Baby's First Executable

I used JPEGMini forever. First it got annoying (they added a bunch of meh features), then it got expensive, then it got annoying (constant callouts for features even when I already paid), and now it's been subsumed into something called Framer and I don't even know what it is anymore. So, no.

I tried a couple alternatives (e.g. Tyniy), but they just weren't doing it for me. I wanted something drag-and-drop which could easily replace files in situ. I didn't want a platform, a file picker, video support, etc. I just wanted to be able to easily export files from Lightroom then size 'em down for web stuff.

So I channeled my frustration into Xcode! The result is my first Mac executable – DewDrop!
I am certain it's "dumber" than JPEGMini (or at least, JPEGMini back when they actually had a focus on minifying JPGs...), but it is free-er. The behavior is what I wanted, the look is what I wanted, and the options are hopefully flexible-enough...
As my first Mac app, I was worried about the "officialization" process – how notarization and all that works. That was fine (modulo Apple's $100/yr developer fee), but there was basically no way it was going to be sandboxable without being a nightmare, and thus it'll never be Mac App Store-able. Which, whatever.