Joe Cotellese
@cotellese.net
Ex-VP Product @ MariaDB. Currently building NEXTGRES (AI personalization). By night I make iOS apps ClipDish 🍳 and MioVino 🍷. I write about AI that actually works at joecotellese.com
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Joe Cotellese
@cotellese.net
· Sep 30
Happy #launchday. AppJawn just released our latest application. Minimalist Meditation - a subscription free meditation app for #iOS
In this first release we've included a timer as well as two guided meditations.
apps.apple.com/us/app/minim...
#meditation #indiedevelopment #indiedev
In this first release we've included a timer as well as two guided meditations.
apps.apple.com/us/app/minim...
#meditation #indiedevelopment #indiedev
Seeing @thebeths.bsky.social and @phoeberings.bsky.social
was a highlight of my weekend. Great show! #Philly #Music
was a highlight of my weekend. Great show! #Philly #Music
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Seeing @thebeths.bsky.social and @phoeberings.bsky.social
was a highlight of my weekend. Great show! #Philly #Music
was a highlight of my weekend. Great show! #Philly #Music
Rob Zolkos deconstructs some 37Signal products and notes that “Vanilla CSS is all you need”
I’m still digging through this but he makes some interesting points.
www.zolkos.com/2025/12/0…
I’m still digging through this but he makes some interesting points.
www.zolkos.com/2025/12/0…
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Rob Zolkos deconstructs some 37Signal products and notes that “Vanilla CSS is all you need”
I’m still digging through this but he makes some interesting points.
www.zolkos.com/2025/12/0…
I’m still digging through this but he makes some interesting points.
www.zolkos.com/2025/12/0…
I’m dying here…🤣
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild,” the local animal control office said.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
A raccoon went on a drunken rampage in a Virginia liquor store and passed out on the bathroom floor
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild,” the local animal control office said.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’m dying here…🤣
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Starbucks Ignores Worker Demands at Its Peril | Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history at nearly 100 locations and are standing firm until their demands are met.
OPINION: Starbucks Ignores Worker Demands at Its Peril - Bucks County Beacon
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history at nearly 100 locations and are standing firm until their demands are met.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Starbucks Ignores Worker Demands at Its Peril | Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history at nearly 100 locations and are standing firm until their demands are met.
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Coverage of @eurosky.social
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future
The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech ...
openfuture.eu
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Coverage of @eurosky.social
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The effort is expected to bring about 3,700 jobs to Pennsylvania as HBO estimates investing $194.1 million into the state economy, including hiring local crews and paying for hotel accommodations.
HBO crime drama ‘Task’ receives $49.8 million tax credit to film in Pa.
This is the largest tax credit the Shapiro administration has awarded to a show through the Film Production Tax Credit Program
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The effort is expected to bring about 3,700 jobs to Pennsylvania as HBO estimates investing $194.1 million into the state economy, including hiring local crews and paying for hotel accommodations.
Another example of iOS 26 Liquid Glass usability issues.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Another example of iOS 26 Liquid Glass usability issues.
I dig the idea of using a custom domain for my Bluesky handle.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I dig the idea of using a custom domain for my Bluesky handle.
I wanted to try @graze.social this morning. Keep getting this when creating a feed.
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Cannot read properties of null (reading 'scrollIntoView')
Oh no! Something went wrong!
Cannot read properties of null (reading 'scrollIntoView')
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wanted to try @graze.social this morning. Keep getting this when creating a feed.
Oh no! Something went wrong!
Cannot read properties of null (reading 'scrollIntoView')
Oh no! Something went wrong!
Cannot read properties of null (reading 'scrollIntoView')
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Reposted by Joe Cotellese
Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Hotel Infinity Review: A Standout Example Of True Room-Scale VR
Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
History rocks
👇
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
History rocks
Darn it @kristenkurtis.bsky.social @wxpnfm.bsky.social now I can't stop singing If I Could Turn Back Time.
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Darn it @kristenkurtis.bsky.social @wxpnfm.bsky.social now I can't stop singing If I Could Turn Back Time.
Every time I'm on LinkedIn I want to kill it with fire. Unfortunately it's a necessary evil.
I'm very interested in what @ens0.me is building @ ProtoPro
beta.protopro.blue
I'm very interested in what @ens0.me is building @ ProtoPro
beta.protopro.blue
ProtoPro
AT Proto for professionals and businesses.
beta.protopro.blue
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Every time I'm on LinkedIn I want to kill it with fire. Unfortunately it's a necessary evil.
I'm very interested in what @ens0.me is building @ ProtoPro
beta.protopro.blue
I'm very interested in what @ens0.me is building @ ProtoPro
beta.protopro.blue
I would cancel Spotify if not for my family.
Tonight I asked my Google Assistant to play Classic 70s Rock.
It chose this playlist of hot garbage consisting of fake artists doing bad covers.
open.spotify.com/album/3Mf…
Tonight I asked my Google Assistant to play Classic 70s Rock.
It chose this playlist of hot garbage consisting of fake artists doing bad covers.
open.spotify.com/album/3Mf…
Rock Classics Greatest Songs: Best of 60's 70's Classic Rock & Roll Music Top Hits - Compilation by Various Artists | Spotify
Various Artists · compilation · 2014 · 18 songs
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I would cancel Spotify if not for my family.
Tonight I asked my Google Assistant to play Classic 70s Rock.
It chose this playlist of hot garbage consisting of fake artists doing bad covers.
open.spotify.com/album/3Mf…
Tonight I asked my Google Assistant to play Classic 70s Rock.
It chose this playlist of hot garbage consisting of fake artists doing bad covers.
open.spotify.com/album/3Mf…
Reposted by Joe Cotellese
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
“Easy to make a movie, hard to get people to see it.” - Stacy Spikes
This sounds like an #indieapp development problem too.
The point is you need community to make it happen.
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
This sounds like an #indieapp development problem too.
The point is you need community to make it happen.
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Easy to make a movie, hard to get people to see it.” - Stacy Spikes
This sounds like an #indieapp development problem too.
The point is you need community to make it happen.
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
This sounds like an #indieapp development problem too.
The point is you need community to make it happen.
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
“Everything that happens to me, happens for me.” - Stacy Spikes CEO of MoviePass
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Everything that happens to me, happens for me.” - Stacy Spikes CEO of MoviePass
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
#Philly #1Philadelphia #innovationweekend
My new favorite iOS Shortcut? A reminder to grab my keys when I leave the car.
See the screenshots below.
See the screenshots below.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My new favorite iOS Shortcut? A reminder to grab my keys when I leave the car.
See the screenshots below.
See the screenshots below.