Wow thatβs a throwback. I remember that from the windows phone days
05.11.2025 01:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@kidjenius.bsky.social
Canadian indie app developer π Engineer on the Microsoft Store on Windows team. Canucks fan. Vancouverite. Creator of Markerpad, Ambie White Noise, Nightingale REST Client, and Beeskie.
Wow thatβs a throwback. I remember that from the windows phone days
05.11.2025 01:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If you are a coffee lover, you have to try JJ Bean. In my 7 years discovering coffee in Seattle, this was the best Iβve had. Itβs actually from Vancouver π€£ Learned about it from a friend. jjbeancoffee.com #coffee #vancouver #seattle
02.11.2025 17:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβve never watched baseball in my life. I watched the 10th and 11th innings last night and all I could think was βYamamoto guy seems insanely goodβ
This stat really drives it home, wow
All the graphic design Iβve done for my apps were made with Affinity Designer. Iβve been a big fan of their software, having bought both v1 and v2.
Very cool to see them make a new version completely free to everyone. Itβs a tool I think more people should use! www.affinity.studio
Looks like it does!
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cool, what tech stack did you use for the windows apps?
21.10.2025 06:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0After using iOS 26 for a few weeks, I think Apple missed the mark on Liquid Glass. Some effects make UI and text unreadable. Itβs particularly painful in Safari. The elements are frantically switching between light/dark as you scroll a page.
Uncharacteristically unpolished UI for Apple.
Fascinating. Does this happen often in Canucks hockey? Or is it something only Foote has been doing?
19.10.2025 02:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Wow BΓ©dard is really 0-5 against #Canucks? Clearly heβs cheering us on his childhood team while in the middle of the game π€£
18.10.2025 15:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reminds me of the no-quit attitude that got us into the playoffs a couple years ago. Letβs keep this going πͺπ½πͺπ½
18.10.2025 15:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In my 10 years of building apps, one of the most important things I learned is I hate seams.
Seams are friction. Seams are papercuts. Seams are breaks in your UX. And one seam is slow app launch.
I work hard to keep my apps' launches seamless. I wish all Windows apps were seamless too.
My favourite coffee beans, JJ Bean, is now at $20 per bag. And my second favourite 49th parallel is now at $20 as well, up from $13.99 a couple weeks ago π«£
Coffee bean prices have spiked π #vancouver #coffee
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.
12.10.2025 15:08 β π 2181 π 461 π¬ 149 π 56There is an effective way around it, but you donβt want to use the effective way π Microsoft Store signs your app for free. And a store dev account was recently made free too. So the cost savings is huge
11.10.2025 17:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Neat thanks!
11.10.2025 15:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Notifications on iOS need a revamp. Itβs been stale for years.
11.10.2025 14:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Would you know how this compares with a WPF approach? Iβm mulling over what framework to use for a new project and it relies heavily on system tray. Iβm fact, the tool would mostly be a process with a tray icon. Not much happening in the app window.
11.10.2025 14:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0AI tech bubble in full force. No purpose. Not solving any real world problem. Itβs sad
04.10.2025 19:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've owned 6 Surfaces in my life. I recall the fanfare for each launch. Meanwhile, the SP12" launched a few months ago with what seemed to be one of the quietest launches ever.
So how is it possible that this may be the best Surface I've owned? #microsoft
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π€£ I'm hoping I will get an email on Monday from 3 different teams asking for more info
04.10.2025 17:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs unfortunate that Azure Portal running on Microsoft Edge running on Windows on Surface Pro 12β has bugs like this. Meanwhile, everything runs fine on my iPhone.
04.10.2025 17:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Had fun making a website for Markerpad π I should probably have used some AI to make it nicer, but I think this turned out okay!
markerpadapp.com
Nice review! I love the pen as well on my surface pro 12-inch. I love it so much I made a new scratchpad app designed for students and office workers, and it's optimized for the surface pen. markerpadapp.com
28.09.2025 00:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nice review of the Surface Pro 12-inch. I really like mine. Regarding apps, I made a free app to work with the Surface Pen, great for students or office workers. It has some support for Japanese language, but let me know if it can be improved. markerpadapp.com Please check it out!
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27.09.2025 17:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I remember thinking the front office was in it just for the memes when they draft dpetey. But man, this kid might just end up amongst the most popular canucks swedish dmen
27.09.2025 16:49 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Yea 999 is USD
26.09.2025 01:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 01299 yikes
26.09.2025 00:24 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I have two windows devices: a Lenovo mini PC at home with a single 27 inch monitor. And then I have the SP 12β. I use both for dev work.
The SP 12β is so fast that I actually really enjoy developing on it.
No problem π glad you found the issue!
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