The notch overlay wings already display elapsed time and step title; keeping them on the status item too produced a duplicate readout elsewhere in the menu bar.
Fail Well — macOS
Menu bar + notch companion to the Fail Well PWA. See see-this-pwa-and-proud-porcupine.md for the design plan.
Requirements
- macOS 15 Sequoia or later
- Xcode 16 / Swift 6.0+ toolchain (
xcode-select --installis enough — full Xcode not required)
Build & run
make run # release build, packaged into FailWell.app, opened
make debug # debug build, packaged and opened
make test # swift test
make clean # remove .build and FailWell.app
The resulting FailWell.app lives next to the Makefile. It's an unsigned ad-hoc-signed bundle, fine for local use; for distribution you'd need a Developer ID.
Layout
macos/
├── Package.swift
├── Info.plist bundle config (LSUIElement = true → no Dock icon)
├── Makefile build/run/test/package targets
└── Sources/FailWell/
├── FailWellApp.swift @main + MenuBarExtra
├── Models/ Codable Task / Step / TaskRecord / TimeRange
├── Services/ Parser, BreakCalculator, Comparator, Clock, Storage, Clipboard
└── Views/ SwiftUI popover, command palette, notch overlay
Data location
~/Library/Application Support/FailWell/data.json — versioned, atomic writes.