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Mac Developer Tools Productivity

Lunar.fyi Landing Page
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Lunar.fyi

Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $23.0 / One-off (Pro)
I do! I started earning real money after I created the first monitor control app for Apple Silicon (https://lunar.fyi). I wrote about my journey to doing that here: https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/journey-to-ddc-on-m1-macs/ I quit my job in April 2020 and nowadays I make desktop apps on https://lowtechguys.com/ Each app brings about $200/month in revenue at the start, then ramps up as I work on user feedback and telling people about the apps in whichever way I can. For example rcmd (https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd) just reached $1.5k/month because it has a more complete feature set than it had in v1 and because more people are recommended it to their peers.

#Mac #Utilities #Productivity 77 social mentions
rcmd Landing Page
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rcmd

rcmd makes app switching instantaneous!When you have a lot of apps open, finding and switching to them might feel too slow using Command-Tab or the Dock.Hold down the right side |⌘ command| and press the first letter of the app name to focus it.
Pricing:
- Paid
- $12.99 / One-off
I do! I started earning real money after I created the first monitor control app for Apple Silicon (https://lunar.fyi). I wrote about my journey to doing that here: https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/journey-to-ddc-on-m1-macs/ I quit my job in April 2020 and nowadays I make desktop apps on https://lowtechguys.com/ Each app brings about $200/month in revenue at the start, then ramps up as I work on user feedback and telling people about the apps in whichever way I can. For example rcmd (https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd) just reached $1.5k/month because it has a more complete feature set than it had in v1 and because more people are recommended it to their peers.

#Mac #Productivity #Developer Tools 43 social mentions
Polypane Landing Page
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Polypane

The browser for ambitious web developers that want to 5× their quality and efficiency.
Pricing:
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $9.0 / Monthly (Individual user)
Yep. Been working on Polypane full time since 2019 as a solo developer. Electron based, available on mac, windows and linux, in x64 and arm versions. Its subscription based and I release a new update roughly every month. It was a side project before that but I started charging for it when I went full time. https://polypane.app.

#Developer Tools #Web Browsers #Browser Testing 35 social mentions
Roam Research Landing Page

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Roam Research

A note-taking tool for networked thought

#Note Taking #Todos #Task Management 101 social mentions