Daniel | Square Sight
Hi, I'm Daniel, the solo indie dev behind Square Sketch, an app for drafting ideas on a square grid. The app is available for macOS and Windows and has been in development since 2023. #introduction #indiedev
May 20 at 8:50amWeb
Show thread la_rosa May 20

@squaresight

👋 Thank you for being here and sharing your work!

The Square Sight website is great and Square Sketch looks like a great tool.

I look forward to you finding community here in the Fediverse 🌞

Show threadDaniel | Square SightMay 20
@la_rosa Thank you so much for the warm welcome, this is a wonderful start here.
Show threadKarl TraunmüllerMay 21
@squaresight Supporting both Windows & macOS, nice! You released on the Microsoft Store first, and the App Store later, so I guess the core of the app is C++, not Swift?
Show threadDaniel | Square SightMay 21
@compositorapp I actually don't use a clever cross-platform solution, but rather separate codebases for both platforms: C#/XAML + WinAppSDK for Windows, and Swift + SwiftUI/AppKit for macOS. This approach works for Square Sketch because its feature set is limited. Whenever I’ve written some code for one platform, I rewrite it for the other. That also serves as a kind of code review at the same time.
Show threadKarl TraunmüllerMay 21
@squaresight Ah, Ok.
Show threadKarl TraunmüllerMay 21
@squaresight But great-looking app, and the demos look really impressive 👏🏻
Show threadDaniel | Square SightMay 21
@compositorapp I'm happy to hear that, thanks Karl! I'll be following the development of your Compositor app and hope it will be a success. I know that a good WYSIWYG LaTeX editor is a dream for many. I've also been involved with the topic of word processing/editing for a very long time and hope to bring an idea of my own to life in the future.