Tom Harvey

Putting it in the public API and calling it unstable isn’t really how Apple does software though with built-in frameworks shipping in the OS and not apps (vs Android putting most in the bundle)

API’s gets iterated as private until sufficiently functional/tested, then a quick beta and productionised

In Apple’s case it depends how the API is implemented, doing an entitlement check is relatively expensive verses just making it a private method that someone’s pretty unlikely to call.

Those are easily callable via msgsend/swizzling/reflection, but will crash when the signature changes

Apparently the reason for the delay was that they’d made a commitment to manufacturers when switching to lightning that it’d stick around for a decade - being able to have people “blame” the EU for having to re-purchase accessories is a marketing choice though

There’s also a German company doing this, but using a remote driver setup to do the “drive away” part (can’t remember the name right now, but came across it the other day)

Yeah indeed, tbh anything @example.com works too - given that domain is explicitly meant for examples

Within Europe nobody bats an eye lid if you refuse to provide that info, but in the UK people look confused

Very much a cultural difference to data privacy, I guess

#datenschutz

A while back I stopped giving out my email unless it was absolutely necessary (I dislike email)

So many modern systems arbitrarily require an email, when the process itself doesn’t

Like checking into a hotel - the machines need an email but just chat with someone and it’s by-passable

#datenschutz

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Search engines should be compelled to show a list of _why_ a particular result has been removed, ala the way GitHub's DMCA repo works

[to the tune of The Automatic - Monster]

🎵 what’s that coming over the hill, is it a rapture, is it a #rapture? 🎵

There was the maglev train that ran to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park too, for all of 5 minutes

@theguardian.com my kingdom for a mute filter on push notifications?

What’s interesting is that Slack was /so/ far ahead on that front, I feel like that changing probably aligns with the focus on enterprise - in the same way as has happened with GitHub tbh?

Luton has definitely improved, Stansted is far worse tbh

That's a fun IDE autocompletion 😬

Getting compensation right is hard.

But when people are incentivised to do things that actively harm the business/product because it’s the easiest way for them to get a promotion?

Wild.

Owning code in production changes how we write it. ‘You Build It, You Run It’ isn’t asking too much of developers, imo. It’s a great way to build reliable software.

Before - no filters

After - now with filtering on HTTP methods, status codes, uris, and the source

Spent a little bit of time adding a small but useful feature to @locally.build that I've wanted for ages - filtering the request logs, super handy for debugging 👌

Genuinely ridiculous that in 2025 roaming packages can max out at 10MB of data per day

(This was the only package for this destination, and yes you can get a local sim..)

Yes - they’re totally non functional u til you link them in the app

Monzo and Revolut both did this back in the day (developer events iirc)?

Screenshot of a command line showing `locally build` being run

Screenshot of the Locally dashboard

Hello, world.
Or to put it another way:

$ locally build

Yeah, I’m a huge fan but the evergreen #uspol here is exhausting

Unexpected water leaks can really throw a wrench in your plans 😬

Finally caught up to where I wanted to be yesterday, at least.

🤞 tomorrow 😉

Finally writing the announcement post for @locally.build

On the one hand, it's exciting to be announcing soon.

On the other, there's a lot of moving parts that I'm sure I'm going to forget something.

Either way, curious to hear what folks think. #Azure #DevOps

I’d recommend it if you get the chance, it’s a personal favourite what with being able to rebook up until fairly soon before the showing starts if needed

Just seen a group rock up, cover one Billie Eilish song (far enough back that few could hear) with two cameras and a mic boom recording the band and their friends in the crowd, then leave

Mauerpark am Sonntag, was gehts? #berlin

Some of their cinemas are definitely better than others - I’m a big fan of moviemento, not sure if you’ve tried that one?

Considering how reliable 1Password 7 was, the “1Password for safari” is utterly broken by comparison. I’ve taken to having both 7 and 8 installed just to have a working extension

I love CSS