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Thunderbolt vs. USB-C: what the connector hides
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @11:21AM (#47975856)
Added to the list!
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @11:20AM (#47975844)
Thanks! HN gave me great bug reports and feature requests. Claude helped me ship fast. 16 releases in 7 hours is a lot easier with a decent pair programmer.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:51AM (#47975468)
I did indeed test it. Had the idea, and wanted to get it going.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:51AM (#47975459)
Added
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:50AM (#47975446)
That's a great idea.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:32AM (#47975238)
I like this idea.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:19AM (#47975112)
It works for me, but I understand for others it might not. So, there's now a "Show in menu bar" toggle in Settings. Turn it off and WhatCable runs as a regular Dock app with a normal window instead.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:15AM (#47975050)
That's added.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:41AM (#47974114)
I'm working on a Windows version.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:40AM (#47974108)
This has been fixed now, apologies.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:40AM (#47974106)
I'll look into this.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:34AM (#47974057)
Hi, should be fixed now.
Re:Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:34AM (#47974053)
Thanks for taking a look, just pleased other people find it useful.
Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable
USB-C cables can be a mess. One cable charges at 5W, another does 100W and Thunderbolt 4, and they look identical in the drawer.WhatCable sits in your menu bar and reads the cable data your Mac already has access to. Plug in a cable and it tells you in plain English what it can actually do: charging wattage, data speed, display support, Thunderbolt, etc.Built in Swift/SwiftUI. Open source,...
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on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:09AM (#43240606)
Sadly a little late this news, maybe I can save my spawn.
Re:Tell HN: Unpopular opinion: All Meta's open source front end stuff ...
on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:48AM (#36968156)
I'm not sure about overcomplicated, but I agree that it's not the best path. Have you used Meta's products?
As a regular user of Meta Business Suite and other Meta social products I can tell you that they are terrible and full of issues. The creators of React make web apps that are awful to use. What chance do the rest of us have?