Marc Lou shares early launch metrics for his first macOS app and highlights that desktop apps take longer due to Apple notarization and maintaining two repos. The takeaway is that shipping desktop software has extra operational friction versus web apps.
It's been fun launching my first macOS app!
Desktop apps are significantly harder than regular web apps.
Everything takes more time (Apple notarization, 2 repos, etc.)
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