> £4800/yr is a shit ton of money? Things must be pretty rough over there!

For the average person in the UK, it definitely is.

In the north of the UK, dinner=lunch and tea=dinner.

> However, tools, you can make a killing selling simple tools with sexy UX on Mac.

I've been thinking about doing something like this recently but I'm not a heavy mac user these days. Any tips on what people are looking for in small tools?

Know your market. If you aren’t a heavy Mac user then you probably should develop for your space. Any attempt will be met with headache as you fight Apple certification, design aesthetics, and enshitification of your code base to support the nuances of Apple.

Ask yourself, what tools can I build that are not only useful to me, but maybe useful to others, and start there.

Somewhat relevant: Chet Faliszek (ex-Valve) is currently posting videos about how the flat hierarchy works:

https://www.tiktok.com/@chetfaliszek/video/72814172402960335...

https://www.tiktok.com/@chetfaliszek/video/72814409728508593...

https://www.tiktok.com/@chetfaliszek/video/72814159128240653...

These missing TotW's are usually about internal tools that aren't open source.

And having execs who design the organizational structure around those goals is part of what makes good engineering :)

Crab bucket mentality. Those salaries are fine, what went wrong is Meta overhired. FAANG companies don't have enough work to go around as it is.

> 1) How can you write this whole article without saying "Kythe"?

Well, it does discuss Grok (the closed source predecessor) extensively.

@dang doesn't work, you're best off emailing hn@ycombinator.com

Just personal opinion, but if this product is as valuable as you're suggesting, then definitely try selling at a higher price point! - Your target market can afford it.