Hacker News: apptelahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apptelaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:47:21 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by apptela in "Ask HN: Does automatic multilingual support make sense for a launch platform?"]]>I have launched an App last week (apptela.com) and launched in 10 Languages. Started off with internationalisation built into the App from the very start so was easy to convert and scale up to other languages. The difficulty I found was having to apply it everywhere else. Multi language on the website and in the App Store. Also doing multi language screen shots. So Overall easy to scale up to other languages but much more admin overall.

]]>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:36:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349732apptelahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349732https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349732<![CDATA[New comment by apptela in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"]]>Building a macOS app launcher called AppTela (https://apptela.com). Apple removed Launchpad in Tahoe and the replacement is pretty bare, so I built something with more depth and honestly better than most alternatives out there (IMHO). You can organise apps across screens, categories, groups and stacks. The stacks concept is the bit I'm most pleased with - pile apps on top of each other visually, or create launch stacks that open a whole set of apps at once. Also added a shadow engine where icons cast shadows based on the time of day, which was a fun experiment.

Just launched on the Mac App Store last week, now figuring out the discovery side which is the hard part. Turns out that doing the best App doesn't mean much if no one knows it exists!

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