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thaddeus

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HIE Dad. Product Experience leader by day, Evening Indie by night. Iowa State alum 🌪️ living in #ATX and riding #MTB

Currently building #BMBX for iOS. Check out the #TestFlight link below
I also build #DIY #HomeAutomation gadgets with #Arduino and #ESP #hardware and connect them to #HomeKit

My 1993 #Mustang Convertible might appear here once in a while too

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collin, to random
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If anyone is interested, and why would you be, this is what I came up with for organizing songwriting materials.

thaddeus,
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@collin i’ve been thinking more and more lately about how raw text becomes the interchange format for a lot of systems.

rafa, to random
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Made some ramen tonight 🍜

thaddeus,
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@rafa beautiful work on the food (and video) 👏🏼

thaddeus, to webdev
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Looking for some feedback from folks.. I'm experimenting with migrating a project to Astro. On paper, the site is a great candidate - content-focused (blog, articles) looking for lighter client experience and better dev experience. https://astro.build/

I have a CMS wired up and have started migrating a couple React components. What gotchas are hiding deeper in this project? Where are the common pitfalls with Astro?

(🚀 appreciated)

thaddeus, to random
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RIP HockeyApp

molly0xfff, to random
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If you want all the gory details on how I migrated my Citation Needed newsletter from to self-hosted here they are:
https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

Happy to try to help anyone else making this move!

thaddeus,
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@fahrni (removed the others) - my day job has me working in this space a lot, so I thought I'd chime in.

Quite a few folks use static build processes against backends like Ghost (there are LOTS of headless CMS systems these days). They get the benefits of publishing workflows and super robust CMS tooling, but the static files on a simple server that can handle massive load.

It's a good setup if build times are tolerable. For folks coming from instant publishing like Wordpress... 😬

thaddeus,
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@fahrni Ghost provides some starting points for a handful of popular static generators: https://ghost.org/docs/jamstack/

If you’re using something more custom, you’ll probably need to jump straight to the content API: https://ghost.org/docs/content-api/

drahardja, to cars
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Great video on (the failure of) self-driving .

tl;dr: they’re terrible and far worse than humans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DOd4RLNeT4

thaddeus,
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@drahardja the 10x stat is so bad 😳

thaddeus, to random
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I found a clever way to browse the web on the G4 iMac 🌎 https://th.adde.us/2024/01/08/https-proxy-g4-imac/

thaddeus, to random
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My New G4 iMac https://th.adde.us/2024/01/02/my-new-g4-imac/

thaddeus, to random
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Wait, this was intended to eventually be a paid service? https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/11/apple-extends-emergency-sos-via-satellite-for-an-additional-free-year/

thaddeus,
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@agiletortoise I completely missed it… but I can sort of see it bundled with a new phone.. sort of..

fahrni, to random
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I’ve been working on bridging TypeScript to use Native code in a React Native app and now I want to learn TypeScript. It’s about time I suppose.

I’d imagine I should learn JavaScript first so I understand how TypeScript is better and know about the peculiarities of JavaScript. 🤔

thaddeus,
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@fahrni I’ve been pushing myself into Typescript pretty hard over the last year, and I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

The larger JavaScript ecosystem can be pretty confusing if you don’t step back and read some solid documentation on what’s what. Stack Overflow will lead you astray sooo quickly (ask me how I know 😵‍💫).

It’s cool you’re getting to try some new things 👍🏼👍🏼

fahrni, to random
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Welp, I’ve finished my coffee. Time for a nap.

thaddeus,
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@fahrni or more coffee 👀☕️

fahrni, to random
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Little temper tantrum…

I really hate that we use Figma for LITERALLY EVERYTHING at work, 90% of the time it’s a simple diagram. Hey, use Visio or whatever Google’s thing is. Heck, we use Google for email, documents, and spreadsheets, why not for simple diagrams?

When I hear “hey, go to this Figma” I cringe.

We need shared Xcode so I can use it for everything and make the project managers use it when I’m doing stuff they need access to. 🤣

thaddeus,
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@fahrni one challenge I often see is when a team starts to use it as documentation... in order for that to be effective, you have to create a lot of way-finding scaffolding around the designs, and you end up implementing Confluence inside of Figma.

thaddeus, to random
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If you use Google Chrome, do this immediately:

  • Open a Finder Window
  • Click on Applications in the sidebar
  • Locate and select Google Chrome
  • Press ⌘+Delete and then empty the trash.

HTH

thaddeus,
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Seriously, if you're constantly playing settings and privacy whack-a-mole with your browser, you’re in a bad relationship

thaddeus, to tetris
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It’s pretty fun to get a used cartridge and see what the saves on it might be. This copy of DX is going to be a birthday present for one of the kids.

Sorry I crushed your score, Jason 😂

Analogue Pocket showing the player data screen for someone named Jason.
Analogue Pocket showing high scores in Tetris. My score is higher than previous owner’s best.

thaddeus,
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@chkuendig they’re usually a coin-style battery. This one seems to still work - but I’m planning to replace it

fahrni, to random
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It’s nice how empty my calendar is now after going from Director back to Developer.

Jam packed days are now almost completely empty and I’m enjoying it.

I’ve been back in code, learning new tools, and making lots of mistakes. I love it. 😃

thaddeus,
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@fahrni jealous

thaddeus, to random
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My arrived today. Its simplicity and power is just mind-blowing.

We broke it in properly with my Dr. Mario cartridge.

thaddeus, to random
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👀

ishabazz, to random

Happy birthday @heidi_helen 🎉

thaddeus,
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@heidi_helen happy birthday! 🙌🏼

cjhubbs, to random

LRT: Ah, QBASIC. Brings back memories.

thaddeus,
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@cjhubbs how many of us got our starts by hacking on GORILLAS.BAS?

thaddeus, to random
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I need a browser plug-in that removes Medium posts from search results, because hitting a paywall on esoteric programming blogs is soooo frustrating.

thaddeus, to random
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This is BMBX, the streaming radio app I’m building. You can check it out on TestFlight if you’re interested. https://testflight.apple.com/join/vLWkddGc

thaddeus,
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@phranck Thanks! I'm just using Radio Browser right now.

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