MSSQLEXPRESS-M1-Install VS FinderFix

Hello, I use Visual Studio 2022 and SQL Server on a daily basis on a Mac M2 arm via Parallels Desktop. Overall, it works... but there are some small issues. As you mentioned, SQL Server is not compatible with ARM, but it is possible to install it anyway if you are willing to do without certain components (such as SQL Agent). For local use without networking, it works. You can check out this link for installation instructions: https://github.com/jimm98y/MSSQLEXPRESS-M1-Install. I develop in ASP.NET MVC .NET Framework and everything works except for EntityDesigner. The few times I need EntityDesigner, I use a Windows PC and send myself the code. It's not ideal, but for now, it works. As for Visual Studio, it works well and is responsive. I have more issues with ReSharper, which slows down the use of VS quite a bit. Unfortunately, I have a hard time doing without it. When I deactivate it, everything works correctly, but when I activate it, everything is slower and crashes at times. I imagine that an update will correct this one day. I was surprised to see that certain popular extensions were simply not available (such as Github Copilot). Regarding Windows, you need to use an ARM version that is offered for download by Parallels. My x64/86 license was accepted on ARM, so I didn't need to buy a new license. Windows is responsive and even works faster than some Intel machines I have, which are not bad machines. I haven't noticed any difference between a x64/86 Windows and an ARM Windows in terms of use. To conclude, it's not perfect, but it's possible and I imagine that over time, there will be more and more ways to make it work. I hope this helps you with your decision :)

there are some apps to do this, I just remember (FinderFix)[https://synappser.github.io/apps/finderfix/] or Stay. Finally look here

And some window management utilities like Rectangle and my current favorites, FinderFix and AutoRaise.

I am hesitant on whether to classify your feature request under AutoRaise or FinderFix as it seems to belong halfway between the two apps. Do you mind submitting it meanwhile to the main synappser repo until I decide where it belongs? Thank you.

On May 24th, I opened FinderFix to public beta. A couple of days later, I noticed a sudden surge in the number of downloads. I am a regular reader of HN and Reddit where I have seen software thrust overnight into the limelight, so my first guess was that someone had posted about it. Seeing nothing unusual on HN, I headed to the other usual suspect and there it was on Reddit!

I was caught completely off guard by FinderFix (https://synappser.github.io/apps/finderfix/), the first application I'm opening to public beta, making the top row on Reddit a couple of weeks ago. This sudden limelight is both an opportunity and a challenge.

HN has been my morning coffee favourite read for years now but it's my very first post. I'm an old man, so please bare with me.

I am a seasoned systems architect and developer, now retired. While I was tempted in the first few weeks of my retirement to just turn the page and let it go, I remembered how much I used to enjoy writing small utilities for my own daily workflows. A year ago, I asked my fellow forum members (a Mac-dedicated one) if they would like to beta test some of my applications (and oh, they did). I got high quality feedback I would not have gotten elsewhere. I kept striving to answer their feature requests and today many of my first beta testers are insisting that my applications have outgrown the private beta.

I was caught completely off guard by FinderFix (https://synappser.github.io/apps/finderfix/), the first application I'm opening to public beta, making the top row on Reddit a couple of weeks ago. This sudden limelight is both an opportunity and a challenge.

I am not complaining. Any publicity is good publicity and I got this kind of genuine enthusiastic feedback: "OH MY GOD! Bro you’re a god sent. Thanks man I love this app. Also that Cmd + X for cut/paste. Oof so good!".

I however cherish anonymity and I laud the Internet for allowing me to enforce it. I am thus publishing my software under a pseudonym (a pen name, if you prefer) with a free Apple Developer Certificate. How long will I be able, with Apple's current Gatekeeper policy, to preserve my anonymity if I were to turn this hobby into a real business, albeit a small one?

For more context, please refer to a couple posts of mine (a manifesto of my core ethos):

http://synappser.github.io/blog/

I guess this is a tough question to answer, unless you're an Apple insider, but I'd really appreciate any guidance you could give me.

Thank you

I just learned of it this morning and haven't had the opportunity to try it, but FinderFix might be what you are looking for