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by alin23 4y ago
I don't have any link on hand right now for a writeup, but I've followed yabai's ( https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai ) development closely ever since it was called kwm and saw the limitations of macOS&#
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by alin23 4y ago
Ivan Sapozhnik ( https://twitter.com/iSapozhnik ) is working on adding this to his Lasso app ( https://thelasso.app/ ). It's not an easy problem to solve as there's no API that can just save and resto
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by alin23 4y ago
I published a CLI for doing rotation for any display here: https://github.com/alin23/mac-utils/blob/main/bin/RotateDisp... Source code in the same repo: https://github.com/alin23&#x2
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by alin23 4y ago
I recently launched some macOS Shortcuts in Lunar ( https://lunar.fyi/#shortcuts ) that can arrange monitors in pre-defined layouts like: 2 Screens Vertically ■̳̲ 2 Screens Horizontally ⫍⃮݄⫎⃯ 4 Screens in a 3-ab
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by alin23 4y ago
Hey that’s a useful feature indeed, and it can already be added by the user with rcmd’s Window Actions which support AppleScript. I actually have done that myself already for Firefox. I could maybe try to implement the main part of the “fin
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by alin23 4y ago
I’ve mentioned before on HN how I make around ~$7k from my Lunar app nowadays [0] but controlling monitors is a larger niche and the app was developed and perfected over the course of 5 years. This time I’d like to show you the progress of
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by alin23 4y ago
There's also a follow up to that with more findings here: https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/20/demonstrating-causal-con...
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by alin23 4y ago
Yes, they can. But the same 30s limit applies, they're not allowed to do a lot of work when being launched in the background.
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by alin23 4y ago
This is the iOS power efficiency logic at work. Apps can schedule background tasks every 30 minutes to update their widgets, but they have like 30s of processing time to finish syncing. But other things come into play: if the app was not la
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by alin23 4y ago
I've done a few widgets for Volum (to easily turn on/off DIY lights and mute speakers: https://lowtechguys.com/volum ) and for Sub Sol (to see the next private party: https://subsol.one ) Screenshot here
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by alin23 4y ago
That's because iOS apps are not allowed to use the microphone and camera in background, unless you are actively engaged in something like a call or video/audio recording. Whenever an app is using the mic you will see it clearly in
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Reverse engineering the MacBook clamshell mode(alinpanaitiu.com)
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by alin23 4y ago
It's $100/year for enrolling in the Apple Developer Program (number of apps doesn't matter): https://developer.apple.com/programs/ It's not a lot given what you get for the money (easy app publishin
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by alin23 4y ago
Most likely because the dev isn't paying $100/year to Apple to get a signing certificate and access to notarization.
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by alin23 4y ago
I'll keep in mind to do it for the next post.
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by alin23 4y ago
Sure, I'll keep in mind to do it for the next post.
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by alin23 4y ago
Thanks! Nope, I don't have plans on ever developing an app for Windows or Linux as I stopped using those OSs on a desktop/laptop. Also I use SwiftUI to develop the UI for these apps which is native macOS only, so it's impossi
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by alin23 4y ago
You can do your own high contrast theme very easily, see this video taken from the front page: https://lowtechguys.com/static/video/grila-themes-and-colors...
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by alin23 4y ago
I agree, I found I need it as well from time to time. I'm thinking to add it as a global keyboard shortcut that would show the main UI + a typing bar where you can type a simple syntax for creating the event. As you type the date, the
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by alin23 4y ago
Thank you for the kind message! A note that if you're maybe using Studio Display with other non-Apple monitors, the next version of Lunar ( https://lunar.fyi/ ) will add instant brightness syncing from Studio to the ext
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by alin23 4y ago
The trial logic should increase the trial length based on some heuristics, but it seems those don't really work for an app like Grila that's not used as often. I uploaded another trial that waits for a predefined amount of time: 2
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by alin23 4y ago
Thank you, nice to hear that!
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by alin23 4y ago
Developer here, thank you everyone for checking out the app! I also wrote a blog post on how and why I developed Grila if anyone's interested in that: https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/SwiftUI%20is%20convenient,%20... ---
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by alin23 4y ago
Thank you for the support! I have a few features in mind that would greatly improve the app's usefulness like fuzzy search to find/filter events, adding events using a terse tokenized syntax etc. I'm still too busy with Lunar
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by alin23 4y ago
Yes, for now the app is targeted more towards personal life events, not work/office events. I mostly needed it for planning trips with friends, seeing birthdays on a glance, checking when I'll be able to visit parents or when we s
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Show HN: Grila – Calendar for keyboard addicts, always one keypress away(lowtechguys.com)
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Swift Quit – Automatic App Quitting on Mac(swiftquit.com)
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Surprising Consequences of macOS’s Environment Variable Sanitization(hynek.me)
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by alin23 4y ago
Yep, I can certainly recommend ⌘ rcmd as well! Source: am developer of the app ^_^
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by alin23 4y ago
Oh I knew the word seemed familiar. I first heard about it in this scrapwood challenge about making a Hnefatafl board with piece set: https://youtu.be/iiHlAa131NI?t=1022

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