Some news: I've decided to retire Plain Pasta. 1.3.0 is the final version released to the App Store.
I've had a 2.0.0 update in the works for a long time — I had big plans for new features, bugs fixed, a SwiftUI-based Settings screen, and more — but I haven't been able to make much progress on it for the past couple years.
I know no one is going to read this, but I still just want to write it somewhere: Thank you to all the folks that have used this app. This was the first Mac app I ever made, and it was SO FUN to build. I originally built it as just a little tool to fix an annoyance I had, but then other people actually found it useful, which just floored me. I cannot tell you how much happiness and satisfaction it gave me knowing that people I'd never met found something I built useful.
Part of my decision to finally retire the app was because @sindresorhus released a fantastic alternative: Pure Paste. Sindre's app does everything I'd hoped Plain Pasta could do someday (and more), and does it with style. I feel now that I can leave the field without abandoning folks that found this little app useful.
I'm hopeful that I can devote some time to building another app some day. Retiring this is a step toward that. It feels like cutting ties with the past in order to move forward unencumbered.
Also, thanks especially goes out to @eli-oat, my primary tester, cheerleader, and the only other contributor to the app besides myself. Love you man.
With that, Plain Pasta, I bid you adieu. 👋
P.S. Here are some favorite goodbye songs:
