Ask HN: What are you working on?

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by kennycarruthers on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:07AM (#14033406)

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.videoloupe.com

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by sgt on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:14AM (#14033495)

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?

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by kennycarruthers on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:18AM (#14033539)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by j_s on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @01:11PM (#14034988)

Nice.

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

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by stephenr on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @12:04PM (#14043091)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by pmarreck on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:11AM (#14033448)

uh wait... what Apple Mac Pro announcements?

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by kennycarruthers on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:14AM (#14033484)

Discussion on Hacker News:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619

Daring Fireball "The Mac Pro Lives":

http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by pmarreck on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @10:58AM (#14042523)

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 :/

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by flashrider on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @01:16PM (#14035043)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by kennycarruthers on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @02:53PM (#14036014)

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

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