+ The unbelievable allure of indie software development 🔗
God, it's rewarding working on indie software. [...]
Birchtree
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Disable the god damned Siri shortcut on Golden Gate 🔗
I'm sure someone likes this "ask Siri about active window" shortcut, but I hate it, and it conflicts with the default 1Password quick access shortcut. [...]
The new AirPods MVP 🔗
For the past four years, I have maintained that AirPods Pro 2 are the best AirPods ever made. They had great noise cancellation, all the stem controls [...]
Resident Evil movie is widely adored and makes an ass-ton of money 🔗
Michael Cripe: Resident Evil Defies Expectations as Zach Cregger Adaptation Collects $108 Million Globally After First Weekend in Theaters It's a fran [...]
An agent skill to help update your app for the iPhone Duo 🔗
I put together as much of Apple's iPhone Duo documentation as I could into a skill that I'm using to audit my apps for the new layouts and features. Y [...]
What my apps look like on the iPhone Duo with zero code changes 🔗
Leading up to the iPhone Duo's announcement, I suggested that Apple's big advantage here compared to other folding phones on the market that are based [...]
Quick Stuff gets more personal 🔗
Quick Stuff is my website with a bunch of little utilities to get things done. There are currently 13 tools, but most people use the same one or two t [...]
Nonogame will soar on the iPhone Duo 🔗
Nonogame for the iPhone and iPad is out now, and I'm really excited about it. However, if I'm being honest, I have mostly played on my Samsung Galaxy [...]
iPhone 18 Pro with La Croix cooling 🔗
I did some benchmarking today and saw how the newest iPhone thermal throttles, which isn't severe, but does happen. I know from experience that if you [...]
The iPhone 18 Pro is a transcription monster 🔗
Apple made a big deal out of the AI capabilities in their new A20 Pro processor in their new iPhone marketing. They've doubled the number of cores in [...]
+ Metal Gear Solid 4 is awful. Truly awful. 🔗
It turns out my memory was actually being far too kind to this game. [...]
Xcode 27.2 is in beta. The 27.1 beta is coming later. 🔗
Apple released new developer betas for OS 27.2 today, which is not quite what I expected. Us developers have been waiting for Xcode 27.1 since last we [...]
"Apple said they invented this" 🔗
There is a very specific thing you see quite often in online discourse around Apple, which is that people think Apple claims they invent everything or [...]
Bircharoo is my Obsidian theme 🔗
This is gonna be a short one, but I made a simple Obsidian theme. It's called Bircharoo and it's the theme I've wanted for myself. There are over 700 [...]
1,000 hours of nonogame 🔗
I hit a pretty fun milestone in nonogame today: 1000 hours played. No, not by me, but by the community of people who come and play this game every day [...]