Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life

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Post by chrisallick » Tue, May 05, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

coyote7oni wrote: post #10

It's unclear how it changed your life.

read below? or in the readme. remember when that guy said he loved visual basic 6 and is rediscovering his love of software with claude code? my write up speaks to the same sentiment and personal computing and why i fell in love with technology.

Re: Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life

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Post by hilti » Tue, May 05, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC

Looks interesting, but missing notarization and source code gives me a headache in this world of vibe coded apps. But glad you enjoyed the afternoon with Claude and get a personal reincarnation of Winamp for your box.

Re: Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life

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Post by chrisallick » Tue, May 05, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC

hilti wrote: post #12

Looks interesting, but missing notarization and source code gives me a headache in this world of vibe coded apps. But glad you enjoyed the afternoon with Claude and get a personal reincarnation of Winamp for your box.

I think what I'm getting at is that if you have architectural and engineering experience, coding with claude isn't vibing at all, but like having a paired programming partner. and i think the real headache and heart break is a closed world, top down corporate, web and software experience.

Re: Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life

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Post by joenot443 » Wed, May 06, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC

chrisallick wrote: post #8

joenot443 wrote: post #6

Did you mean to include the code in the repo...?

no just the binary release at the moment.

Why?

Re: Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life

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Post by chrisallick » Fri, May 08, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC

joenot443 wrote: post #14

chrisallick wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

no just the binary release at the moment.

Why?

its in the issues. i wrote about it. gonna release source in a bit. there are a few parts i want to refactor. the visualizer and the theme editor were heavily done by claude and i want to release source i fully control and understand. tapping the audio source, for example, im still working through it. if you follow the repo you'll get a notification when its online.

Re: Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life

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Post by joenot443 » Fri, May 08, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC

chrisallick wrote: post #15

joenot443 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

its in the issues. i wrote about it. gonna release source in a bit. there are a few parts i want to refactor. the visualizer and the theme editor were heavily done by claude and i want to release source i fully control and understand. tapping the audio source, for example, im still working through it. if you follow the repo you'll get a notification when its online.

That makes sense!