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Nika
@annika-d.bsky.social
Software Dev, Conference speaker and professional Wheel-Reinventer.
Cancelled and called in for an "alignment meeting". I tried.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Compiling to jvm bytecode?
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We build the "good old web" once already from nothing.
We can do so again!
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
MDN is still a good resource.
Basic HTML and CSS go a long way.
Then throw it on one of the thousand "...pages" providers and done.
I personally like GitLab.
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Regarding the "other persons have already said smarter things":
There is so much to think, not everything will be said.
And one thing I find helpful in writing is just letting it sit on my drive for a week and then reread/edit it.

Looking forward to new content regardless.
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I don't hate rust. It is one of the better languages we have.
But that fact is depressing.
Can we stop the fake improvements?

Js - Ts
Java - Kotlin
C - Cpp - Rust

This fixes none of the actual issues and always has been window dressing to wow inexperienced developers.
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It would be cool if phones could Bluetooth music to two headphones simultaneously.
"Hey, mind if I listen in?" "Sure, go ahead"
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
How about conflicts in accessibility tooling. To accommodate tool x (e.g windows), you will make navigation harder for other tools y and z.
It would be cool to hear about ways to remedy different tooling expectations.
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Voice messages to a friend 🤭
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Idk, i'll find out in November where im allowed to present my case
October 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thats unfortunate. I wonder when the money people recognize that a feature is only finished once everything is cleaned...
I heard that some people clean first and then implement the feature. Sadly I lack the foresight to do it myself, but maybe that's a way.
September 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Yeah. Probably heavily depends if the design is final. If it's fixed you can use model checkers to validate interactions. But that's not worth it if the halflife is 1 week.

Is it common in game dev to have a consolidation phase?
Prototype -> evaluate -> consolidate -> prototype -> ...
September 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
But, does it?
I thought that was the idea of event/messaging systems.
To enable complexity of interaction without having the same complexity in code.
September 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hetzner. Good service, decent prices.
September 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Maybe because you know how hard it is for those people. Then how about you stop being ignorant and educate yourself. I'd much rather take a well thought through accommodation instead of the performative congratulation.
Because that means that you care about those people instead of your public image.
September 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
You congratulate people for achievements.
Since when is being gay, autistic, trans, or a chronic mental disorder an achievement!?
Why do you think coming out as one is an achievement?
September 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM