lucas.love https://lucas.love/videos en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:12:26 GMT © 2026 Lucas Fischer lucas.love c37b2746-f827-5703-8c4a-4d4f985f31a7 Lucas Fischer episodic false Lucas Fischer xoxo@lucas.love 031 - Zeit https://lucas.love/100/031 day-031 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 031 - Zeit 02:19 false full 31 I recently found out the Swift team got Swift running on the Playdate, the handheld exposes C bindings, so you can build for it in C, Lua, and now Swift via its SDK.

So I built something: Zeit, a little timer app for the Playdate. It's got sound effects, works great for Pomodoros, and it's written entirely in Swift. Not a game (yet), more of a utility, but it was a ton of fun to make.

Zeit is a free download. I wrote up how I built it and where to grab it here: https://lucas.love/projects/zeit

If you've got a Playdate and you've built your own projects for it, I want to hear about it, especially game dev resources, because a tiny Swift game is next on my list.

]]> 030 - Macrowave https://lucas.love/100/030 day-030 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 030 - Macrowave 03:22 false full 30 Macrowave is a little radio app I built with my friend Neco to solve a simple problem. We wanted to listen to music together while working apart, at home, in different coworking spaces, wherever.

It's two parts: a broadcaster and a receiver. Hit "On Air" and anything playing on your Mac (music, your mic, any app's audio) gets transmitted to your own radio station. Anyone can tune in from a browser with just a link, no setup.

There are also native Mac and iOS apps for a nicer listening experience, plus an ephemeral peer-to-peer chat that wipes itself the moment the station goes offline.

Every button is handmade. We put way more love into the details than we probably should have, which is the whole point.

It's free to use. Give it a try.

https://macrowave.co

]]> 029 - Auto-Publish Sparkle Updates from Xcode (with Amore) https://lucas.love/100/029 day-029 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 029 - Auto-Publish Sparkle Updates from Xcode (with Amore) 03:57 false full 29 If you distribute a Mac app outside the App Store, releasing updates is usually a chore: archive, export, sign, notarize, build the DMG, upload, update the appcast. This video sets up an Xcode post-archive action so Amore does all of it automatically. Bump your build number, hit Archive, and Amore exports the app, code-signs, notarizes, wraps it in a DMG, and uploads to the Amore server or your own S3, with beta channels, phased rollout, and release notes built in. By the end you'll have a new version published and an automatic Sparkle update landing in the app. Docs: https://amore.computer/help/xcode-post-archive-action/ Download: https://amore.computer

]]> 028 - Publish a macOS App Outside the App Store in ONE Command (with Amore) https://lucas.love/100/028 day-028 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 028 - Publish a macOS App Outside the App Store in ONE Command (with Amore) 02:44 false full 28 Shipping a Mac app outside the App Store normally means a dozen manual steps: archiving, exporting, code signing, notarizing, building a DMG, wiring up Sparkle, generating an appcast, uploading everything. In this video I show how Amore's release command does all of it with a single command.

Download Amore: https://amore.computer Pomodoro (demo app): https://github.com/AmoreComputer/Pomodoro

]]> 027 - Amore DMG Creation https://lucas.love/100/027 day-027 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 027 - Amore DMG Creation 02:15 false full 27 Building a good-looking DMG installer for a macOS app usually means fighting with disk images, code signing, and notarization. In this video I show how to create a polished DMG in seconds using Amore.

]]> 026 - Kompressor (HEIC to JPEG) https://lucas.love/100/026 day-026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 026 - Kompressor (HEIC to JPEG) 02:05 false full 26 In this video I show how to batch-convert images on your Mac: drag in a folder, pick your format (WebP, JPEG, AVIF, and more), resize everything at once, and preview quality vs. file size before you export. Kompressor preserves your folder structure and shows the converted file size live, so you can squeeze storage without trashing quality.

]]> 025 - Kompressor (PNG to WebP) https://lucas.love/100/025 day-025 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 025 - Kompressor (PNG to WebP) 02:33 false full 25 In this video I show how to batch-convert images on your Mac: drag in a folder, pick your format (WebP, JPEG, AVIF, and more), resize everything at once, and preview quality vs. file size before you export. Kompressor preserves your folder structure and shows the converted file size live, so you can squeeze storage without trashing quality.

]]> 024 - AmoreLicensing https://lucas.love/100/024 day-024 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 024 - AmoreLicensing 03:21 false full 24 How to use AmoreLicensing to add licensing & payments to any Swift app.

]]> 023 - How we use SwiftUI Previews to develop Monologue. https://lucas.love/100/023 day-023 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 023 - How we use SwiftUI Previews to develop Monologue. 05:27 false full 23 How we use SwiftUI Previews to develop Monologue.

]]> 022 - Amore and the Mac App Store https://lucas.love/100/022 day-022 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 022 - Amore and the Mac App Store 03:07 false full 22 Let's talk about Amore and why you should publish your app outside the Mac App Store again.

]]> 021 - ✌️ https://lucas.love/100/021 day-021 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 021 - ✌️ 00:14 false full 21 ✌️

]]> 020 - Why am I doing this? https://lucas.love/100/020 day-020 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 020 - Why am I doing this? 01:58 false full 20 Why am I doing this?

]]> 019 - Zeit https://lucas.love/100/019 day-019 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 019 - Zeit 01:13 false full 19 I built Zeit, an app for the Playdate game console.

]]> 018 - Amore https://lucas.love/100/018 day-018 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 018 - Amore 04:37 false full 18 Let's talk about Amore.

]]> 017 - Futureland https://lucas.love/100/017 day-017 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 017 - Futureland 03:12 false full 17 Today is about Futureland 🖤

]]> 016 - Ente https://lucas.love/100/016 day-016 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 016 - Ente 01:37 false full 16 I switched from iCloud Photos to Ente a couple of months ago and never looked back. 

Here is why.

]]> 015 - FaceScreen https://lucas.love/100/015 day-015 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 015 - FaceScreen 01:37 false full 15 I am going to use Ram Patra's FaceScreen for my videos now. Here is a quick walkthrough.

This is the first little side effect from these videos. Ram saw my 'Mirror' app and asked me for help with his. He figured it out, and now we have a polished app that everyone can use. ❤️

]]> 12 https://lucas.love/100/014 day-014 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 12 00:07 false full 14 013: Beach https://lucas.love/100/013 day-013 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 013: Beach 00:18 false full 13 I needed a break

]]> 10 https://lucas.love/100/012 day-012 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 10 00:26 false full 12 I miss doing this kind of stuff with my brother.

]]> 011: New App Store Review Guidelines Part 2 https://lucas.love/100/011 day-011 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 011: New App Store Review Guidelines Part 2 04:19 false full 11 Apple wants to remove apps from the App Store if they don’t attract enough users and that's a problem.

Here's why.

]]> 010: New App Store Review Guidelines https://lucas.love/100/010 day-010 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 010: New App Store Review Guidelines 03:16 false full 10 Not sure why we still need to talk about this, but here are some reasons why we need alternatives to the App Store ASAP.

]]> 009: Alam on TestFlight https://lucas.love/100/009 day-009 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 009: Alam on TestFlight 02:03 false full 9 Quick update on Alam.

Created an app icon using Icon Composer and pushed it to TestFlight.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/1XRavJ88

]]> 008: One Week of Videos https://lucas.love/100/008 day-008 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 008: One Week of Videos 02:03 false full 8 8/100 videos.

What works and what doesn't.

]]> 007: Alam https://lucas.love/100/007 day-007 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 007: Alam 01:33 false full 7 I started to work on this new alarm app called Alam yesterday. It wakes you up with a bunch of soft nature sounds and bird songs instead of irritating noise.

]]> 006: Loupe https://lucas.love/100/006 day-006 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 006: Loupe 02:03 false full 6 Today is about Loupe by Mysk and a surprising fingerprinting identifier that's used against you.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6766152470

]]> 005: Comicscope https://lucas.love/100/005 day-005 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 005: Comicscope 01:28 false full 5 Found this cute little app by John Balestrieri and thought I make a quick video about it. I wish we would see more playful apps like this.

]]> 004: Mirror https://lucas.love/100/004 day-004 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 004: Mirror 00:41 false full 4 I got asked how my face is hovering inside the screen recording. I built this little app to help me.

]]> 003: Macrowave https://lucas.love/100/003 day-003 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 003: Macrowave 01:10 false full 3 Today is about Macrowave, an app that I have been working on with my friend Neco last year.

Makes it super easy to create your own radio station to share with your friends. Has been super fun so far.

]]> 002: Monologue x Action Button https://lucas.love/100/002 day-002 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 002: Monologue x Action Button 01:33 false full 2 Today I am showing you a cool Monologue feature that I have been working on.

]]> 001: Hello Everyone https://lucas.love/100/001 day-001 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 001: Hello Everyone 02:01 false full 1 It's time to try something new. I want to create short video content for 100 days in a row as an experiment to see what happens. So 100 videos in total.

I will syndicate the videos on my social platforms. Additionally, I will self-host and archive all the videos on my website, lucas.love and offer them as a podcast.

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