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Existing timestamp conversion tools are slow web-based utilities unsuited to frequent developer use during debugging

Developers repeatedly convert Unix timestamps while debugging but existing options are either slow browser-based converters or bloated Electron apps. The author built a lightweight native macOS menu-bar app (UnixTime) with instant launch and timestamp math to solve their own recurring friction.

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