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Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:09AM (#32408289)
Hey HackerNews, I'm the creator of Sol.
Here are some answers to your questions:
- Why Sol?
I started using Raycast, and it's nice, but found it cumbersome, too many features tackled on top of each other with even more cumbersome navigation. I'm a ruthless simplifier and I wanted a similar yet I-don't-want-to-configure-you tool. I also believe that VC money backed tools face the though reality of unrealistic ROI at some point, so I fully expect other tools to squeeze money out of you at some point. I develop Sol on my free time building the tool that I like, and it will not have any registration step or run analytics on you on any shape or form.
- Where are the docs? it is not launching?
You seem to have tried the app at the unfortunate time where I did some breaking changes and fixing some bugs (try option + space it should launch). Regarding docs there is none, and there will be none, if I need to explain how to use the app I have already failed.
- Why is it called Sun and has a black hole logo?
A black hole is a collapsed sun, do be a stickler. Have fun and enjoy.
- Memory use
Not more than chrome! BOOH YA!
Hope you like the app and feel free to submit PRs!
Show HN: CI Demon 3.0, free menu bar app to monitor CI Jobs
Re:Show HN: Messer, image resizing/optimization in the macOS status bar
on Monday September 20, 2021 @01:05PM (#28596036)
Show HN: Messer, image resizing/optimization in the macOS status bar
Hi Hacker News! Wanted to show you my latest project, Messer:https://apps.apple.com/de/app/messer/id1586304988?l=en&mt=12(clickable link in the comment)It's a small native app for the most basic task of all: converting, resizing and optimizing images.I'm currently trying to grow my following, which means I post images a lot, however, these images need to be in a specific format/ratio....
Show HN: The C++ Guide for JavaScript Developers
Hi Hacker News! I'm Oscar!I do a lot of react native and web development, therefore I mostly code in JavaScript, however some of the new technologies coming up such as web assembly and the react-native JSI require knowledge of low level languages.In order to leverage this new tech I had to learn C++ and it was not an easy path, a lot of the documentation and knowledge out there is way too hard...
Trying to validate a new translation SaaS idea
Hi!I'm trying to launch a new product.Translation management for small development teams is time consuming task, even minor changes mean developers have to stop working and merge translation files. This is a problem I see pop-up over and over again in all the companies I have worked.There are already some solutions in the market, but I find them cumbersome and over-priced, they also don't focus...
Farspeak – Modern Translation Management
Hi!I'm trying to solve my team's current pain point when dealing with translations, so I'm trying to build a SaaS to reduce the friction.http://farspeak.coCurrently only a sign-up page and a mock-up of where I would like to see the MVP, I would love to get some feedback and maybe some sign-up of people interested in the idea.
Show HN: Numbra, automatically generate work reports from commits
Hi, I want to present my latest product: NumbraWhen working in my previous companies filling work reports was always tedious and time consuming job. Everyone would push it till the end of the month and forget about it until accounting would complain...I ended up automating this task via a script and now I have made it into a full-fledged product. Numbra allows you to connect your day-to-day...
Show HN: Scripthunt, the Script Database
Show HN: Tempomat, free and open source CI monitoring
Hi! I showed hacker news months ago when I first released Tempomat, after I failed to generate any meaningful revenue I have decided to make it open source and freeEnjoy!https://tempomat.dev
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Show HN: Tempomat, a CI monitor for your desktop
Hey! A lot of new CIs are supported since the last time I posted here on hackernews, I bet some of you will be interested to give it a go!https://tempomat.dev
Personality and Engineering
Show HN: Run react-native in a macOS menu bar application
Hi! I discovered how to run react-native inside of the macOS menu bar, here is a link to a running template project:https://github.com/ospfranco/rn-macos-menubar-templateAnd here are the steps if you want to do it yourself:https://ospfranco.github.io/post/2020/05/23/how-to-make-a-react-native-menu-bar-app-for-mac-os/
Re:Show HN: Tempomat, macOS menubar/tray app for CI systems is feature...
on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:55AM (#23301137)
With time sure, I can only integrate with some many CI systems at the same time ;)
Show HN: A react-native template to create Mac-os menu bar apps
Show HN: Tempomat, macOS menubar/tray app for CI systems is feature complete
First I would like to thank the mods of HackerNews, I already had posted tempomat after it was freshly backed and they put it on the front page, I unfortunately did not get much traction, so I thought I post it again, since it now supports a lot more CI systems:https://tempomat.devHopefully more people will find it useful and I will be able to get a couple more sales to maintain the project :)
I built a native macOS menubar/tray app in 2020
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps?
on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:53PM (#23214815)
Yes! at some point I got tired of web stuff, I try to use small native apps for the day to day stuff, cramming everything into the browser completely kills the benefits of the desktop environment.
I created a small macOS native app, it is a menu bar app for monitoring CI pipelines https://tempomat.dev, something like this is not possible on the web because everything is running on the same browser but native features are so much better
Re:Show HN: Tempomat, a CI Monitoring Tool
on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:22AM (#23049165)
I never heard of Concourse but I definitely check it out
Re:Show HN: Tempomat, a CI Monitoring Tool
on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:21AM (#23049159)
If you can give me your email I can send you an email once TravisCI is supported :)
Re:Show HN: Tempomat, a CI Monitoring Tool
on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:20AM (#23049157)
Most definitely yes! right now I'm working on Bitrise integration because that is what we use at work, but next on the map is github actions and other major CI systems
Re:Show HN: Tempomat, a CI Monitoring Tool
on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:19AM (#23049150)
I would like to keep the tool as simple as possible, but I'm not sure what details you mean, maybe if you can explain it to me a bit more in a email we can flesh out the idea?
Re:Show HN: Tempomat, a CI Monitoring Tool
on Friday May 01, 2020 @02:25AM (#23039569)
Woke up with the idea of a small native mac app, how hard can it be? I had been using CCMenu extensively for quite some period of time, but it has many shortcomings, one of them is not being able to monitor other branches than master, it also only shows a very simple status.
Tempomat is a tiny, fast and secure menu bar app to monitor your continuous integration pipelines for your software projects, you just add a token and the app takes care of the rest.
Features ======
- Observe all the projects and all the branches different CI systems, easily tell which branches are building, have failed or succeeded. - Visualize on which step a build has failed - Receive a notification when a branch fails to build. - Trigger a build right from your desktop.
Upcoming features ==============
- More CI systems: currently only CircleCI and AppCenter are supported but more will come - More actions on branches/repositories - Blacklist branches/repositories
Give it a try! I promise you won't be disappointed!