Cupbearer Project is a little project where a hobbyist Sunday programmer shares the apps he makes in his spare time. Some of them are useful. Others are… well, reasonably useful. And some might be completely pointless. But you know, the way we see the same sky depends on the angle of our hearts. So whether we can find meaning in something meaningless is really up to each of us, isn’t it? (…Wait. That doesn’t make any sense at all, does it?)
There’s Just Something About a Mac.
Actually, I spent about ten years away from the Mac. The reason was simple: there was an app I needed that only ran on Windows. But humans are pretty resourceful creatures. Even if Windows wasn’t always the most convenient thing to use, I gradually found little tricks and workarounds to make life easier. And to be fair, Windows 10 and 11 had become quite pleasant to use. So much so that I was beginning to think, “Well, maybe I can just stick with Windows forever.”
But then, as things sometimes happen, I ended up using a Mac again. At first, I felt a bit like Rip Van Winkle waking up after a long sleep. After ten years away, there were naturally a few things that took some getting used to. But once I started using it again, I was surprised. Macs really are easy to use. Or perhaps that’s not quite the right way to put it. They just feel good to use. I wonder what makes them feel that way. It’s almost as if you’re using a familiar, well-made analog tool rather than a computer. Somehow, everything just feels right in your hands.
Anyway, that’s how I became a Mac user again. But then I ran into a little problem. Some of the handy utilities I used to rely on had disappeared. Well, what could I do? I decided to start cooking up my own apps. Originally, I only wanted to make a handful of them. But somehow, before I knew it, they had multiplied into quite a collection.
Every one of these apps is something I actually use in my everyday life. If any of them catch your eye, feel free to give them a try.
Applications by Cupbearer Project