How I got ragebaited into building an app
A broken download link ragebaited me into building a macOS app
As a developer and design geek, I found myself constantly needing to pick colors from my screen.
So naturally, I asked ChatGPT to suggest me a color picker app for macOS. The suggestions were... underwhelming, apart from one.
So I went to download it. And WELL, WELL, WELL.
It's download link was broken. Literally tried twice to "login" to download it, and both times it threw an error.
Pure ragebait.
I did what any rage-baited person would do. Rage.
So I built my own color picker app.
peeler is a lightweight macOS menu bar app for picking colors and extracting palettes from your screen.
Tech Stack
Built with Swift and SwiftUI. The UI is pure SwiftUI for that native macOS feel.
Installation
Download the DMG from the releases page or grab the latest from peeler.anants.studio.
Since peeler is not notarized, macOS may block it on first launch. To fix this, run:
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Peeler.app
Star the repo at GitHub if you find it useful!