[kennycarruthers]

In light of today's Apple Mac Pro announcements, I'll chime in...

Problem: Building macOS desktop applications as an indie-developer.

Project: Fileloupe for Mac and Videoloupe for Mac

Fileloupe is a lightweight media browser that I actually announced on Hacker News a few years back. Videoloupe was just released and is a video player/editor in the spirit of the older QuickTime Pro 7. I work on both of these full-time and I'm currently in a coffee shop in Bangkok. The jury is still out whether or not being a macOS indie developer is sustainable...

https://www.fileloupe.com https://www.videoloupe.com

[sgt]

I have to say the file size for File Loupe is impressive - only 5MB for all that functionality.

PS Is it written in Swift or ObjC?

[kennycarruthers]

Both are 100% Objective-C. No plans to make the switch anytime soon. I'm comfortable with Objective-C and understand it reasonably well.

Applications can be pretty small when they're 100% native and include almost no artwork or auxiliary assets.

[j_s]

Nice.

Get yourself listed on http://alternativeto.net/browse/search?q=videoloupe

[stephenr]

Sorry to go off topic but are you living, holidaying or "digital-nomad"ing in bkk?

[pmarreck]

uh wait... what Apple Mac Pro announcements?

[kennycarruthers]

Discussion on Hacker News:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619

Daring Fireball "The Mac Pro Lives":

http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives

[pmarreck]

So, a slight bump to the existing machines and a promise for a fully revamped one next year.

I have the most recentish Mac Pro. It's a fantastic machine, I wish it had sold better, but perhaps the proliferation of iDevices and laptops more or less killed it except for special niches :/

[flashrider]

wow this is great! I've been searching for a tool like videoloupe for a long long time!!

[kennycarruthers]

Glad to hear. Feel free to follow up by email with any feedback, comments or questions.