. Not sure if this applies to all .dmg files, or only those created with Drop...
Winterfest 2023 is now open
1/16/2024
Winterfest closes today. Last chance to get 25% off Hyper Plan, DevonThink, Tinderbox, Scrivener, Mellel, Easy Data Transform and more!
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/
Mellel 6 released (Mac only)
12/21/2023
Mellel is now for sale at 25% off at Winterfest:
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/#Mellel
Winterfest 2023 is now open
12/21/2023
Winterfest 2023 is on. Loads of quality software for Mac (and some for Windows) from independent vendors, at a discount. This includes my own Easy Data Transform and Hyper Plan, which are on sale with...
HyperPlan is so great
11/27/2023
Thanks. ;0)
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Andy Brice
https://www.easydatatransform.com
https://www.hyperplan.com
Muse- An end, and a beginning
9/13/2023
I guess you can afford to be more self-indulgent when you have a VC suggar daddy. For a while, anyway.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Muse- An end, and a beginning
9/13/2023
Dormouse wrote:
>I thought that one of the things that might have hurt them was
>"We've published over 100 hours of podcast discussions about
>technology, design, and philosophy."
Presumably this was...