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Anything fun I can do with a spare (single) ubiquiti nanobeam ac gen2 dish? Monkeybrains didn’t want it back when I switched away

Anything fun I can do with a spare (single) ubiquiti nanobeam ac gen2 dish? Monkeybrains didn’t want it back when I switched away

sometimes I make test case data

sometimes I make test case data

at the point in my software career where I can identify the bad choices I'm about to make ("let's move this database to...

at the point in my software career where I can identify the bad choices I'm about to make ("let's move this database to postgres for... reasons!" and "let's rewrite this UI from scratch!" being two recent ones) but it does not appear to impact my choices

it has made some truly average snaps into great photos

it has made some truly average snaps into great photos

auto-Ansel is the best Lock Screen, hands down

auto-Ansel is the best Lock Screen, hands down

Gotta say I've really been enjoying SwiftUI since diving in to refresh the 5 Calls iOS UI. Building new views feels boilerplate-less,...

Gotta say I've really been enjoying SwiftUI since diving in to refresh the 5 Calls iOS UI. Building new views feels boilerplate-less, preview data means you barely touch a running simulator for hours, and I've finally cracked a data flow pattern I like.

Follow along if you're inclined:
https://github.com/5calls/ios/issues/331

all/most of this is thanks to the work that @adafruit has done over the years, it is incredibly accessible to build stuff like this now!

all/most of this is thanks to the work that @adafruit has done over the years, it is incredibly accessible to build stuff like this now!

Arduino programming is so much easier than it used to be, got an esp32-s3 setup in a couple hours to do:1) wifi2) reading two i2c sensors3)...

Arduino programming is so much easier than it used to be, got an esp32-s3 setup in a couple hours to do:
1) wifi
2) reading two i2c sensors
3) publishing to mqtt
4) deep sleeping between readings

temped to move to the Bay Area mastodon instance, xyz was down for days about a month ago and now no images have been loading for a few days

temped to move to the Bay Area mastodon instance, xyz was down for days about a month ago and now no images have been loading for a few days

Does anyone have tips for making an Apple Watch braided solo loop last more than 6 months? I’ve had two now that got stretched out and...

Does anyone have tips for making an Apple Watch braided solo loop last more than 6 months? I’ve had two now that got stretched out and don’t fit rather quickly, and at $99 a pop that’s an expensive habit to have

Is propublica shutting down their various data APIs? It *looks* like the API is still up but their datastore page where you get an API key...

Is propublica shutting down their various data APIs? It *looks* like the API is still up but their datastore page where you get an API key has been erroring for going on two weeks at least: https://www.propublica.org/datastore/

Say what you want about google’s supposed AI dominance, Apple photos is way better at telling my two cats apart

Say what you want about google’s supposed AI dominance, Apple photos is way better at telling my two cats apart

PRAISE SUTRO

PRAISE SUTRO

They really make it hard to ship Android app updates these days, don't they?

They really make it hard to ship Android app updates these days, don't they?

Community fireworks, the only way to roll on July 4th 🎇

Community fireworks, the only way to roll on July 4th 🎇

Swift Package Manager has come a long way! I've barely touched it since it came out (and it was rough) but tonight I whipped up a new...

Swift Package Manager has come a long way! I've barely touched it since it came out (and it was rough) but tonight I whipped up a new package for @plausible in a handful of hours, all set up on @SwiftPackageIndex pretty quick too

https://github.com/nickoneill/PlausibleSwift

It sure does seem like the USPS delivery status is either hacked or easy to brute force, I get scam texts asking me to "reconfirm my...

It sure does seem like the USPS delivery status is either hacked or easy to brute force, I get scam texts asking me to "reconfirm my address, your package could not be delivered" on sketchy websites reliably on the day of USPS deliveries

I kinda just want the eye tracking and hand gesture parts of Apple Goggles™ but on a regular monitor

I kinda just want the eye tracking and hand gesture parts of Apple Goggles™ but on a regular monitor

(expecting many regrets but whatevs)

(expecting many regrets but whatevs)

I do have one project I'll actually start tomorrow! But it's unrelated to anything new I expect to arrive in the SDK, just a fun way...

I do have one project I'll actually start tomorrow! But it's unrelated to anything new I expect to arrive in the SDK, just a fun way to challenge myself to work with the new Xcode