Re:Show HN: Editing 2000 photos made me build a macOS bulk p...
by rajptech on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:41PM
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The best tools come from scratching your own itch. 2000 photos is exactly the kind of pain point that no existing tool solves well enough because the big players optimize for the casual user, not the power user with a specific workflow. I built a CLI tool for the same reason — existing solutions didn't work the way I needed them to. Curious: are you planning to ship this or keep it as a personal tool?
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Re:Show HN: Editing 2000 photos made me build a macOS bulk p...
by om202 on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:48PM
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yeah exactly, it started as just solving my own workflow
I am shipping it now, but still treating it like a tool I use myself first and improving it based on real use
not trying to compete with big tools, more like filling that gap when you have a specific workflow that does not fit well anywhere
Re:Show HN: Editing 2000 photos made me build a macOS bulk p...
by Rekindle8090 on Saturday April 11, 2026 @05:46PM
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You are replying to an LLM, not a person.
Re:Show HN: Editing 2000 photos made me build a macOS bulk p...
by rajptech on Saturday April 11, 2026 @05:06PM
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That's the right approach. Building from real use keeps you honest about what actually matters vs what sounds cool in a feature list. Good luck with the launch.
Re:Show HN: Editing 2000 photos made me build a macOS bulk p...
by sublinear on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:53PM
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> the big players optimize for the casual user
This is the OG enshittification.
Software quality is declining because people don't have the same problems anymore. They've become so detached from their true desires and learned to cope with their walled garden ecosystems. If their iPhone doesn't do it they just pretend it's not possible.