Patrick Tosto
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Patrick Tosto
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The struggle is real with getting too swept up on the tiny details when nothing has even shipped yet.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
when you've been working on the best idea of your life for a number of days and just remembered you haven't been pushing to remote
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
it's the great lock-in of 12th Nov 2025, for the next 20 minutes, no talking to anyone, let's do this
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Fixed a cute bug where my FaceTime-style camera view resized laggy. The SwiftUI border was instant, but AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer lagged. Sonnet 4.5 said Core Animation was animating size changes. Wrapped in CATransaction + setDisableActions(true). Now smooth. Robots remember.
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
can we normalise putting side projects under a subdomain rather than giving each it's own domain to save money

these failed side projects costs are starting to add up

maybe something like

attempt1.willprobablyfail.com
attempt2.willprobablyfail.com
attempt3.willprobablyfail.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
difference in commit messages

in 9-5:
[ENG-2847] Refactor authentication middleware for improved session handling
[ENG-2113] Update CI/CD pipeline to support parallel test execution
[ENG-1399] Migrate legacy encryption logic to AES-256 standard

in side projects:
wip
.
ship it
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
want to make your app go viral?

include a FaceTime-style camera rectangle and then use screen recording (ReplyKit on iOS)

allows people to share their reactions and your app at the same time

you're welcome
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM