Amy Worrall

I'm Amy Worrall. I am an indie app developer. I live in Coventry (UK). In my spare time, you can usually find me writing fiction, or making amateur theatre happen. 🏳️‍⚧️

Website: https://www.amyworrall.com
Octavo (Mac app for printing booklets): https://octavo.pro

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2026-08-03 10:52:20 UTC

Make SF Symbols with McKinley
https://youtu.be/enZ5A_bTdfg
I made a video showing how to use McKinley, my in-development Mac app for making SF Symbols.
#macdev #indiedev #buildinpublic #sfsymbols

2026-05-19 10:25:19 UTC

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how are you finding the perf of diffable data source in general? I’m probably going to need to rely on it a lot for the Mac version of Deluge.

2026-05-19 10:20:24 UTC

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that’s crazy! So many gotchas in the APIs these days.

2026-02-11 17:29:19 UTC

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should be fine then, I'll give it a go!
I don't suppose you support a user-supplied tileset (i.e. a link to map tiles in the standard format for a custom map layer)? No worries if not, but if you do then it would be amazing :)

2026-02-11 17:25:17 UTC

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can you name the track after recording it?

2026-02-11 13:26:13 UTC

Anyone got recommendations for iOS apps for capturing GPX info?
I want:
* log a point and name it
* start logging a small route, name it before or after I've walked it
* view all the things I've logged so far, and be able to go back in and amend the names
Bonus points, ability to add additional notes relating to a point or route.

2026-02-07 17:59:31 UTC

Just had to rewrite a bunch of the placement logic for Octavo, my PDF imposition/printing Mac app. It was a bit of a rabbit hole, there were a bunch of bugs and bad assumptions interacting together, and as soon as I wanted to place a page slot rotated 90 degrees, they all came to the surface.
Fixed and unit tested now.
As a reminder, the TestFlight beta is open: https://octavo.pro
#BuildInPublic #MacDev #AppKit #swift
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2026-01-28 20:04:23 UTC

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I’m on 26.2

2026-01-28 03:38:35 UTC

@npub15c5…sjwd any idea why Ivory Mac does not hide when I do Hide Others from another app?
I'm trying to automate taking app screenshots, and in my script I have to have a warning reminding me to hide Ivory manually!

2025-10-04 13:18:25 UTC

Anyone in the (UK) midlands want (free):
* A3 laser printer (HP Laserjet 5000) with ethernet; no duplex, manual feed tray sometimes misfeeds multiple sheets, otherwise working
* HP cp3525 color laser, A4 with duplex and ethernet. Has fault 59.F0 -- there are repair videos on YouTube.
* PowerMac G5, dual core 2ghz. Has two video cards. I'll remove hard drive. Worked last time I booted it (years ago!)

2025-07-23 15:36:04 UTC

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even if they don’t back off, if they see a systematic feedback pattern I think they should have to conduct an analysis on why people are responding that way.

2025-04-06 18:05:26 UTC

Tomatoes!
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2025-03-10 19:43:31 UTC

Rumours: Apple are redesigning their operating systems
Us: Oh god, please no!
Twenty years ago, we’d have heard this and been excited for what delights it would bring. These days, not so much.

2025-02-16 18:49:43 UTC

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what about “a machine shall never use more power to perform a job than would be used by an equivalent human”?

2024-10-07 23:07:04 UTC

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I didn’t know that one until I googled it just now :(

2024-08-21 19:45:37 UTC

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don’t they measure loaves by weight? Loaves here have been 400g/800g for as long as I can remember…