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You mean LTT ?
We type two capital LLs a lot these days.
LoL
Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
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Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#3214 Inch 2021 MBPro / M1 Pro chip / Sonoma 14.5 WhatCable says "No USB-C Ports Detected". System info clearly shows my iPhone attached to USB 3.1 Bus.
There's an issue on Github for this now: https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable/issues/2
...And claude fixed it already https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable/commit/7a3ad1363ae...
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#33I like the idea and thanks for sharing, but I do think folks who vibe code or use Claude should take their time using, testing, and improving app before rushing to share. This was pushed/deved like 2 hours ago
Just because it got pushed 2h ago it doesn't mean they didn't test it on their end.
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#34I am definitely gonna contribute or fork to create an open leaderboard of cable brands and quality :D
It won't tell you the _quality_
It just tell you want the e-marker said.
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#35The 'plugged upside down' is weird for a USB-cable. Especially as that doesn't work. I tried plugging it 'the other way around' and it showed the same 'upside down' warning
Everyone knows you have to flip the USB cable twice before it’s no longer upside down.
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#36I like the idea and thanks for sharing, but I do think folks who vibe code or use Claude should take their time using, testing, and improving app before rushing to share. This was pushed/deved like 2 hours ago
And it's been updated, with full releases, many times since.
I like this tool, but I agree that it was rushed and it is still being rushed. I urge the developer to slow down and get it right.
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#37This is pretty nice, but why do a lot of Mac apps insist on living in the menu bar?
Making 1 click to access is faster than typing the app name in finder. Dock is usually full and used for different type of apps. Makes also constantly visible output possible with standard ui patterns.
OK, thanks. We understand what a menu bar is.
How is this conducive to the typical usage pattern of an app like this?
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#38I would like to ask an LLM to rewrite it as Python CLI script. Is it even possible, or some Swift-only functionality is necessary? P.S. Some time ago I learnt through HN of a one-line command in macOS which revealed the power (Wattage) of the connected charger. Can't find it now, but it was very useful.
`system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Wattage"`?
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#39Great project. It would be even better if it supported platforms other than Mac.
Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
#40Cool. Just want to chime in that I wanted to see how quickly GPT-5.5 can turn this into a KDE Plasma 6 Plasmoid. Took about 10 minutes and two dollars, and now I have a nice QML app showing the same information in my taskbar.
Just wanted to say this because I feel it's really crazy that I can just do this today...