I make Bloom, the quickest note-taking app.
Expect some French too. đ¸
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| Bloom: Quick Notes | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bloom-quick-notes/id6443783029 |
This idea has stuck with me ever since reading @kepanoâs âFile over appâ post.
Users have a right to own their files. An app where we as users invest time, energy, and our intimacy doesnât get to own our content.
If lock-in there must be, itâs not good karma for it to exist at the file level.
I personally get turned off by apps with a proprietary db, and I donât want @bloom to be one of those anymore.
One positive consequence of AI â there are some â is that itâs encouraging developers to expose their raw files.
I expect this is the end of closed databases for text-based apps.
The next major version of @bloom will be based on text files, exposed to the user.
Notes wonât be jailed in a walled garden of a database.
Amen! https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/06/26/free-the-icons/
Squircle Jail is the worst design-related thing Apple has ever done to Mac developers, and probably the worst icon-related thing it has ever done, period. Incredibly developer-hostile.
If squircled icons are actually better, then let that design win in the market. That's how we transitioned from the classic Mac OS icon style to the more photorealistic Mac OS X icon style. Developers adopted it because they wanted to, and because users desired it.
I really want to understand something⌠what is it with mockups you see online of desktops? They have this insane obsession with widgets.
What if we have widgets on the desktop, but also widgets in the Notification Center, but also widgets in the menu bar when you click on menu items, and now Dock icons can be widgets tooâŚ
Just saw some mockup with Widgets in the Dock.
When you see MacRumors and their HomePod with a display, it is widgets galore there too.
Information overload.
@marioguzman Get it! Iâve had one for almost ten years and wouldnât go back. Itâs durable, repairable, looks amazing, and it even makes delicious coffee.
Itâs the single coffee maker I recommend to friends on the hunt for a new one.
Disclaimer: Iâm a filter person. I donât drink espresso.
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