tyler.io – Page 12 – mostly nonsense

# articleFeb 4, 2021· 6 min
Roundabout Syncing
I don't mean for this blog post to only be more complaining. It's just my dumb solution to a Finder bug I've been running into for years. And also a great example of how a little bit of automation can go a long way. (And an even better example of how unique the macOS ecosystem is that tools like this can exist – and how scared I am that (despite assurances) we seem to be headed in a direction where powerful and clever apps are not wanted.) Anyway, something must have broken in Finder around when Apple integrated iCloud Drive into macOS Sierra in 2016. That's when I noticed that the files on my Desktop would stop appearing on…my Desktop.
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# articleJan 27, 2021· 7 min
An Email Followup About Standing Desks and Ultrawide Monitors
An online friend emailed me after reading my previous standing desk post with a few questions about the monitor pictured on my office desk. My reply kept getting longer and longer (go figure) until I decided I might as well publish it here in case anyone else finds it interesting. Without further ado, here's another 869 words about ultrawide and multiple monitor setups.
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# articleJan 20, 2021· 11 min
Ow, My Back
We officially went into quarantine on March 22. One hot afternoon in June, I found myself in the garage with a pair of shears, a screwdriver, and a hammer so I could cut an inch of leather off my belt and punch a new hole. All in all, I had lost twenty pounds by doing nothing. But did I feel better? Not at all. By May, I was hurting. The next month I was in pain. That summer was nothing but agony from muscle and skeletal pain. This post is all the fun, nerdy details that went into making my home and work offices more comfortable. It was a bit of self-preservation mixed with stress-shopping. But if you want the TL;DR, I can sum it up with two words: Stop. Sitting.
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# articleDec 13, 2020· 3 min
240 Invisible Pixels
I'm generally happy with Big Sur, but the focus on design over usability in many places is baffling to me. One of the worst offenders are the redesigned banner notifications. Here's my solution for dismissing them.
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# articleDec 9, 2020· 8 min
One Year of App Pricing Experiments
One of my goals for 2020 is figuring out a financial path forward for my little software business – particularly around how I price and sell my apps. I've been mostly open about the fact that, for a few years, I was incredibly fortunate enough that my software business was successful enough to be my full-time job. I've also been pretty honest that sales started slipping in 2017 before cratering in 2018. The reasons for the decline are varied – some my fault, others outside of my control. But this post is about figuring out what can work in the years ahead. And the genesis of that experiment began last July when I started planning in earnest and setting up the infrastructure to convert my main app to a subscription model.
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Roundabout Syncing

An Email Followup About Standing Desks and Ultrawide Monitors

Ow, My Back

240 Invisible Pixels

One Year of App Pricing Experiments