Max Melzer

@maxmelzer
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Swift developer by night, Java developer by day. The guy behind #Flyleaf. I have a background in theology and am currently working on my painting skills.

English or German, he/him.

Personal Websitehttps://moehrenzahn.de/en/about
Flyleaf Read Later App for iOS and macOS@flyleafapp
LocationLeipzig, Germany
Max MelzerFeb 27
Finn Lützow-Holm MyrstadFeb 27

❓Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!

➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)

Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.

More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.

More here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

Enjoy this short film!

Max MelzerFeb 27
Flyleaf – Read Later AppFeb 27

I’m very pleased to announce that today, #Flyleaf #ReadLater version 2.5.2 is out on the iOS and macOS #AppStore.

The most important new things:
- Select and modify multiple articles at once
- New Discover section type "Untagged articles"
- New option to share a snippet or quote of an article
- iOS: The reading view now extends up to the top and bottom edges of your device

Grab it here: https://apps.apple.com/app/flyleaf-read-later/id6475200381

Max MelzerFeb 21
Brett Terpstra 🏴🐈‍⬛Feb 21

ARGH.

Karabiner Elements stops working on internal keyboard on MacOS 26.4 beta 1 #4402

https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/4402

Karabiner Elements stops working on internal keyboard on MacOS 26.4 beta 1 · Issue #4402 · pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements

It shows no errors, just stops working. Probably not a karabiner issue since it was working before, but I wanted to warn.

GitHub
Max MelzerJan 22
AmmadJan 22

Today marks HacKit’s 5th anniversary. My first macOS app published on Friday 22nd January 2021. It is a Hacker News reader written in Swift using AppKit with no SwiftUI. The name HacKit is a portmanteau of Hacker News and AppKit.

It is genuinely rewarding to know that HacKit has been downloaded around the world including in underrepresented countries and is used daily.

#HackerNews #AppKit #Cocoa #Swift #SwiftUI #macOS #Mac #MacDev #macOSDev #HacKit

Max MelzerDec 30
Philipp GreifensteinDec 30
Im „Eule-Podcast“ schauen @HerrPfarrerin und ich diesmal mit @maxmelzer auf das Jahr zurück: Auf Kriege und Pazifismus-Debatten, auf die Christliche Rechte und Christfluencer und den „KI“-Boom. All around fine entertainment zur Jahreswende: Einen guten Rutsch (Beschluss)! https://eulemagazin.de/re-2025-der-eule-podcast-jahresrueckblick/
RE: 2025 – Kriege, Rants und Rechtsradikale … und ein Friedenslicht | Die Eule

Im Jahresrückblick des „Eule-Podcast“ nehmen sich Max, Michael und Philipp vier wichtige Themen des Jahres vor: Krieg und Frieden, die Christliche Rechte, „Künstliche Intelligenz“ und die Real-Life-Probleme der Kirchen.

Max MelzerDec 21
Flyleaf – Read Later AppDec 21

We end the year with a final #Flyleaf update 2.5.1 for iOS and macOS. This updates adds the ability to open and read many kinds of footnotes in a popover instead of having to jump to the very end of an article and back again. This also works for code examples, where you can read the code in full width without line wrapping.

Grab it now from the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/flyleaf-read-later/id6475200381

Max MelzerNov 27
Show threadFlyleaf – Read Later AppNov 27
This update again was a big amount of work, so I’d appreciate it if you gave it a spin, and if you like it, leave a nice review on the app store, pretty please: https://apps.apple.com/app/flyleaf-read-later/id6475200381?action=write-review
Flyleaf: Read Later App - App Store

Download Flyleaf: Read Later by Maximilian Melzer on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Flyleaf: Read Later.

App Store
Max MelzerNov 27
Show threadFlyleaf – Read Later AppNov 27
A neat little addition for power users in Flyleaf 2.5: Multi-window support. It took some re-engineering, but you can now open articles in a new window and multi-task to your heart's content.
Max MelzerNov 27
Show threadFlyleaf – Read Later AppNov 27
In Flyleaf 2.5, I added a "Fix content issues" action which gives you easy access to the tools to solve a variety of issues around missing article contents. There also is a brand-new "Download via Browser" action which allows to interactively solve Captchas or sign into accounts.
Max MelzerNov 27
Show threadFlyleaf – Read Later AppNov 27
The new Widgets are available in all possible shapes and sizes and display your recently read articles, and optionally your total unread article count.