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Month: March 2022

  • # articleMar 6, 2022· 3 min

    Half-assed Followup

    I never know when it's better blogging etiquette to update a published post with new information or to publish a followup post instead. But given the chance to use "Half-assed" in two consecutive article titles, I think the prudent choice is to…

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  • # articleMar 4, 2022· 5 min

    Half-assed Mac Apps

    This week, Riccardo Mori published a piece about the recent perceived decline in Mac software titled "A brief reflection on Mac software stagnation". I was going to reply with a quick tweet-sized comment. But those 280 characters turned into a few tweets, then a full-on Twitter thread, and then – ah, shit – I really should write about this properly. So here we are this evening. I want to present my short thesis answering Riccardo's question of why so many Mac Catalyst apps are, at best, Half-assed Mac Apps.

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