iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/09/2026

Last night I made a small Mac app that lets me slide to type with a mouse/trackpad. Kinda fun, definitely unnecessary 😅 I wrote about it here 👇 yannicklung.com/blog/playgro...

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 23/09/2026

Yessss! 🔜🚘▶️

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 22/09/2026

Exactly this! You hit the nail on the head!

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 21/09/2026

And, as you’d expect, there are, of course, balloons you can pop! 🎯✂️

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 21/09/2026

Attention designers and developers! I just released my second Mac app: SF Balloons! 🎈 Think of it as the emoji picker, but for SF Symbols. Super handy if you use them a lot and don’t want to keep switching apps. It’s free, so get it here 👇 apps.apple.com/app/sf-ballo... #IndieDev #BuildInPublic

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 16/09/2026

To whom it may concern: I can confirm a box of Altoids is MagSafe compatible.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 15/09/2026

I was surprised when I found out Now Playing on macOS doesn't show songs playing on a HomePod (as iOS does). So, I built my own tool. Convenient *and* beautiful. Progressive blurs, animated album covers and all the other good stuff 🥰

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 13/07/2026

Apple, please make an official Lil Finder Guy collectible 🥲

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 09/07/2026

Thanks a ton Kris! 🙏

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 09/07/2026

My app just reached another huge milestone: 1,000 ratings at an incredible 4.9-star average! #BuildInPublic

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 08/06/2026

Happy WWDC week, to those who celebrate!

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 11/05/2026

What a coincidence. I’m about to submit a new update very soon which will add US plates 😎 #WWDC26

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 20/03/2026

And another one! The latest version of my app is now available and comes with a shiny new app for Apple Watch ⌚️🎉 #BuildInPublic

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/02/2026

That’s because the Finder comment is saved in an external, invisible .DS_store file. It quickly becomes out of sync especially with cloud storages and/or moving files. So yeah, that’s why xattr was my preferred choice.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/02/2026

Oh, I didn’t notice that to be honest 😅 What exactly are they pushing? And yes, each comment will be saved as an extended attribute. So it should work just fine. However, one thing I noticed is that Finder won’t always show the comment it you hit ⌘+I. The comment exists though.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/02/2026

It should work just fine since it’ll attached to the file itself. The comment will be saved as a xattr “comment” to the file.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/02/2026

Introducing my first macOS app: Docomments—A delightful way to add notes to your files 📝 Recently, I’ve felt the need to add short comments to files as a kind of change log. So I built my own app! If it fits your workflow, why not give it a try?👇 docomments.app #BuildInPublic

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Docomments – Comment & Annotate Your Documents

Add comments and annotations to your documents with Docomments for Mac. Simple, intuitive, and powerful.

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Philipp @philipptemmel.com · 25/02/2026

I am super excited to share that my very first iOS app, Velorino, is now live in the App Store ✨ Velorino is your cycling companion, showing you POIs like public water dispenser to fill up your bottles, snack stations to grab a snack, or self-service bike stations. apple.co/4kRPB7N

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Velorino‑App – App Store

Lade „Velorino“ von Philipp Temmel im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Bildschirmfotos, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere Apps wie „Velorino“…

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/02/2026

“The size of the watchOS variant is 76MB, which exceeds the maximum allowable size of 75MB after app thinning.” 🫠 🫠 🫠

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 19/02/2026

So that’s why it’s called Split View.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 13/02/2026

Today’s task was to divide my Mac screen into 8 pizza slices to enable automatic snapping 🍕🧲 #BuildInPublic

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 07/02/2026

What a crazy week. In addition to new updates for my license plate app, I built three new Mac apps. Each of them serves a different purpose and was created to simplify my workflow. I am most proud of a (not-so-small) GeoJSON viewer app. #BuildInPublic

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Aeronaut @aeronautapp.com · 27/01/2026

Excited to announce that Aeronaut is now live in the Mac App Store! 🎉 After two years of tinkering, polishing, and obsessing over the little things, it’s finally here! If you’re looking for a Bluesky app designed and built for macOS, take a look… apps.apple.com/us/app/aeronau…

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 27/01/2026

Thanks a lot Chris!! 🥳🙏

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 27/01/2026

Oh my! My app has quietly surpassed 500 ratings globally, and it's still rocking at 4.9! 🤩🥳 I couldn't be happier! #IndieDev

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 24/01/2026

It seems that asset catalogs still generate rasterized versions even if your chose “Preserve vector data”. One last step was to heavily compress all PDF files. That’s how I went from 300 MB to 80 MB.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 24/01/2026

I started by using SVGs instead of PDFs for all vector graphics. However this would cause huge performance issues. So I switched back to PDFs but instead of placing them in an asset catalog, I now have my own package which contains all PDFs. I also switched all PNG formats to HEIC.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 23/01/2026

I'm working on the next version of my app and finally decided to reduce its size (was 300 MB). After days and nights of compressing and optimising images, plus a small breakdown yesterday when it reached 1 GB 🫠, I'm happy with the result: only 80 MB! 🥳🥳🥳 #BuildInPublic

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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆 @strasser.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Friendly reminder to export your app assets as HEIC instead of PNGs! For Art of Flora, this lead to an almost a 85% reduction of size 😱 #buildinpublic

Screenshots showing the infos of two folders. The one titled Yasuni is 27MB in size. The one titled Yasuni - HEIC is 3,6MB in size.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 13/12/2025

Honestly, the app is free and covers a very niche area. For the iOS counterpart word of mouth worked best so I think it’ll be the same for Android.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 12/12/2025

🚨THE WAIT IS OVER🚨 I’m very happy to announce that my little license plate app is now also available on Android! 🤖🎉 #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 10/11/2025

There's reason to celebrate! One year ago today, Kennzeichen Wiki was released in the App Store! 🎈🎂 A lot has happened in the meantime, and even an Android app is in the starting blocks 😎 At this point, I'd just like to say a big thank you to all of you! Here's to many more years! 🫶 #BuildInPublic

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Philipp @philipptemmel.com · 06/11/2025

I'm not sure if a macOS app can be more niche than this: I wanted to access the macOS share sheet in @vivaldi.com faster, or by clicking on a button, rather than using File > Share. So, I built an app for it. You can join the TestFlight, if that is your thing. www.philipptemmel.com/writing...

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Introducing ShareBridgely – my first, and super niche macOS app · Philipp Temmel

I wanted an easier and quicker access to the macOS share sheet from Vivaldi, so I built an app for it.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 30/10/2025

Depressing indeed… luckily the developer apologized and will change the icon with the next update.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 30/10/2025

Thank you for saying this. The compromise is definitely the solution I was hoping for.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 30/10/2025

Thanks! I‘m also pleased with the way this matter has turned out. The screenshots don’t bother me too much but the icon definitely triggered something (probably due to my very strong bond to app icons)…

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 30/10/2025

Update on this: I had a call with the developer and he apologized and will change the icon with the next update.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 30/10/2025

Wow, that’s next-level audacity! In my case I just had a call with the developer and he will change the icon with the next update.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 30/10/2025

Thanks for the suggestion! I just had a call with Kai and he will change the icon with the next update.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 27/10/2025

I have no clue tbh. My app doesn’t generate any revenues at all so this can’t be it. The only thing I can think of is to jump on the train in order to misguide users. It also uses the exact name of another competitor app…

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 27/10/2025

Great, looks like I found my first copycat… not sure if I should be flattered or pissed 😑 #indiedev

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/10/2025

Absolutely! My go-to playlist at the moment (sorry if it’s Apple Music only) music.apple.com/de/playlist/...

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„BEATstrumentals“ auf Apple Music

Playlist · 300 Titel

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/10/2025

Rate my setup for tonight's coding session: A cold beer, lofi sounds, cozy light… could be worse 🥰 #BuildInPublic

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/10/2025

I can only speak for myself but from my experience I would always recommend to use native languages. It might take a little longer but the difference is night and day.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/10/2025

Yes, I heavily rely on Claude. It works great because I can provide the iOS files for comparison, Claude generates the main structure and I can focus on the details.

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/10/2025

I see what you mean, but would you say that companies go to the extra effort of first building something with cross-platform solutions to validate it, and then switching to native solutions later in the process? Don't get me wrong, but I haven't had that experience yet…

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