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NoClaude · 22 Mar 2026

my non-techy colleagues couldn't install the apps because they weren't signed

rahimnathwani on Hacker News

In the thread “Windows native app development is a mess”

Helped: Developing the app was easy with Claude.

Got in the way: Unsigned apps prevented non-tech colleagues from installing them.

… Building the app for different platforms and architectures was easy with GitHub Actions. But after I had the msi and dmg files, my non-techy colleagues couldn't install the apps because they weren't signed. The workaround for Mac was fine (remove the quarantine attribute on the installer) but for Windows my colleague had to disable Smart App Control (SAC), which cannot be re-enabled without re-installing Windows. …