Matthias

@myell0w.bsky.social

Lead Engineer at @mindnode, speaker, trainer, coach. Love psychology, climbing 🧗 and kitesurfing 🏄‍♂️ 🪁

See when AI changed your mind map. ✨ MindNode’s Document History now clearly marks changes made by AI Brainstorming and connected assistants. You can also remove older versions when you no longer need them. New in MindNode 2026.5.

Does SwiftUI Toolbar Customization - including per-default hidden Toolbar Items - work for anyone on macOS? Even with the sample project (code attached), I get NSInternalInconsistencyException: NSToolbar 0x7bd1fca620 already contains an item with the identifier opt1.

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MindNode 2026.4 is here. Explore your ideas in every direction with the new radial layout, give them more visual structure with round and square node shapes, create more organic maps with tapered branches, and add LaTeX to clearly express mathematical and technical ideas. mindnode.com/blog/2026.4

Abstract illustration of colorful radial mind maps with circular and square nodes on a purple background.

🇦🇹 Big day for us in Austria: we’re cheering on Austria as they face Spain today in the World Cup Round of 32. To celebrate, here’s a sneak peek of our new radial mind map layout — perfect for mapping the road through a tournament. The layout ships next week. share.mindnode.com/6RnfQ5ZYgYX

Screenshot of a dark-themed radial mind map titled “World Cup 2026,” with a trophy icon in the center and yellow branching lines connecting national flags around the outside, including Austria and Spain.

🎯 Tasks Highlight See what needs to be done instantly. Tasks Highlight lets you focus on all actionable items in your mind map, without distractions.

🕰️ Document History Ideas evolve and now you can revisit every step. With Document History on Mac, go back to earlier versions, rediscover past thoughts, and bring them forward again.

18 years ago today I released MindNode. I was so anxious I kept checking my email on WAP whenever I left the house, just in case something broke. 😊 It didn’t. Somehow MindNode is still here — independent, no outside funding, shaped by the people who use it. Thank you for 18 years. 🎉 — Markus

Colorful illustration of people assembling the number 18 to celebrate an anniversary, with one person on a ladder placing the top circle and others holding the numbers, surrounded by balloons.

„Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design A universal design across platforms brings more focus to content and a new level of vitality.“

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Right now it takes less (active) time from me to let Codex build a full feature in a Worktree, than it takes to open the project in Xcode, build and run it to test the result. I‘m surely missing some obvious tools to streamline that process, any suggestions?

First step towards full automation - MindNode now has a sophisticated URL scheme that allows to create and manipulate documents. Anything you‘d like to see?

✨ Share your thinking — not your edit button. With view-only sharing in MindNode, you can: 👀 Let others explore your map 🧭 Give structure and context 🔒 Stay in control Your ideas. Your rules. #MindNode #ViewOnly

View only Screen in MindNode

Has anyone noticed the tap target of standard #swiftUI Button(role: .close) being super small on iOS 26? Am I missing something? The glass effect will trigger, but nothing happens when you don’t tap it directly centered.

🚀 What’s New in 2025.7 Meet the Improved Inspector! ✨ Resize nodes & images with precision 🎨 Add custom tint colors to your Stickers Perfect alignment. Standout visuals. Smoother workflows. #MindNode #WhatsNew

#SwiftUI: To present a Popover from a ToolbarItem, you use `.popover(isPresented:)`. If the Toolbar is e.g. hidden or the item is in the Overflow Menu or has been removed, you might still want to show the Popover Content, but as a Sheet or detached Window. Is there a good way to solve this?