Tyler Sticka

I recently had the pleasure of working with @gerardo.bsky.social, @tylersticka.com, and a few other folks from the @cloudfour.com team, and WOW what an absolute delight they are to work with!

@gerardo.bsky.social writes better docs than any dev I've EVER worked with!

Android Instant Apps are Dead, iOS App Clips Should Follow Google recently told developers that Android Instant Apps will be removed at the end of the year due to their low adoption. iOS App Clips, which provide similar functionality, should meet a similar fa...

Android Instant Apps are Dead, iOS App Clips Should Follow – My latest featuring a brilliant illustration from @tylersticka.com
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Crypt Custodian's protagonist, Pluto, looking a bit unsure about their predicament as they walk along

Gosh, I really loved Crypt Custodian. Don’t sleep on this one if you enjoy “metroidvania” games, it’s so fun and charming.

#FanArt #CryptCustodian #IndieGame

Finding Joy on Shaky Foundations The satisfaction of rescuing experiences from daunting constraints.

Absolutely lovely article by @tylersticka.com on the joy that can be found in overcoming constraints in less-than-ideal projects. cloudfour.com/thinks/findi...

Finding Joy on Shaky Foundations The satisfaction of rescuing experiences from daunting constraints.

Confessing my affection for projects with less-than-ideal requirements ❤️ cloudfour.com/thinks/findi...

#WebDesign #WebDev #Process

Screenshot of my iOS App Library scrolled all the way to the bottom where the App Clips are stored. The App Clips start with a square icon with a dotted line around. The same icon is at the bottom of the right-side navigation used to jump to different letters in the alphabet.

Follow up question about iOS App Clips. Do you have any installed on your phone right now? They are listed at the bottom of your App Library and have dotted lines around the icon.

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(I guess it wouldn’t be if no SSH! 🤪)

At least tell me it was SFTP 🫣

rsync is scp for hipsters 😉

Kidding aside, my journey was FTP/SFTP → SSH/SCP → rsync, and each step was to address a want or need. If SCP works well for you, that’s great!

Hardcore! 🤘

Hooray!! Thanks, Robin!

Thanks, Eric!!

Absolutely!

Certainly no need if it’s working well! Thanks, Koos!

How I Deploy This Site – Tyler Sticka It isn't very fancy.

How (and why) I use `rsync` to deploy my personal static site: tylersticka.com/journal/how-...

YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO Brian Wilson - Sloop John B

RIP Brian Wilson 💜

Saw him perform Pet Sounds in 2016 with Al Jardine and (I believe) this same lineup of musicians: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5P...

The Watcher looks determined, with Secretary floating above her shoulder. Artwork signed by Tyler Sticka, dated 2025.

Finished #1000xResist for the first time today, and… wow. Phenomenal game!

#fanart

At this year's Rose City Comic Con, I decided I would commission a sketch from Stan Sakai, one of my favorite cartoonists ever! Stan asks, "What would you like?" and I excitedly respond "Space Usagi!"

But I was so transfixed by watching him draw that instead of handing money to him, I put it in back in a random pants pocket.

Thankfully Stan politely reminded me before I walked off! Stan says, "Um... I don't think you paid me yet..." (Signed Sep 8, 2018 with apologies to Stan Sakai)

And here’s an embarrassing story of the time I almost stiffed the book’s creator 🫣

Humble Comics Bundle: Usagi Yojimbo: The Rabbit Ronin Bundle We’ve partnered up with Dark Horse Comics to unleash the outstanding Usagi Yojimbo: The Rabbit Rōnin Bundle—pay what you want & support charity!

#UsagiYojimbo is one of my all-time favorite comic book series! If you’re curious to learn why, there’s a Humble Bundle of digital UY #comics happening now: www.humblebundle.com/books/usagi-...

Thank you so much, Rose, that really means a lot! This made my morning.

How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game "Stan's vision of people running at each other is fun but 'unique!'"

Delightful morning read: How one of my favorite comic series was adapted to the Commodore 64 back in 1988 www.timeextension.com/features/how...

#RetroGaming #UsagiYojimbo

The comics I bought in a loose stack on my desk. Visible comics include Amazing Spider-Man 332, X-Men 5, The Maxx ½ and The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman.

Stopped by Excalibur yesterday for their Memorial Day Weekend sale. Found 28 comics on my list, all 50% off. Still kind of stunned by my haul 😳

#comics #pdx

Moving from Notion to Obsidian As the world turns, so doth productivity apps churn. Readers of this blog will know I’ve been a user of Notion for the last seven-plus years. The block-based editor, the database features, and general...

📝 Wrote about my recent move from Notion to Obsidian.

daverupert.com/2025/05/noti...

Alfred Workflow: Smart Punctuation – Tyler Sticka As a designer, I’m a stickler for “proper” quotation marks, apostrophes and punctuation. But as a developer, I’ve seen automatic smart…

I made an itty-bitty #AlfredApp workflow so I could use “smart” punctuation more easily: tylersticka.com/journal/alfr...

Example: When a credit card expires on #Netlify, they’re counting on a contributing developer noticing those alerts in their crowded inbox, or a team paying an extra $19/month for someone to update MM/YY every year or two.

It’s weird to me when a team-oriented SAAS product that charges per member doesn't have a concept of free/cheaper “admin-only” members to manage billing details without contributing.

You’d think they’d want to remove any barrier to getting paid.

UFO Duck by It's a Very Exciting Time When the Pentagon confirmed that unknown craft are flying in our skies, they wondered about who could be flying them: Russia? China? Some secretive US black-ops project? Only the hosts of "It's a Very...

Hey you! Do you wear #tshirts? 👕

Do you like #ducks? 🦆 How about #UFOs? 👽

If you answered “yes” to some or all of these questions, then dig this new merch for my buddy @spaceninja.com’s podcast @veryexcitingtime.com… art by yours truly! cottonbureau.com/p/WGDZKA/shi...

3.13 release | GSAP | Docs & Learning Thanks to Webflow, GSAP is now 100% FREE including ALL of the bonus plugins! Version 3.13 also brings a complete rewrite of SplitText

GSAP is now free. 😍
gsap.com/blog/3-13/

Received so many helpful recommendations, plenty for me to mull over! Thanks everyone!