5 posts
Why $4.99 once, what no telemetry costs, and the decisions behind how Shiny is built.
Shiny collects no analytics, no crash reports, no usage data. The only network requests are a daily Sparkle update check and a one-time license activation. Here is what that decision costs, and why it was still the right one.
About ShinySIGSTOP and SIGCONT are POSIX signals that have been in macOS since OS X 10.0. Shiny uses them to pause idle, memory-heavy background apps. Here is exactly how it works and why it is safe.
About ShinyShiny is $4.99 once, three Macs, no subscription. CleanMyMac is around $40 per year. The price difference reflects two completely different ideas about what a small Mac app should be. Here is mine.
About ShinyThe honest lessons from shipping Shiny as a one-person UK software studio: Apple notarization, Polar payments, UK VAT, calm-software marketing, and the support emails nobody warned me about.
About ShinyA short essay on the moment a slow Mac became a $4.99 menu-bar app instead of a phone call to mum. Why one job, one price, no telemetry, no popups.