Felix Angelov

Just released bloc v9.1.0 which introduces a new observability API: `onDone` 👀

onDone is called when an event handler has completed.

This new API unlocks new capabilities like automatic event tracing, performance profiling, and more 🎉

Check it out ↓
pub.dev/packages/bloc

We just published our first @shorebird.dev CI customer success story 🥳

Learn about how Shorebird's CI helped reduce check run times by up to 95% in the Flame Engine 🔥↓

shorebird.dev/success-stor...

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Case Against Generative AI Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

“Every CEO talking about AI replacing workers is an example of the real problem: that most companies are run by people who don’t understand or experience the problems they’re solving...”

www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

"When you see everything as an outcome — an outcome you may or may not understand, and definitely don’t understand the process behind, let alone care about — you kind of already see your workers as LLMs."

www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

Release v1.6.63 · shorebirdtech/shorebird What's Changed ci(e2e): add Flutter 3.35.5 by @felangel in #3340 fix(windows): select correct executable when multiple executables are generated by @kingdomseed in #3319 chore(shorebird_cli): v1.6...

We just released Shorebird CLI v1.6.63 🥳
Highlights ↓

🪟 Use correct executable for windows releases when multiple executables are generated (thanks to github.com/kingdomseed for the contribution 💙)

github.com/shorebirdtec...

dart_frog | Dart package The official runtime for Dart Frog — a fast, minimalistic backend framework for Dart.

Dart Frog v1.2.4 is out 🥳

* 🚀 performance improvements for request body reads (thanks @kevmoo.com 💙)
* 📚 various documentation improvements

pub.dev/packages/dar...

Release v1.6.62 · shorebirdtech/shorebird What's Changed ci(e2e): add support for additional Flutter versions by @felangel in #3329 chore(deps): bump very_good_analysis from 9.0.0 to 10.0.0 in the dart-deps group by @dependabot[bot] in #3...

We just released Shorebird CLI v1.6.62 🥳
Highlights ↓

🐦 Support for Flutter 3.35.5

github.com/shorebirdtec...

Shorebird CI now supports the bloc linter with zero config needed 🚀

Get a production quality CI for your Flutter & Dart projects in less than 1 minute and zero lines of code ↓
docs.shorebird.dev/ci

Improve code quality and enforce consistency with the bloc linter ↓
bloclibrary.dev/lint

The Dart Frog team has been busy over the last two months 🚀

Check out our latest blog for a short recap of all the changes that have happened since the project was
transferred as well as a sneak peak at what's to come 👇

dart-frog.dev/blog/fall-20...

We just added status badges to @shorebird.dev CI 🛡️✨

Get Started 👇
docs.shorebird.dev/ci

With the help of the bloc linter, you can improve the quality of your codebase and enforce consistency without executing a single line of code ✨

If you use the bloc library and haven't yet tried to linter, here's how you can get started in less than 1 minute 👇

Learn more at bloclibrary.dev/lint

AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool.

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...

I finally got accepted at Game Jolt to publish Mine Cart Operator there! To celebrate being available in a new platform, the game is on a 33% off sale until next week!

If you haven't grabbed a copy yet, this is a great opportunity to do so!

gamejolt.com/games/mine-c...

#IndieGame #IndieDev

Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

A study of experienced developers found AI tools made them 19% SLOWER, not faster. Additionally, developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had helped them work 20% faster.

metr.org/blog/2025-0...

New bloc_lint rule just dropped in v0.3.2 🎉

bloclibrary.dev/lint-rules/p...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

Glad to see OpenAI admitting that correctness and LLMs are fundamentally at odds. At what point do we stop pouring so much money, energy, compute, and talent into this technology?

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Pub workspaces (monorepo support) Learn more about pub workspaces, a way to manage package monorepos.

dart.dev/tools/pub/wo...

dart_frog_cli | Dart package The official command line interface for Dart Frog — a fast, minimalistic backend framework for Dart.

We just released Dart Frog CLI v1.2.9 which includes a fix for Dart workspaces that use version resolution 🎉

Dart Frog should now fully support Dart workspaces 🎯 🐸

pub.dev/packages/dar...

Release v1.6.59 · shorebirdtech/shorebird What's Changed fix(shorebird_cli): better handling for platforms that don't support flavors by @bryanoltman in #3308 chore(deps): bump the gh-deps group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3306...

We just released Shorebird v1.6.59 🥳
Highlights ↓

🐦 Support for Flutter 3.35.4
🍧 Improved --flavor support
🧹 Various dependency upgrades

github.com/shorebirdtec...

Jobs Over the air updates for Flutter. Confidently update Flutter apps instantly.

We're hiring (Remote, North America)!
* Web Full Stack Engineer
* Marketing Lead
* Runtime (C++) Engineer
shorebird.dev/jobs/

Thank god AI has finally solved the problem of there not being enough podcasts

Guy who sells doo doo (squinting wisely and doing visionary voice): We believe within 10 years the world economy will be almost completely powered by doo doo

Introducing Shorebird CI (Beta) Announcing a new service from Shorebird, zero config CI for Flutter and Dart applications.

Shorebird CI is in beta 🚀

✨ Zero Config
✅ Production Quality
💙 Built for Flutter & Dart
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Spend more time building for customers and less time fighting with frustrating CI workflows.

Try Shorebird CI today in <1 minute, no code changes needed👇
shorebird.dev/blog/introdu...

GitHub - flutter-and-friends/flutter_and_friends: The official Flutter & Friends conference app The official Flutter & Friends conference app. Contribute to flutter-and-friends/flutter_and_friends development by creating an account on GitHub.

The Flutter & Friends app has been transferred to the official Flutter & Friends GitHub org 🥳💙

Leave a 🌟 to show your support👇
github.com/flutter-and-...

Shorebird CI in the Shorebird Web Console

👀 Notice something new in the Shorebird Console?

That little “CI” & “new” badge isn’t just for show, Shorebird CI Beta is live!

Give it a shot and send us some feedback either here or in our Discord Server where we have a new CI channel discord.gg/shorebird

Hey #IndieGame community!

Weekend is almost at hand! Looking for a short and sweet game to play during the weekend? Check Gravedigger Doug, you can play it directly from your browser or download it for android and computer platforms!

g4me.info/doug

Dart Frog now supports Dart Workspaces 🎯🐸

ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...

"Calling chatbot inaccuracies ‘hallucinations’ feeds in to overblown hype about their abilities
[...]
Calling these inaccuracies ‘bullshit’ rather than ‘hallucinations’ isn’t just more accurate; it’s good science and technology communication in an area that sorely needs it."

Release v1.6.57 · shorebirdtech/shorebird What's Changed chore(deps): bump google-github-actions/setup-gcloud from 2.1.5 to 2.2.0 in the gh-deps group by @dependabot[bot] in #3278 refactor: remove unused pkg:lints by @felangel in #3281 fe...

We just shipped Shorebird v1.6.57 which includes support for Flutter 3.35.2 🥳

github.com/shorebirdtec...