JLG praises the solo programmer in his latest column:
One such example is Preview, Mac’s all-in-one file viewing and editing program. While the Wikipedia article is out of date and tepid, the two-part Macworld article titled The many superpowers of Apple’s Preview (here and here) does justice to the app’s power and flexibility. Read it and join me in my appreciation for this labor of love from a solo, unnamed programmer who, I’m told, has been at it since the NeXT days.
As a second example, he picked Gus Mueller’s Acorn:
To get an idea of the breadth and depth of the app, scan the documentation on the company’s web site. In addition to “straight” tech doc, there’s an FAQ, pointers to the Acorn communities, and a wealth of video tutorials for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users.
I would add another example with “Banished”, a game by Luke Hodorowicz available on Steam and Gog. It is a rock solid city builder praised by the critics.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
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