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I've found it hard to keep up with movie and TV news (particularly when the new Backrooms film is coming out). So, I built an agent to help remind me -- it's a subscription based s…

Location: Seattle, WA Remote: Open to remote, on-site, and hybrid Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Swift, Python, Java, JavaScript, SwiftUI, UIKit, Django, SQLite, MySQL, Nod…

If you have to monitor your employees’ keyboard activity, you have a hiring problem.

Hmm, I’m not sure that’s a great comparison…Brainfuck is deliberately complex, and certainly not designed for learning.

To be clear, I’m not saying high schoolers shouldn’t be learning more complex languages. My main point is that Scratch should not be stigmatized. It can be a good introduction to g…

Thanks for the suggestion! Someone else had the same great idea. https://github.com/jonathangarelick/SoundSeer/issues/25 Unfortunately, that particular feature will require Spotify…

Thank you for the feedback! I am currently exploring how to monetize while doing right by my free users. Some more advanced integration with Spotify (Liking songs, for example) req…

Thank you! :-)

Very cool. I'll take some time to check it out!

Yes! I got tired of interrupting my work "flow" to find out about a cool new song. Now I can focus just a bit more.

Love the site design. Thanks for sharing.

Yep! The current release actually still uses AppleScript. The next release will use Scripting Bridge to hook into the app's playback state change events. Much more efficient.

I'm not too familiar with this, but macOS does have a "Now Playing" icon in the top menu bar whenever audio is playing. It works for all audio sources (Chrome, Spotify, etc). Howev…

Good times :D

Hmm, that's odd. Not sure exactly which approval you are referring to, but here is my experience: The Spotify Web API actually required no approval, because it does not integrate w…

That's awesome, I'll be sure to check it out! I deliberately chose not to use marquee because of CPU usage, but if there's a more efficient way, I can definitely integrate that.

In case you'd like to learn more about my development process, I wrote a brief blog post here: https://www.garelick.net/2024/04/22/some-thoughts-on-going-f... A significant portion…