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Monodraw

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603 points mafro | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 10:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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milen ◴[27 Aug 25 11:19 UTC] No.45038082[source]▶
Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
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gardenhedge ◴[27 Aug 25 11:29 UTC] No.45038176[source]▶
Was this to scratch your own itch or who needs this?
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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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1. 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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2. 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).