Background
Why this exists
- Quota signals belong in glanceable status surfaces, not buried dashboards. This app puts the signal where users already look.
Mac Utility / StatusSelected
Token
Quota status in your menu bar
A tiny menu bar status utility that polls quota APIs and keeps remaining allowance visible in the top bar to reduce dashboard context switching.
- Menu Bar
- Quota
- Status
- Monitoring
Overview
What shaped the work
Delivery
What I shipped
- Menu bar progress ring with percentage display.
- Today / Total mode toggle and manual refresh.
- Refresh on menu open with throttling.
Design
Design decisions
- Status tools should stay quieter than management dashboards.
- Icon plus number improves one-glance readability.
- Menu controls are intentionally minimal.
Project notes
Structure, intent, and implementation notes
01
Background
Why this exists
Quota signals belong in glanceable status surfaces, not buried dashboards. This app puts the signal where users already look.
02
Scenario
Use scenarios
- Check the daily budget at a glance.
- Switch between daily and total budget views.
- Reduce repeated context switching to web dashboards.
03
Delivery
What I shipped
- Menu bar progress ring with percentage display.
- Today / Total mode toggle and manual refresh.
- Refresh on menu open with throttling.
04
Design
Design decisions
- Status tools should stay quieter than management dashboards.
- Icon plus number improves one-glance readability.
- Menu controls are intentionally minimal.
05
Tech
Implementation
- Native Swift menu bar app
- Custom-drawn quota icon
- Refresh throttling and local settings persistence
06
Access
Current access
- Presented publicly as a product page.
- A wider public release depends on simplifying account and data-source setup.
Flow
The path from entry to completion
This project is best read through the product shape itself: screenshots, access boundaries, and the sequence of key tasks explain the experience more clearly than a single static description.
Poll / Render / Refresh / Stay in context
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