Menubar Apps Are Underrated. Here's Why I Keep Building Them.

All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. Every app I've built recently lives in the menubar. Not because it's trendy. Because it's the right form factor for tools that need to stay out of your way until you need them. The problem with full-window apps Full-window apps demand attention. You open them, they take over the screen, you do the thing, you close them. For occasional tasks — checking a sync status, running a quick conversion, viewing a notification — this is too much ceremony. The fri