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Monodraw

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603 points mafro | 5 comments | 27 Aug 25 10:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. milen ◴[27 Aug 25 11:35 UTC] No.45038231[source]▶
Yeah, it was. After I finished working on the iOS app I was previously involved with, I needed to either find a job or make another app.

I was browsing StackOverflow and saw some cool looking ASCII diagrams, thinking to myself "How can I make these easily on macOS?". So that's how the idea was born.

I then spent about 1.5yrs from the initial commit until v1 release. Unfortunately, the financials didn't work out, so I had to find a job eventually.

But I'm still maintaining the app and do have longer term plans when my job situation changes.

[1] https://milen.me/software/clear-iphone-walkthrough/

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2. alxndr13 ◴[27 Aug 25 11:50 UTC] No.45038364[source]▶
you were involved with clear? damn! i was one of the first users back then, even using it to this day! monodraw looks awesome, will definitely check it out!
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3. MontagFTB ◴[27 Aug 25 13:10 UTC] No.45039188[source]▶
As a years-long user of both Monodraw and Clear: thank you for making software that is opinionated and focused on what it wants to do.
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4. milen ◴[27 Aug 25 15:21 UTC] No.45040943[source]▶
Thank you for the appreciation!
5. milen ◴[27 Aug 25 15:23 UTC] No.45040978[source]▶
Oh, wow - so happy to hear from a Clear user!

I was one of the co-creators of Clear and the developer who built the iOS app. It was co-created by me, Realmac and Impending. I had previously interned at Realmac and had been friends with the founder, Dan (they acquired another app of ours - EventBox, which later got rebranded as Socialite).