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Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Juan, the solo dev behind Luminary. My background is in visual effects (Sonic 3, Alien: Romulus) but I've spent the last few months heads-down learning SwiftUI and shipping my first Mac app.
The idea is simple: On a schedule you set, the notch briefly expands into a Dynamic-Island-style overlay, shows you one carefully chosen quote, then disappears.
Six hand-curated collections (Motivational, Stoic, Mindfulness, Literary, Coach Wisdom, and a Mix It All shuffle). You can save your favorites, add your own personal quotes, and tune how often it shows up. Lives in the menu bar, no Dock icon, no notifications, no data collection.
Free to try. $4.99 one-time Pro unlock — no subscription. I genuinely believe subscription fatigue is the biggest indie-app problem of the decade and I wanted to ship something simple and honest.
I'll be in the comments all day. Brutal feedback is the most useful kind — fire away.
Juan
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About Luminary on Product Hunt
“Inspiring quotes, right from your notch.”
Luminary was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #121 on the daily leaderboard. A macOS menu bar app that surfaces inspiring quotes over your Mac's notch on a schedule you control. Six handpicked collections. $4.99 one-time.
Luminary was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (653.8k followers), GitHub (41.3k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 173.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Luminary?
Luminary was hunted by Juan Valenzuela. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Juan Valenzuela