Winter Rant

The Panels app by MKBHD is shutting down. Interestingly, in their shutdown announcement/letter, they talk about open-sourcing the app’s source code:

Once the app shutdown is complete and all user data has been securely deleted, we will open source the Panels app code under the Apache 2.0 license. This will allow anyone to build on what we started — we’re excited to see what new projects may grow from it.

In the past, I have had my fun about this app and how MKBHD bungled the app’s launch. I am kinda sad that they are shutting down. Art needs an economy to survive.

But regardless, open-sourcing is a groovy move on their part. It reduces the friction for someone else to pick up the baton. Credit where it’s due.