
MaxCut
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MaxCut is cut list optimization software for professional cabinet makers, joiners, and woodworking shops. It reduces sheet material waste, speeds up cut planning, and gives small-scale cabinetry businesses accurate control over job costing and profit margins. Key features include: professional cutting diagrams and order lists, grain alignment across panels, tension-free cuts, accurate job and labour cost calculations, professional report and panel label printing, a reusable cabinet library, and CSV export. MaxCut is available as a free Community Edition and a paid Business Edition for professional use.
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MaxCut
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MaxCut's answer
At MaxCut, we stand out by hyper-focusing on making complex cutlist tasks simple for our target audience. We cater specifically for small businesses in cabinetry and joinery and offer a remarkably capable free edition that covers the most important optimization needs without excessively pressuring users to upgrade. We've taken a targeted, opinionated approach to building MaxCut, focussing on what a small cabinerty and joinery business will need. This keeps MaxCut straightforward and easy to use for that audience.
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Noticky is the only sticky note app on macOS that stays visible above fullscreen apps. It's a native Swift/SwiftUI menu bar app (not Electron), launches instantly with โโงN, and uses the right macOS window level to overlay everything โ coding sessions, video calls, presentations. macOS 15 Sequoia and later only, built specifically for the latest Apple APIs.
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macOS power users who spend their day in fullscreen apps: developers, writers, designers, video editors, students taking lecture notes, and people in back-to-back video calls. Anyone who needs a piece of information โ a checklist, a script, a snippet, a meeting agenda โ to stay one glance away while they work in another app. Not for long-form note-taking. For keeping critical info visible.
MaxCut's answer
While we do serve larger clients with multiple licenses, our real pride lies in the tens of thousands of active small to medium-sized businesses around the globe that use MaxCut every day. Theyโre the heart of our community and the driving force behind our commitment to making professional cutlist optimization accessible and user-friendly for all.
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After spending over a decade in a previous business building complex software that required months to set up and years to master, the founders of MaxCut decided never again! That decision gave birth to MaxCut. Driven by talented software engineers passionate about creating a software product thatโs incredibly quick and simple to set up (you can do it in minutes), easy to use, and immediately valuable. MaxCut is our passion project. Weโre continually evolving MaxCut to meet the real-world needs of small and medium-sized businesses in the cabinetry and joinery industry. Keeping things simple and easy to use.
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MaxCut's answer
Focussed on Cabinetry and Joinery Industry: Rather than trying to serve every industry, MaxCut concentrates on the specific needs of small businesses in cabinetry and joineryโensuring each feature is directly relevant to users in those industries.
Simplicity: MaxCut is designed with ease of use in mind, making even complex tasks intuitive and straightforward.
Generous Free Edition: Our free version delivers robust optimization tools without pressuring you to upgrade.
Reliable Support: When you need assistance, our support team is quick to respond and genuinely helpful.
Regular Software Updates: We frequently improve MaxCut, often releasing new functionality each month.
Great Value for Money: The savings in material and time youโll gain from MaxCut significantly outweigh the cost of the software.
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Swift 6 and SwiftUI for the UI, AppKit for window-level management (the trick that makes fullscreen overlay work), Core Data with CloudKit for iCloud Sync across Macs, Foundation Models framework for on-device smart tagging, LocalAuthentication for Touch ID lock. Zero third-party dependencies, no Electron, no telemetry. Requires macOS 15 Sequoia minimum.
Running my business as a skilled joiner focusing on custom kitchen and bathroom cabinets means I'm constantly seeking tools that boost efficiency and precision in my work routine.MaxCut quickly became a tool, in my daily tasks and heres my truthful assessment after incorporating it into my workflow for a few months.
Running my business as a joiner at Craftsmanship Creations requires me to be meticulous and efficient with a keen eye for detail. Introducing MaxCut into my work routine has significantly boosted both my productivity and precision levels. I must say I am thoroughly impressed, with this software!
Ever since I began using MaxCut software tool I've been impressed by its user intuitive interface. Although I was a bit hesitant at first to try out this technology, the clear layout and helpful tutorials of MaxCut made it simple to grasp and even simpler to excel at. This was especially important for me, as someone who didn't feel very confident when it came to design software.
MaxCut is a dependable tool that supports me throughout the journey empowering me to embrace more complex tasks, with assurance and ease without any hesitation or doubt.
I've been a user of MaxCut since its inception, in the days which dates back, to 2016. MaxCut has truly made things more convenient, for me helping me save time and resources in the process. The customization features and informative reports have greatly enhanced my project management capabilities.
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