lmnt.me
lmnt.me · Personal blog · on HN since 2023
Louie Mantia, a designer and former Apple icon designer, writes about interface design, app stores, and the web.
What HN saysHN commenters link him for his recolored Mac OS X Cheetah wallpapers and his criticism of how little the App Store has improved.
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roosgit · 2024-08-27
I think Louie Mantia was an icon designer at Apple back then https://lmnt.me/. Maybe Sebastiaan de With as well https://sdw.space/.
davidhariri · 2024-02-15
Louie Mantia has colored, re-rendered versions of the 10.0 Cheetah Wallpaper that include Dark Mode versions. They are great: https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/
n4bz0r · 2026-01-14
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I would like about 5000 more of these by tomorrow, kthxbai.
pluto_modadic · 2025-05-02
quoting from a nice piece: https://lmnt.me/blog/app-stores-and-payment-methods.html "It still blows my mind how little the App Store has improved over the last decade. It’s barely changed. Almost every bad thing about the App Store still exists. And almost every good thing that happened for app distribution and payment methods is just the result of regulation."