thanks to the author of the article, it inspired me to try making a small gui app i wanted for long time - it simply reads and shows the contents of the system

thanks to the author of the article, it inspired me to try making a small gui app i wanted for long time - it simply reads and shows the contents of the system clipboard in a window. and it was really super easy, i didn't need xcode, only `swiftc` from command line. honestly i didn't know i can make an app without opening xcode, now i want to make more :) so i made the app with approx 500 lines of Swift, with keyboard hotkeys for navigation and style change (fonts, colors, window size), just the way i love it. cmd+U scroll to beginning cmd+I scroll to end cmd+u page up cmd+i page down cmd+j one line up cmd+k one line down cmd+- font size decrease cmd+= font size increase cmd+0 font size reset to default cmd+3 default font cmd+4 alternative monospace font cmd+[ grow left window border cmd+] grow right window border cmd+{ shrink right window border cmd+} shrink left window border cmd+9 switch background and foreground color all this in one day, with huge help of duck.ai which is completely free. the app size is approx 300kb. using it feels great because i can do the whole cycle with keyboard only: - cmd+space to open spotlight search - type the name of the app, enter, it opens a new window with clipboard contents, i inspect it with keyboard hotkeys only - cmd+q to exit or cmd+tab to switch back to the prev app for me personally the standard gui apps are annoying because of the standard kb shortcuts - they are hard to remember and even hard to reach. i prefer "sort of vi navigation" because i can keep my hands for navigation at the same position as for typing.