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Notes from building Beacon
Occasional writing about the app and the machinery around it: how a release is made, what the features actually do, and the checks that hold this site's claims to what the app can prove.
I wanted an API client that kept up with my typing
Why Beacon is keyboard-first: what the Omnibox and the ⌘K palette actually do, where the chords stop, and why the build is macOS-only, unsigned and free today.
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How Beacon ships a release, and how this site proves it
The three ways Beacon gets onto a Mac, what the install script really does, and the checks that have to agree before this site may describe a release.
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