Max Seelemann and Ulysses

Max Seelemann is one of the founders and developers of Ulysses, one of my favorite Mac and iOS apps. I am excited to talk to him today because it is a different perspective on the software developing process. Ulysses is software I use nearly every day to write up show notes, scripts, articles, and more. I was keen to hear how they built it and the decisions they made throughout the 15 years(!) of development.
Show Notes

* Max Seeleman
* Ulysses
* Relay.fm
* AppStories / MacStories

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Intro:
Hey everybody. Welcome to episode 97 of How I Built It. Today I’m talking
to Max Seeleman. From Ulysses. Ulysses is one of my favorite Mac and iOS
apps, and I am excited to talk to him today because it is a different
perspective on the software developing process, something different than
what we usually do. Ulysses is software I use nearly every day to write up
show notes, scripts, articles, and more. I was keen to hear how they built
it over Ulysses.


So sit back and enjoy the show, we recorded this around the time of WWDC. I
know Ulysses has done a lot of really cool stuff since then to integrate
with Mac OS and iOS 12. Just cool to hear about their process. But first, I
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Joe Casabona
: Hey everybody. Welcome to another episode of How I Built It, the podcast
that asks, “How did you build that?” Today, my guest is Max Seeleman. We
just went over this before. He is the co-founder and lead developer of one
of my favorite iOS apps, Ulysses. Max, thanks for joining me today.


Max Seeleman
: Yeah, absolutely.


Joe:
For those listening who don’t know who you are, or what Ulysses is, why
don’t you give us a little rundown. Who are you, what do you do, what is
Ulysses?