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Native GFM+ macOS (iOS WIP) Markdown Rendering via TextKit2

https://github.com/SuperSwiftMarkup/SuperSwiftMarkdownPrototype
2•colbyn•1h ago

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colbyn•1h ago
A while ago I figured out how to extend my native TextKit 2 based markdown renderer to support full blown markdown tables with full text selection support. At the time this was quite novel.

I'm now working on a fresh rewrite with iOS support... But as someone who's wasted a lot of time on side projects, could this be profitable?

I almost had a sponsor but he ghosted me. Since then other libraries and commercial apps like ChatGPT and Grok have improved their markdown UI/UX.

I'm thinking about abandoning this endeavor. However it feels wasteful to just drop this and all the experience I accumulated in the meantime. Moreover this proof of concept prototype is still superior in a few ways, notably with regard to text selection and typesetting.

Tiny BASIC: An Early Free Software Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FirGzw9nTTk
1•WoodenChair•58s ago•0 comments

Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/wiper-malware-targeted-poland-energy-grid-but-failed-to-...
1•Bender•1m ago•0 comments

New catalyst makes plastic upcycling 10x more efficient than platinum

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260124003806.htm
1•westurner•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Modbhold – Vanilla JavaScript open source browser game

https://agentratelimit.github.io/Mobhold/
1•skinnyasianboi•2m ago•0 comments

The Writers Came at Night

https://www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-writers-came-at-night
2•ctoth•5m ago•0 comments

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7
1•bsoles•6m ago•0 comments

Debugging Google Ads conversion tracking by observing real consent behavior

2•marstay•11m ago•0 comments

If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, that's it for me

https://old.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1qdmu0k/if_trump_invokes_the_insurrection_act_thats...
9•wslh•16m ago•2 comments

Modern Memory Bandwidth and Latency Benchmarks

https://github.com/SpareCores/sc-membench
1•tanelpoder•16m ago•0 comments

CATL set to launch first sodium-ion batteries in passenger vehicles

https://electrek.co/2026/01/23/ev-battery-leader-plans-first-sodium-ion-batteries-passenger-cars/
2•ksec•17m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A GTK app for Linux to show file buffer progress

1•dcminter•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Pingaroo – a tiny native macOS menu bar app for network stats

https://github.com/mallochio/pingaroo
4•mallochio•21m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are you using Clawdbot? What are your use cases?

1•amrrs•21m ago•0 comments

Davos 2026: Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-...
4•lemming•23m ago•0 comments

Sloponomics: Who wins and loses in the AI-content flood?

https://www.economist.com/business/2025/10/16/sloponomics-who-wins-and-loses-in-the-ai-content-flood
1•paulpauper•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI agent to create small PRs from Slack

2•owendarko•25m ago•0 comments

What Happened to X? [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TTE8g4ouBk
2•Kapura•26m ago•0 comments

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Failure

https://benoitessiambre.com/fail.html
1•BenoitEssiambre•27m ago•0 comments

GitLab patch release 18.8.2 released

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/
2•based2•29m ago•0 comments

Trump administration unlawfully suspended EV charger program, U.S. judge rules

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/24/us-judge-trump-admin-unlawfully-suspended-ev-charger-program.html
7•donsupreme•29m ago•0 comments

Syntux: JSON to UI for Websites

https://www.getsyntux.com/
3•TheDever•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I made an app that blurs my screen when I slouch

https://tomjohnell.com/posturr-a-macos-app-that-blurs-your-screen-when-you-slouch/
1•tjohnell•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kontra, a data quality validator that avoids unnecessary full scans

https://github.com/Saevarl/Kontra
2•saevarl•32m ago•0 comments

Sally Mann Says 'Film Is So Expensive' and Has Started Shooting Digital

https://petapixel.com/2026/01/20/sally-mann-says-film-is-so-expensive-and-has-started-shooting-di...
3•PaulHoule•32m ago•0 comments

Homebrew is great on Linux (2023)

https://www.ypsidanger.com/homebrew-is-great-on-linux/
1•shaicoleman•33m ago•0 comments

Chinese scientists shrink semiconductor chip into fibre as thin as human hair

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341025/chinese-scientists-shrink-semiconductor-c...
1•based2•34m ago•0 comments

Msty – privacy-first AI studio

https://msty.ai/
2•tillulen•35m ago•0 comments

Female dogs evaluate levels of competence in humans

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037663572200170X
2•binning•36m ago•0 comments

Adrian Kosmaczewski – Being a Developer After 40 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQx_beRMHVg
1•summarity•37m ago•0 comments

Headless browser automation CLI for AI agents. (Rust)

https://agent-browser.dev/
1•franze•38m ago•0 comments