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kennycarruthers

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About kennycarruthers

Software developer behind Fileloupe for Mac and Videoloupe for Mac. Previously worked at Danger, Apple and Be on the T-Mobile Sidekick, OS X Finder and BeOS respectively.

http://www.fileloupe.com http://www.videoloupe.com

Recent public activity

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    Ask HN: Tech stack recommendations for online ordering at a small grocery store?

    If you had to quickly build a website to help a small, local grocery store accept orders online, what tech stack would you use? For safety, the store is closed to walk-in customers…

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    Comment #14722362

    I believe so, which is why I'm working on a version 2.0 of each application. In the case of Fileloupe, version 1.0 is "just" a file viewer at the end of the day. It's a really fast…

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    Comment #14720115

    Fileloupe for Mac ( https://www.fileloupe.com ) Videoloupe for Mac ( https://www.videoloupe.com ) These are both macOS applications that have yet to reach enough in sales to be sus…

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    Comment #14141344

    Currently living in Bangkok and it's already quite noticeable the changes since mid-2015 when I was last here. Sukhumvit Road, one of the main streets, has a fraction of the street…

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    Comment #14036014

    Glad to hear. Feel free to follow up by email with any feedback, comments or questions.

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    Comment #14033539

    Both are 100% Objective-C. No plans to make the switch anytime soon. I'm comfortable with Objective-C and understand it reasonably well. Applications can be pretty small when they'…

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    Comment #14033484

    Discussion on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619 Daring Fireball "The Mac Pro Lives": http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives

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    Comment #14033406

    In light of today's Apple Mac Pro announcements, I'll chime in... Problem: Building macOS desktop applications as an indie-developer. Project: Fileloupe for Mac and Videoloupe for …

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    Comment #13895905

    Developer here... Two years ago, the Hacker News community helped kick off my indie-developer "career" with Fileloupe for Mac. Now I'd like to share my second app, Videoloupe for M…

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    Comment #9845690

    At the moment, I'm taking a very conservative approach to adding what I would call "file manager" features. I'm not trying to create a Finder replacement and with the restrictions …

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    Comment #9844096

    The keyboard shortcuts are still very much influx. The Escape key used to close the viewer, but then enough other people wanted the Escape key to take them back to the grid view, s…

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    Comment #9844088

    You can download a beta version of Fileloupe at the link above and take it for a spin. Note that this is a beta for version 1.1 so some features are present that haven't yet made i…

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    Comment #9841013

    Yes, sorry. I know there's still a decent number of people using Mavericks but with El Capitan coming out later this year it's doubtful I'll add Mavericks support.

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    Comment #9840620

    Thanks for the support. Using Fileloupe as a document browser is definitely a use-case that others have discovered (and one I didn't originally plan for). Dragging a folder into Fi…

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    Comment #9838994

    Cool, glad to hear it's working well for you. Performance was something that was a priority from day one. My email is in my profile so if you have issues or general feedback then p…

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    Show HN: Fileloupe for Mac

    After years of lurking on Hacker News, I figured it was time to finally contribute back. Fileloupe for Mac is a new Mac application that I've been working on for the last year. Ver…