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Mike Ward writes Mike-Ward.Net, a personal blog at mike-ward.net about programming and web. Since 2016, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-04, and you can follow it by feed.

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Mike Ward’s personal blog. Author of Markdown Edit, VSColorOutput, Tweetz, Desk Drive and more

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  1. I've been happy with Markdown Edit. As a native app with an embedded webview, it's just a bit snappier than most of the Electron-based Markdown editors I've tried. https://mike-ward.net/Markdown-Edit/

    Comment linking /Markdown-Edit/

    on “Notion for everyone”
  2. Submitted Mithril Rising as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Came here to mention WindowGrid and WinNumpad Position. WindowGrid: Drag window with left+right mouse buttons brings up a customizable grid. Release RMB to set first corner, and LMB to set opposite corner. WinNumpad Position: Win key+Numpad key to snap window into corresponding position (eg- 7 for top left corner). Hit number multiple times to cycle through sizes. https://pbrs.weebly.com/win-numpad-positioner.html B…

    Comment linking /freesnap/

    on “Fancy Zones, a tiling window manager”
  4. Submitted Twitter Desktop Client for Windows as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Ugh, cuteness. Although I am kind of a fan of NancyFX's commissioned The Oatmeal error pages[1]... But it's not necessarily a great look for a more serious product. On the other hand, most internet businesses are not particularly serious - what makes sense for Twitter would be ridiculous for Colt Arms or Caterpillar Tractors, or Amalgamated Magnesium (imagine, Coltie, the six-shooter-packing adolescent cowboy horse…

    Comment linking /2013/04/11/custom-error-pages-in-nancyfx/

    on “The Babysitters Club”

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