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Charlie Monroe
Personal blog · blog.charliemonroe.netprogrammingbusiness
Charlie Monroe's personal blog at blog.charliemonroe.net covers programming and business. Since 2020, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Apology by Apple for "erroneous flag": A Day Without Business”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as the developer's own account of Apple revoking his Developer ID certificate without warning and reinstating it about 24 hours later. Commenters cite it as evidence that legitimate developers can be wrongly flagged.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Apology by Apple for "erroneous flag": A Day Without Business7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2020-08-05
- A few words about indie app business3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-01-29
- App Store Distribution and You [Another App Store Rejection Horror Story]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-23
What Hacker News says?
Don't forget that after you've paid them your money, they can revoke your certificate and spread lies about your software, and there's nothing you can do! https://blog.charliemonroe.net/a-day-without-business/
Comment linking /a-day-without-business/
on “Can't you just right click?”Submitted A few words about indie app business as a story · 84 points
HN discussionUpdate from the developer: https://blog.charliemonroe.net/a-day-without-business/ "after almost 24 hours after 10PM, I got my account re-instated. Apple has called and apologized for the complications. The issue was caused by my account being erroneously flagged by automated processes as malicious and was put on hold."
Comment linking /a-day-without-business/
on “Apple revoked longtime Mac developer's code signing certificate with no warning”Submitted App Store Distribution and You [Another App Store Rejection Horror Story] as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSee https://blog.charliemonroe.net/a-day-without-business/
Comment linking /a-day-without-business/
on “Apple revoked longtime Mac developer's code signing certificate with no warning”Submitted Apology by Apple for "erroneous flag": A Day Without Business as a story · 6 points
HN discussionMaybe "erroneously" is a better word than accidentally. That's the word Apple used when apologizing to Charlie Munroe for their automated systems revoking his Apple Developer ID and remotely disabling his published Mac apps: "We determined that your app Downie 4 was erroneously identified as malicious due to invalid logic in our malware detection system. This triggered the revocation of your certificate under Sectio…
Comment linking /a-day-without-business/
on “Apple Accidentally Approved Malware to Run on macOS”Submitted A Day Without Business as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBefore anyone starts speculating on what the developer did "wrong", keep in mind that the Mac developer Charlie Monroe was mistakenly flagged and then reinstated by Apple just a few weeks ago: http://blog.charliemonroe.net/a-day-without-business/
Comment linking /a-day-without-business/
on “Apple terminated developer account for unstated fraud after minor app update”Submitted A few words about indie app business as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> But this has not happened. This has in fact happened: https://blog.charliemonroe.net/a-day-without-business/
Comment linking /a-day-without-business/
on “Distributing Mac apps outside the App Store, a quick start guide”Submitted A few words about indie app business as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Permute Update Rejected from the App Store as a story · 1 points
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