Aaron Vegh, indie macOS developer comes on to talk about building Quantum Author, a long-form writing app. We talk about how he decides what UI SDK to use, how to make money, and what the Vision Pro means for AppKit and the iPad.

Guest

• Aaron Vegh
  • Github @aaronvegh
  • Mastodon @Aaronvegh@mastodon.social
  • Quantum Author

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Related Links

• Quantum Author

We talked about 

• (00:00) - Why Mac?
• (05:27) - Where to Start?
• (10:26) - On Vision OS
• (13:40) - On the iPad
• (24:47) - The "other" stuff
• (30:34) - Making Money
• (34:44) - What is Quantum Author?

Social Media

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GitHub - @brightdigit
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TikTok - @brightdigit
Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
Youtube - @brightdigit

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)