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Developer Ships 10 macOS Apps on 8-Year-Old MacBook Using Micro-App Architecture
A solo developer built and released 10 specialized macOS apps for Android developers over three years using a micro-app architecture. Each app solves one problem, with 80% of code reused via a shared internal crate. Compile times stay under 2 minutes per app on aging Intel hardware.
Meridian48 take
The approach is clever but niche—most developers won't replicate this system, though the reuse strategy offers a practical lesson for side-project sustainability.
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