Hacker News: tylerhall

New comment by tylerhall in "Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window"

tylerhall — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:16:32 +0000

Developer of the app here. You’re correct. Accessibility APIs + timer + transparent top-level NSWindow that ignores input and draws a border.

New comment by tylerhall in "Augmented Reality Ducks"

tylerhall — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:22:43 +0000

Indeed, I buried the lede in this post. But I wanted to have fun with such a silly idea, first.

New comment by tylerhall in "I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH"

tylerhall — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:12:00 +0000

Thanks, but that's not the port number :-) That was just for illustrative purposes.

New comment by tylerhall in "I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH"

tylerhall — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:28:28 +0000

Good sleuthing, but the missing port number is simpler than that. I just blacked it out of the screenshot. I know very well that running sshd on a non-standard port has no benefits security-wise, but it does lessen the length of my log files from dumb script kiddies. I redacted the port in the screenshot for that reason.

New comment by tylerhall in "I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH"

tylerhall — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:13:29 +0000

Yeah, it's a $5/month DigitalOcean box with only my blog on it and nothing else. All assets come off a CDN and Varnish is sitting in front of WP, but looks like that still wasn't enough this time. It worked fine for my previous two HN'ings earlier this year.

New comment by tylerhall in "I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH"

tylerhall — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:06:37 +0000

> it’s probably useful to others?

That's my intent. I'll put it back online for others to find once the fuss dies down.

New comment by tylerhall in "I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH"

tylerhall — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:00:45 +0000

Sadly, I mean it. Don't want to go through this again. Taking down the post for now.

New comment by tylerhall in "DefaultApp"

tylerhall — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:32:44 +0000

Yeah, sorry. That's just Xcode's default header. Feel free to open a PR or issue.

New comment by tylerhall in "DefaultApp"

tylerhall — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:25:05 +0000

OP here. I think we're aiming for the same thing - though with slightly different priorities.

Of your list of minimums that DefaultApp omits:

Not every app adheres to a Document-based pattern. The apps I personally build typically fall into a "shoebox" style where explicit documents aren't used.

And there are other data layers than CoreData, which is why I didn't add that - especially since even with CoreData everyone has their own favorite library/framework. So that's easy enough to drop-in for those who want it. (That said: probably 95% of the apps I write use CoreData, so )

A customized NSToolbar would be great, but, again, there are so many implementations out there, which one would you pick that would satisfy the majority of apps/developers?

Anyway, like the accompanying blog post says, this project is "highly opinionated". It's just what I've cobbled together over the years. I'm not going to die on a hill for any of my particular choices. Do what works best for you.

New comment by tylerhall in "DefaultApp"

tylerhall — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:08:10 +0000

OP here. Thanks for pointing out that omission. It's MIT like all my other stuff. I've updated it.

New comment by tylerhall in "Broken"

tylerhall — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:46:08 +0000

OP here. I never installed Catalina (or any recent beta software in years) on my primary machine that I get work done on. My Catalina testing this Summer was explicitly kept to an old laptop and virtual machines.

My "simpler" comment was about my mistake in signing into iCloud on those test devices. I learned my lesson and either stayed logged out or used a test iCloud account for the rest of the Summer.

And, overall, my post and comments in general are about running Catalina now that it's publicly released. Not about issues I experienced as a beta user.

New comment by tylerhall in "Broken"

tylerhall — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:21:05 +0000

Been running WP for god knows how long for my personal site, while my company website is built with Jekyll.

In June I migrated to Ghost simply to try it and learn more about Node. It was _fine_, but never really fit my mental model of how a blog should operate or a web app should be structured. For better or worse, I'm an ex-Yahoo and a PHP guy through and through.

New comment by tylerhall in "Broken"

tylerhall — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:51:03 +0000

sigh I switched back to WordPress literally five days ago and haven't yet gotten around to installing a caching plugin. My bad. I've turned Cloudflare caching on in the meantime.

New comment by tylerhall in "Broken"

tylerhall — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:32:20 +0000

OP here. Thank you. I have no issues with the tightening of security and permissions on Catalina. In fact, I welcome it both for myself and my aging parents who I want to remain safe online. My issue, as you said, is the implementation and lack of documentation for those of us who do know what we're doing.

Show HN: Location-based webhooks for hackers

tylerhall — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:23:38 +0000

Article URL: https://geohooks.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15800499

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by tylerhall in "Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?"

tylerhall — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:32:38 +0000

I'm not familiar with them. What would they help me with?

New comment by tylerhall in "Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?"

tylerhall — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:06:20 +0000

I started selling macOS (and now iOS) software on my own website back in 2007. https://clickontyler.com My original goal was to earn enough money to refinish the hardwood floors in my house. Since then, however, it's taken on a life of its own and become a suite of three main products. It enables me to live comfortably in the Nashville suburbs.

All that said, I've been doing this for ten years now and am burnt out. If anyone would like to buy me out and take over the business, I'm open to offers.

New comment by tylerhall in "Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail"

tylerhall — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:41:35 +0000

Happy SaneBox + FastMail user for two years now. SaneBox works great with any standard IMAP connection.

Why a $15,950 Tourbillon Watch Is Considered a Steal

tylerhall — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 03:11:37 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/fashion/mens-style/why-a-15950-tourbillon-watch-is-considered-a-steal.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F03%2F04%2Ffashion%2Fmens-style%2Fwhy-a-15950-tourbillon-watch-is-considered-a-steal.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11214792

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by tylerhall in "Ask HN: Sell, open-source, or abandon a $10k/year Mac app?"

tylerhall — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:27:28 +0000

http://clickontyler.com/

VirtualHostX was my first app, the one that grew slowly over a few years and then took off. Hostbuddy is a small, companion app that does moderately well. Hobo is my newest, still in beta, that I hope to kick off in February.