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The price in our desktop app is a string the server hands it, and the one case where it has no string is a 409

The price in our desktop app is a string the server hands it, and the one case where it has no string is a 409

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Our maintenance switch is one boolean, and the only alert email that survives it is the one allowed to throw

Our maintenance switch is one boolean, and the only alert email that survives it is the one allowed to throw

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Read an Electron app's fuses, runtime and ASAR integrity from the release ZIP, without running it

Read an Electron app's fuses, runtime and ASAR integrity from the release ZIP, without running it

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Update: my Electron text editor is done (it took 10 days, not 1)

Update: my Electron text editor is done (it took 10 days, not 1)

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I replaced my 137MB Electron menu-bar app with a 693KB native build

I replaced my 137MB Electron menu-bar app with a 693KB native build

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Three download buttons, no user agent sniffing, and a link that stops working 60 seconds after you click it

Three download buttons, no user agent sniffing, and a link that stops working 60 seconds after you click it

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Three clocks in one window at 1s, 5s and 30s, and not one component uses what the hook returns

Three clocks in one window at 1s, 5s and 30s, and not one component uses what the hook returns

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Two version numbers in our settings file, and no code reads either of them

Two version numbers in our settings file, and no code reads either of them

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A search in our app has three identities, and the one we send over HTTP is the one that moves

A search in our app has three identities, and the one we send over HTTP is the one that moves

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Our window reloads every time you open it, so our event stream opens with 203 frames

Our window reloads every time you open it, so our event stream opens with 203 frames

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Half-written files and fs.watch on Windows: what I measured, and why rename fixes it

Half-written files and fs.watch on Windows: what I measured, and why rename fixes it

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I built a free, offline Descript alternative (and open-sourced it)

I built a free, offline Descript alternative (and open-sourced it)

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I audited draw.io Desktop 32.4.1. No exploitable vulnerability — and that is the interesting part.

I audited draw.io Desktop 32.4.1. No exploitable vulnerability — and that is the interesting part.

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Why codesign Fails After Copying a Mac App from a DMG

Why codesign Fails After Copying a Mac App from a DMG

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One line removes our app menu, and on macOS that is also the line that removes Cmd+V

One line removes our app menu, and on macOS that is also the line that removes Cmd+V

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