Menubar Apps Are Underrated. Here's Why I Keep Building Them.

try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3851832) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } hiyoyo Posted on Apr 30 Menubar Apps Are Underrated. Here's Why I Keep Building Them. #tauri #rust #product #programming All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. Every app I've built recently lives in the menubar. Not because it's trendy. Because it's the right form factor for tools that need to stay out of your way until you need them. The problem with full-window apps Full-window apps demand attention. You open them, they take over the screen, you do the thing, you close them.

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