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[Sujee @sujee]

@tibo_maker BACKLINK

[Sujee @sujee]

@rampatra_ yes. It has everything I need including user support.

[Sujee @sujee]

@rampatra_ Exactly.
Yes, go for it. I’m thinking to start with beta testers so I can experiment with small number of users.
Interestingly I was just started setting up featurebase. Not heard about userjot before but looks similar

[Sujee @sujee]

@birch_js Great read. I'm building an AI chat app and have run into the same issues myself. For me, WKWebView is not acceptable, so I spent months building my own Markdown renderer. It is far better than all the apps out there. Releasing it soon.

[Sujee @sujee]

@dexterleng I built my own Markdown renderer in TextKit for this reason. My app is not yet released but it’s performance is comparable using web rendering.

[Sujee @sujee]

@poteto Yes, me too

[Sujee @sujee]

Started testing my app in macOS Sequoia. Found few issues but nothing major yet. Unlike FileMinutes, my new app will only support Sequoia and above. SwiftUI has too many issues in older versions. For a large app, it is not worth the effort for the small market share of the older versions

[Sujee @sujee]

Building my own Swift markdown library was the best decision I made. It’s going to be a bigger differentiator for my AI chat app among other cool features I built (still in stealth mode).

Next one - building a high performance Swift markdown editor

[Sujee @sujee]

Literally everyone here is building either AI website/mobile app builder or creating desktop/terminal UI for coding CLI. Who are they selling to? At this rate, they are the only customers for their own tools.

[Sujee @sujee]

@fekdaoui Wait a min. I have had similar thing happened to my directory few weeks ago

[Sujee @sujee]

@EthanLipnik Had the same issue for my app. After hours spent on fixing it, finally gave up and used a custom window

[Sujee @sujee]

I have looked at tons of new macOS apps. Many of them are beautiful, shiny, and polished. But a lot of them still feel like websites.

Some are built with web tech, which is understandable. But even some Swift apps use web-style design, and that never feels right to me.

Native apps have a rock-solid feel. Web apps feel more like shiny paper.

I like macOS apps that feel truly native. I do not want that web-like feeling.

[Sujee @sujee]

Finally

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We’re updating our ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscriptions to better support the growing use of Codex.

We’re introducing a new $100/month Pro tier. This new tier offers 5x more Codex usage than Plus and is best for longer, high-effort Codex sessions.

In ChatGPT, this new Pro tier still offers access to all Pro features, including the exclusive Pro model and unlimited access to Instant and Thinking models.

To celebrate the launch, we’re increasing Codex usage for a limited time through May 31st so that Pro $100 subscribers get up to 10x usage of ChatGPT Plus on Codex to build your most ambitious ideas.

[Sujee @sujee]

It is interesting how AI is changing where the real work happens in software development.

The highest-value work is moving toward the start and end of the pipeline.
At the start: requirements, architecture, and UI design.
At the end: testing and release.

The middle part, implementation, used to be my primary focus. Now more of it is being automated.

[Sujee @sujee]

Seeing this genuinely motivates me.

I had no idea such a successful and profitable product was built by only three engineers.

As a solo dev building my next-gen AI chat app, this gives me a lot of confidence.

[Obsidian @obsdmd]

The Obsidian team is growing from three engineers to four engineers.

Competitive SF salary. Fully remote, live anywhere. Apply below.

[Sujee @sujee]

@quxiaoyin Yes, this is the era of product minded people.

[Sujee @sujee]

Tried drag & drop in SwiftUI. Broken. Switched to AppKit. Also broken. Apple, how is this still this bad in 2026?
Anyone got a working example of drag & drop in a tree like structure (folder view)?

[Sujee @sujee]

As my app is getting complex, I need a better way to test the design before coding. My approach is to build a prototype React app with Apple human interface design and iterate until I’m happy. Not sure if there is a better way though

[Sujee @sujee]

It looks like everyone is building macOS app to wrap coding CLIs. This confirms that most devs are not product people. Their ideas are usually coding tools. I made right decision staying away from this and focus on general purpose AI chat app