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Daniel Paulino πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@kidjenius.bsky.social

Canadian indie app developer πŸš€ Engineer on the Microsoft Store on Windows team. Canucks fan. Vancouverite. Creator of Markerpad, Ambie White Noise, Nightingale REST Client, and Beeskie.

294 Followers  |  58 Following  |  305 Posts  |  Joined: 13.12.2023  |  2.1575

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Wow that’s a throwback. I remember that from the windows phone days

05.11.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are a coffee lover, you have to try JJ Bean. In my 7 years discovering coffee in Seattle, this was the best I’ve had. It’s actually from Vancouver 🀣 Learned about it from a friend. jjbeancoffee.com #coffee #vancouver #seattle

02.11.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never watched baseball in my life. I watched the 10th and 11th innings last night and all I could think was β€œYamamoto guy seems insanely good”

This stat really drives it home, wow

02.11.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All the graphic design I’ve done for my apps were made with Affinity Designer. I’ve 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. It’s a tool I think more people should use! www.affinity.studio

31.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like it does!

bsky.app/profile/meno...

31.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cool, what tech stack did you use for the windows apps?

21.10.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After using iOS 26 for a few weeks, I think Apple missed the mark on Liquid Glass. Some effects make UI and text unreadable. It’s particularly painful in Safari. The elements are frantically switching between light/dark as you scroll a page.

Uncharacteristically unpolished UI for Apple.

20.10.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating. Does this happen often in Canucks hockey? Or is it something only Foote has been doing?

19.10.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow BΓ©dard is really 0-5 against #Canucks? Clearly he’s cheering us on his childhood team while in the middle of the game 🀣

18.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of the no-quit attitude that got us into the playoffs a couple years ago. Let’s keep this going πŸ’ͺ🏽πŸ’ͺ🏽

18.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 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.

17.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 🫣

Coffee bean prices have spiked 😭 #vancouver #coffee

13.10.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

12.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2181    πŸ” 461    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 56

There is an effective way around it, but you don’t want to use the effective way πŸ˜… 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€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Neat thanks!

11.10.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Notifications on iOS need a revamp. It’s been stale for years.

11.10.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would you know how this compares with a WPF approach? I’m mulling over what framework to use for a new project and it relies heavily on system tray. I’m 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

AI tech bubble in full force. No purpose. Not solving any real world problem. It’s sad

04.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Surface Pro 12-inch Review – the best Surface yet? It’s been 5 years since I bought a Surface Go 2 and reviewed it. It’s time I review its spiritual successor: The Surface Pro 12-inch.

I'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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04.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 I'm hoping I will get an email on Monday from 3 different teams asking for more info

04.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s unfortunate that Azure Portal running on Microsoft Edge running on Windows on Surface Pro 12” has bugs like this. Meanwhile, everything runs fine on my iPhone.

04.10.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had fun making a website for Markerpad πŸ™‚ I should probably have used some AI to make it nicer, but I think this turned out okay!

markerpadapp.com

02.10.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Markerpad Ideas to formulas, notes to diagrams. Markerpad is a canvas for every need.

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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Markerpad Ideas to formulas, notes to diagrams. Markerpad is a canvas for every need.

Nice 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!

28.09.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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27.09.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I 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€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yea 999 is USD

26.09.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1299 yikes

26.09.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I have two windows devices: a Lenovo mini PC at home with a single 27 inch monitor. And then I have the SP 12”. I use both for dev work.

The SP 12” is so fast that I actually really enjoy developing on it.

25.09.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No problem πŸ™‚ glad you found the issue!

25.09.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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