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Congrats to the launch! Very impressed with the progress :) Do you have plans to add passwordless auth (either magic link or OTP - preferably OTP)?

Any timeline for the swift client? I use Firebase currently and would strongly consider switching to Supabase as soon as a Swift client is available.

Reading all the negative sentiment on HN about Electron beforehand I was a bit concerned about picking it for the desktop app but now I am positively surprised to be honest.

I totally understand that Electron's memory footprint is not acceptable for very small apps that only serve as a utility. For Life though, which is supposed to replace 2-3 other apps, a memory footprint of ~300mb seems fine to me. In-app performance is also good.

I cannot say anything about the iOS Routine app because I have not tried it yet.

Hey Alex, very cool project! What made you pause working on it?

You are making a great point. There is an inherent trade-off between customisability and simplicity. That is not necessarily a problem though because I think there are different target groups depending on where your product is on this scale. I like to think of productivity software as a pair of shoes where everyone has their preferred size and fit. That also allows different tools to successfully co-exist.

The desktop application is Electron-based, so porting it to Windows will be relatively easy. For mobile we go native though and that's why a native Android application will take some longer.

Thank you for the explanation! I'm looking forward to trying it out in practice

I can't get my head around why their documentation is so poor.

They should have all the resources in the world to recruit people that have proven to write good documentation. If open-source projects run by volunteers can have excellent documentation (e.g. Vue), why can't Apple?

Better docs mean a better developer experience which means more people want to (and are able to) develop apps for iOS which increases the value of their platform. It looks like a no-brainer to me to invest some resources into this to improve the current state of affairs.

I must be missing something here...

The arbitrariness with which these companies rule over our digital lives infuriates me more from month to month. We do our best to fight dictators in the physical world but somehow accept them in the digital realm.

No, I mean applications to the Apple developer program.

Cool prototype !

I've been pondering the idea if software can help us to make decisions in the way you have shown here for a while. If you (or anyone else) would like to have an exchange about it, my email is in my profile.

Someone posted this in the Mac thread yesterday. I gave it a try and it has worked well for me so far. I spun up Divinity 2 and could play it on low settings without fan noise or excessive heat. That hadn't been possible before.

Their blog posts are great. They sometimes blog about really obscure parts of game development. It’s interesting to read even if you are not building games.

I’ve got nothing useful to add except saying that I find it inspiring that you were able to turn a personal loss into entrepreneurial energy for positive change.

Good luck to you guys. I’m certain that your endeavors would make her proud.