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Simon B. Støvring
Personal blog · simonbs.dev/postsprogramming
Simon B. Støvring's personal blog at simonbs.dev covers programming. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked post about app icons in macOS menus. The one comment cites other articles on macOS Tahoe dropping icon silhouettes and forcing non-squircle icons into a default shape, not this post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I'm Simon Støvring, a software developer with a passion for iOS. I build apps like Scriptable, Jayson and Data Jar.
What Hacker News says?
macOS Tahoe has declared war on app icons with distinctive shapes. No silhouettes. If your icon isn't a squircle, it will be shrunk to fit inside a default shape. The penalty box. https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/6/2.html The loss of icon silhouettes is a big step down in usability. Erases decades of design guidelines. https://pxlnv.com/blog/roundrect-dictator/ Frankly it's senseless. https://www.flarup.emai…
Comment linking /posts/how-to-bring-back-oddly-shaped-app-icons-on-macos-26-tahoe
on “Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help”Submitted How to Bring Back Oddly Shaped App Icons in macOS 26 Tahoe as a story · 76 points
HN discussionSubmitted Moving from 1Password to iCloud Keychain as a story · 4 points
HN discussion