... little while ago, I posted here asking what you'd look for first in a redesigned CodexBarLite. The feedback was incredibly useful - especially around glanceability, keeping the app lightweight, and making sure a menu bar utility stays out of your way. After using the redesign myself for a while and polishing the little things, it's now live. The goal hasn't changed: keep

... just finished a pretty substantial UI refresh for CodexBarLite and I'm using it myself before shipping it. The functionality is largely the same. The focus this time wasn't adding features, it was making the app feel more polished while staying true to its original philosophy: Minimal Privacy-first Native macOS Before I hit release, I'm curious: If you were testing a menu bar app, what's the first thing you'd notice or judge? Visual polish ... ... before I even open the dropdown. the whole value of a menu bar app is that I don't have to click it to know the state, so if the icon at a glance can't tell me "fine"

... What a week! CodexBarLite closed at #13 Product of the Day with 97 points . For a first Product Hunt launch, I honestly couldn't have asked for more. I want to thank everyone who supported the launch, whether you upvoted, commented, tried the app, shared feedback, or simply stopped by to take a look. Every interaction meant a lot. The launch may be over, but the project certainly isn't. I'll be continuing to improve