bit_sparkle
@bitsparkle.bsky.social
DIY fanatic
Bored CRUD web developer by day
Enthusiast C / C++ / Flutter developer by night
Sometimes I focus on electronics, too
https://bitsparkle.dev/
Bored CRUD web developer by day
Enthusiast C / C++ / Flutter developer by night
Sometimes I focus on electronics, too
https://bitsparkle.dev/
Today is my birthday, and I've reached "The answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything"
February 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Today is my birthday, and I've reached "The answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything"
Alright, I need to start teaching the algorithm that the only tech stuff I actually find fun anymore is retrocomputing, Arduino, Raspberry and dead operating systems
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Alright, I need to start teaching the algorithm that the only tech stuff I actually find fun anymore is retrocomputing, Arduino, Raspberry and dead operating systems
This guy keeps doing some pretty incredible things with Adobe After Effects CS5
whenever adobe does something evil i always remember the awkward meeting i had with them years ago where they told me about this new subscription thing they were going to do, and all i could think about was "i hope my copy of cs5 never stops working"
February 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This guy keeps doing some pretty incredible things with Adobe After Effects CS5
My main rig’s GPU is dying, an Amd Radeon HD5000, with hardware acceleration failure that crash the system, but I’m not giving up on this beast.
A glorious 2012 i7 3770 with 24GB ddr3 ram, still crushing it in 2026.
Just buyed for €35 a used Amd RX 550 with full Linux support.
A glorious 2012 i7 3770 with 24GB ddr3 ram, still crushing it in 2026.
Just buyed for €35 a used Amd RX 550 with full Linux support.
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
My main rig’s GPU is dying, an Amd Radeon HD5000, with hardware acceleration failure that crash the system, but I’m not giving up on this beast.
A glorious 2012 i7 3770 with 24GB ddr3 ram, still crushing it in 2026.
Just buyed for €35 a used Amd RX 550 with full Linux support.
A glorious 2012 i7 3770 with 24GB ddr3 ram, still crushing it in 2026.
Just buyed for €35 a used Amd RX 550 with full Linux support.
GitHub is asking me to enable MFA even though I already did it a few days ago, and it's making me download recovery codes again, different from the previous ones. Same account.
What was that you said Microsoft guy?
30% of your code is now AI generated?
Yeah, it fucking shows.
What was that you said Microsoft guy?
30% of your code is now AI generated?
Yeah, it fucking shows.
February 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
GitHub is asking me to enable MFA even though I already did it a few days ago, and it's making me download recovery codes again, different from the previous ones. Same account.
What was that you said Microsoft guy?
30% of your code is now AI generated?
Yeah, it fucking shows.
What was that you said Microsoft guy?
30% of your code is now AI generated?
Yeah, it fucking shows.
Now all the anti-vaxxers are going to think they were right all along about the vaccine, just because Bill Gates was pushing it.
Thanks, Bill, now go back to cleansing your conscience with your charitable foundations.
Thanks, Bill, now go back to cleansing your conscience with your charitable foundations.
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Now all the anti-vaxxers are going to think they were right all along about the vaccine, just because Bill Gates was pushing it.
Thanks, Bill, now go back to cleansing your conscience with your charitable foundations.
Thanks, Bill, now go back to cleansing your conscience with your charitable foundations.
Remember Order 66 in Star Wars?
The command the Emperor gives the troops to kill all the Jedi?
Now, replace the Emperor with Anthropic, the troops with Claude Code, and Order 66 with "rm -rf ~"
The command the Emperor gives the troops to kill all the Jedi?
Now, replace the Emperor with Anthropic, the troops with Claude Code, and Order 66 with "rm -rf ~"
a man in a hood says execute order 66 in front of a hologram of a storm trooper
ALT: a man in a hood says execute order 66 in front of a hologram of a storm trooper
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Remember Order 66 in Star Wars?
The command the Emperor gives the troops to kill all the Jedi?
Now, replace the Emperor with Anthropic, the troops with Claude Code, and Order 66 with "rm -rf ~"
The command the Emperor gives the troops to kill all the Jedi?
Now, replace the Emperor with Anthropic, the troops with Claude Code, and Order 66 with "rm -rf ~"
In the 2010s everyone was obsessed with privacy, then the GDPR came along for us Europeans causing more headaches than benefits
Today: nobody gives a damn about privacy and everyone’s happily giving Claude Code and similar full access to their entire file system. Lol
Today: nobody gives a damn about privacy and everyone’s happily giving Claude Code and similar full access to their entire file system. Lol
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
In the 2010s everyone was obsessed with privacy, then the GDPR came along for us Europeans causing more headaches than benefits
Today: nobody gives a damn about privacy and everyone’s happily giving Claude Code and similar full access to their entire file system. Lol
Today: nobody gives a damn about privacy and everyone’s happily giving Claude Code and similar full access to their entire file system. Lol
Can someone explain to me like I'm five why there's this rush for Mac Minis for Clawdbot when the model is remote and the agent can run on any platform?
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Can someone explain to me like I'm five why there's this rush for Mac Minis for Clawdbot when the model is remote and the agent can run on any platform?
The Clean Code book it's Pseudo-CS. It’s the equivalent of those books claiming the pyramids were built by aliens
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The Clean Code book it's Pseudo-CS. It’s the equivalent of those books claiming the pyramids were built by aliens
If I were to ask an LLM to build me a browser, how much of the code would be plagiarized from Firefox and Chrome? All of it?
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 AM
If I were to ask an LLM to build me a browser, how much of the code would be plagiarized from Firefox and Chrome? All of it?
Reposted by bit_sparkle
Given that it's just as often programmers who have no clue what to build with the coding capacity offered by AI agents, I WOULD say the issue is that many people are horribly uncreative. simonwillison.net/…
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Given that it's just as often programmers who have no clue what to build with the coding capacity offered by AI agents, I WOULD say the issue is that many people are horribly uncreative. simonwillison.net/…
Hundreds of years from now, when people see embarrassing videos of today's politicians, no matter their nationality, they’ll say: "No way, they couldn't have been like that. These videos must be fakes generated by AI"
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Hundreds of years from now, when people see embarrassing videos of today's politicians, no matter their nationality, they’ll say: "No way, they couldn't have been like that. These videos must be fakes generated by AI"
I’ve started the 12 beta testers program for my app
Besides the Google setup being a bit unintuitive, this program is really useful, provided you actually care about the app and your users are genuinely interested
I’m getting some very good feedback and suggestions
Besides the Google setup being a bit unintuitive, this program is really useful, provided you actually care about the app and your users are genuinely interested
I’m getting some very good feedback and suggestions
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’ve started the 12 beta testers program for my app
Besides the Google setup being a bit unintuitive, this program is really useful, provided you actually care about the app and your users are genuinely interested
I’m getting some very good feedback and suggestions
Besides the Google setup being a bit unintuitive, this program is really useful, provided you actually care about the app and your users are genuinely interested
I’m getting some very good feedback and suggestions
The software I develop after my day job isn't a side project
If anything, it’s my day job that’s the side thing
If anything, it’s my day job that’s the side thing
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The software I develop after my day job isn't a side project
If anything, it’s my day job that’s the side thing
If anything, it’s my day job that’s the side thing
All the science behind AI is amazing
It’s a shame that Big Tech's brainwashing, their narrative, and the way they're forcing this stuff down my throat turned me into a contrarian, but muting the constant chatter on Twitter has restored my curiosity to actually study this tech
It’s a shame that Big Tech's brainwashing, their narrative, and the way they're forcing this stuff down my throat turned me into a contrarian, but muting the constant chatter on Twitter has restored my curiosity to actually study this tech
January 24, 2026 at 12:37 AM
All the science behind AI is amazing
It’s a shame that Big Tech's brainwashing, their narrative, and the way they're forcing this stuff down my throat turned me into a contrarian, but muting the constant chatter on Twitter has restored my curiosity to actually study this tech
It’s a shame that Big Tech's brainwashing, their narrative, and the way they're forcing this stuff down my throat turned me into a contrarian, but muting the constant chatter on Twitter has restored my curiosity to actually study this tech
So you're a web developer? Cool
And what do you do for a living?
And what do you do for a living?
January 24, 2026 at 12:23 AM
So you're a web developer? Cool
And what do you do for a living?
And what do you do for a living?
CSS is a sewer
JS is fine barebones but used for pure bloat
We sacrificed efficiency for eye candy
I hate webdev; I'll be happy the day I quit my day job
Anyway, our work is a joke and we’re the most replaceable devs, in a few years we'll all be updating our resumes (in vain)
JS is fine barebones but used for pure bloat
We sacrificed efficiency for eye candy
I hate webdev; I'll be happy the day I quit my day job
Anyway, our work is a joke and we’re the most replaceable devs, in a few years we'll all be updating our resumes (in vain)
January 24, 2026 at 12:16 AM
CSS is a sewer
JS is fine barebones but used for pure bloat
We sacrificed efficiency for eye candy
I hate webdev; I'll be happy the day I quit my day job
Anyway, our work is a joke and we’re the most replaceable devs, in a few years we'll all be updating our resumes (in vain)
JS is fine barebones but used for pure bloat
We sacrificed efficiency for eye candy
I hate webdev; I'll be happy the day I quit my day job
Anyway, our work is a joke and we’re the most replaceable devs, in a few years we'll all be updating our resumes (in vain)
I just discovered PeerTube, a decentralized video platform. I wonder why this model never really took off, except among pirates. Decentralization can only be a good thing.
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I just discovered PeerTube, a decentralized video platform. I wonder why this model never really took off, except among pirates. Decentralization can only be a good thing.
I’m using Mastodon more and just found the real-time live feed. Awesome! Been on social media forever, but never seen a feature like this.
You guys should try it, it’s hypnotic. It could become my new addiction.
You guys should try it, it’s hypnotic. It could become my new addiction.
January 23, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I’m using Mastodon more and just found the real-time live feed. Awesome! Been on social media forever, but never seen a feature like this.
You guys should try it, it’s hypnotic. It could become my new addiction.
You guys should try it, it’s hypnotic. It could become my new addiction.
Google Play Store: to release my app (it's a paid app), I need to run a closed test with at least 12 people. Turns out beta testers still have to pay for it. I had no clue, I just assumed it would be free for them. WTF Google, this makes no sense at all.
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Google Play Store: to release my app (it's a paid app), I need to run a closed test with at least 12 people. Turns out beta testers still have to pay for it. I had no clue, I just assumed it would be free for them. WTF Google, this makes no sense at all.
Thinking about Flutter security: release apps are compiled to machine code. With obfuscation, reverse engineering is a massive challenge for hackers.
If your app isn't slop and you want to protect your intellectual property, this alone should be enough to choose Flutter.
If your app isn't slop and you want to protect your intellectual property, this alone should be enough to choose Flutter.
January 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Thinking about Flutter security: release apps are compiled to machine code. With obfuscation, reverse engineering is a massive challenge for hackers.
If your app isn't slop and you want to protect your intellectual property, this alone should be enough to choose Flutter.
If your app isn't slop and you want to protect your intellectual property, this alone should be enough to choose Flutter.
Reposted by bit_sparkle
our tech industry is 5 companies all making the same thing, i am going insane
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
our tech industry is 5 companies all making the same thing, i am going insane
Most commercial music sounds like it was generated by AI even before AI was a thing
January 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Most commercial music sounds like it was generated by AI even before AI was a thing
Okay, we got the message. Let's move on to something else now
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Okay, we got the message. Let's move on to something else now