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Re: Monodraw

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Post by milen »

awill wrote: post #76
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #64

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>I find it unlikely that such copy protection would actually convert a non-paying user into a customer. I used to think that but then kept tripping across customers who ran multiple copies of my software after purchasing a single license. I now wish I'd tightened the DRM from the start.

I think you're missing his point. If you tightened DRM, would those customers that ran multiple copies pay for multiple licenses? Fighting piracy is generally not worth it. Those people would never pay, so you're fighting to stop a pirate from using it, not to get them to pay. There's a big difference.

Yeah, it's unclear how many people fall into that bucket. I'm sure it's non-zero but I don't know if it's worth the time.

Re: Monodraw

#113

Post by milen »

MontagFTB wrote: post #79
milen wrote: post #20

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Yeah, it was. After I finished working on the iOS app I was previously involved with, I needed to either find a job or make another app. I was browsing StackOverflow and saw some cool looking ASCII diagrams, thinking to myself "How can I make these easily on macOS?". So that's how the idea was born. I then spent about 1.5yrs from the initial commit until v1 release. Unfortunately, the financials didn't work out, so I…

As a years-long user of both Monodraw and Clear: thank you for making software that is opinionated and focused on what it wants to do.

Thank you for the appreciation!

Re: Monodraw

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Post by milen »

alxndr13 wrote: post #33
milen wrote: post #20

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Yeah, it was. After I finished working on the iOS app I was previously involved with, I needed to either find a job or make another app. I was browsing StackOverflow and saw some cool looking ASCII diagrams, thinking to myself "How can I make these easily on macOS?". So that's how the idea was born. I then spent about 1.5yrs from the initial commit until v1 release. Unfortunately, the financials didn't work out, so I…

you were involved with clear? damn! i was one of the first users back then, even using it to this day! monodraw looks awesome, will definitely check it out!

Oh, wow - so happy to hear from a Clear user!

I was one of the co-creators of Clear and the developer who built the iOS app. It was co-created by me, Realmac and Impending. I had previously interned at Realmac and had been friends with the founder, Dan (they acquired another app of ours - EventBox, which later got rebranded as Socialite).

Re: Monodraw

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Post by makeitdouble »

randomgermanguy wrote: post #72
makeitdouble wrote: post #40

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Sounds super interesting, where do you put these diagrams ? It's an issue I'm seeing even for comments touching too much on algorithmic stuff. To take a somewhat common example, if you were dealing with a credit card payment flow, where would the explanation of how a transaction goes through a few states asynchronously, which all trigger a webhook callback ? Obviously the people working on the code need to be aware o…

I personally just throw them at the top of my files as long block-comments, or sometimes inside/around very heavy functions. For example i often add little diagrams for when dealing with some bit-fiddly logic parts to easier visualize the bit-layouts. But for architecture, either a whole text-file for it or at the top of the module

Thanks! Do you deal with the logic getting split/shared around the code ? For instance on the credit card example there will be probably be one central class (the transaction class?) but you'd need to know the whole logic in the card registration part or the webhooks as well. I guess you don't stick a diagram everywhere ?

Re: Monodraw

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Post by milen »

dheera wrote: post #82
shirol wrote: post #21

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> Monodraw does not use activation or any other form of DRM. We have complete trust in our customers. Interesting. But, why?

People who pirate software at scale are not typically interested in ASCII art. It doesn't quite cross the threshold of business value and usefulness (e.g. SolidWorks, Photoshop) that would attract pirates.

FWIW, pirated copies of Monodraw are widely available, I take that as a form of flattery :D

Re: Monodraw

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Post by milen »

ezekg wrote: post #98
milen wrote: post #23

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There are no current plans but never say never (the app is 100% AppKit, so porting means a full rewrite). I wish I had the time to port it to all three desktop OSes.

Monodraw is one of the apps I miss the most after switching to Windows. Would love to see it one day! Would be a buyer for sure.

One idea I've been toying with would be to do a Kickstarter-style campaign and if it reaches a certain threshold, then I know it would be worth porting.

Re: Monodraw

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Post by milen »

asimovDev wrote: post #59
milen wrote: post #23

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There are no current plans but never say never (the app is 100% AppKit, so porting means a full rewrite). I wish I had the time to port it to all three desktop OSes.

as a noob Swift dev (Swiftie?) , why AppKit over SwiftUI? Maturity of former?

As jamil7 noted, Monodraw predates SwiftUI by about 4yrs.

But more importantly, my priority is delivering the best user experience and that's where AppKit shines.

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