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Work · January 6, 2011

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My November(++) Project. Facebook Stream Reader for Mac

Hey, In early November there there were a couple of threads encouraging other fellow HN'ers to finish, and release a project by the end of November. I decided to try to hit that goal, but in the end my meticulous attention-to-detail prevented me from finishing the app in November and it took until end of December to finish it (sadly, that required me to work through through the Christmas Holidays). So, even though it was only 2.x month, a lot of work (and lots of little-sleep-nights) went into that project. Of course, I could have continued developing forever, because there's still so much…

My November(++) Project. Facebook Stream Reader for Mac launched on January 6, 2011 with 10 votes, #34 of 127 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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Clarity is a Facebook desktop client for Mac that lets users read and interact with their Facebook stream from their computer. The application was developed over two months by a creator focused on attention to detail. It launched as a Mac App Store release, offering Mac users a dedicated alternative to accessing Facebook through a web browser.

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Hey, In early November there there were a couple of threads encouraging other fellow HN'ers to finish, and release a project by the end of November. I decided to try to hit that goal, but in the end my meticulous attention-to-detail prevented me from finishing the app in November and it took until end of December to…

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