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Cody Bromley
@codybrom.com
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technology person in tulsa
eng at goprelude.com (opinions my own)
building @blankie.rest and @tulsa.ok.wx.watch

#WeAreBromley 🐦‍⬛
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August 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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#UmActually, the “bus” more closely resembles a recreational vehicle (RV) than any form of public transit and retailers such as Walmart refer to the Barbie Dream Camper™ vehicle playset as a van.

Source: dimension20.fandom.com/wiki/On_a_Bu... #Dimension20
July 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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wx.watch finally has the homepage I've always wanted to build. #wxusa #buildinpublic
July 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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rip in pease 🥹
July 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I’ve encountered Apple’s version of this (App Clips) a handful of times, mostly for parking which was pretty handy. But five years after they launched, I still have NEVER seen Apple’s QR code alternative for them in real life.
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Basically everything except the meme generator is down.
A four-panel meme from The Simpsons featuring Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner. In the first panel, Chalmers looks shocked and says, “You’re telling me GCP, Cloudflare, npm, Supabase and others are all down?” In the second panel, Skinner replies calmly, “Yes.” In the third panel, Chalmers asks hopefully, “Can I go home?” In the final panel, Skinner stares with a stern expression and says, “No.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I'm constantly amazed that @blankie.rest is the only app in the U.S. #MacAppStore's Top 10 Free Health & Fitness apps without #InAppPurchases. Every other "free" app requires a subscription or has a freemium model. #OpenSource
A screenshot of the U.S. Mac App Store's Top 10 Health & Fitness apps. Blankie, ranked #6 for Top Free Apps, is the only "Free" app without the In-App Purchases banner.
June 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Unsurprisingly, the #InAppPurchases label is hidden for previously downloaded apps on the iPhone #AppStore too. A friend with Family Sharing enabled confirmed that apps shared from their family members' accounts also hid the IAP labels, even when my friend had never downloaded the app before.
A screenshot of the iPhone App Store showing the app "InShot - Video Editor", a free app that has In-App Purchases, but the page doesn’t show the normal IAP label below a Get button because the download button is replaced by the blue cloud with download arrow that is normally shown when the user has previously downloaded/purchased an app.
June 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I just noticed previously installed apps don't show the IAP label next to the download button. The app could have added IAPs since you first used it, but you'd wouldn't know unless you visited it page or used it.

My sense is Apple knows IAP labels deters users, but why give old apps an advantage?
An image of the Mac App Store with 6 apps shown. Apps the user had previously purchased/downloaded that contain In App Purchases are shown only as a blue cloud with arrow pointing down icon. New apps the user has not downloaded that contain In App Purchases has a Get button with the text "In-App Purchases" in small text below them. The app page for the app Portal. The user has downloaded it before, so it display the blue cloud with arrow pointing down icon instead of a Get button and it does not display the "In-App Purchases" caption. The app page for the app Ivory. The user has downloaded it before and it is currently installed, so it displays a blue Open button and it does not display the "In-App Purchases" caption. A screenshot of the app page for Bear: Markdown Notes scrolled about 2/3rds the way down to reveal "In-App Purchases: Yes" is shown on the page in a section that also contains repeated information elsewhere on the page.
June 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Thank you Monster_cucumber 🥺🫶 #MacDev #BuildInPublic
A 5-star review for the Mac app Blankie posted by Monster_cucumber from Russia. It says, “This is incredible! This app is the best I have ever seen. I am very grateful to the author of the app, you have given me an excellent tool for concentration and completing my tasks. Thank you very much!”
May 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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First look at my next app, OhGee: the missing debug tool for testing web metadata, OpenGraph and schemas.

It works with localhost/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0 URIs and has bookmarks, dark mode, the keyboard shortcuts you'd expect and a Safari extension.

Coming to macOS this Summer. #MacApps #BuildInPublic
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Editorial placement is great for exposure, not intent, which makes me think is that I need to do something I never wanted to do: put a subtitle in the name. Without one, I'm wasting free real estate and making it harder for people to know what Blankie is. #BuildInPublic
May 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Yesterday, my app Blankie was featured on the Mac App Store homepage in the US. (And as of right now, it’s still there!) Naturally, impressions exploded, and downloads followed, but one thing surprised me: my conversion rate barely moved compared to the day before. #BuildInPublic
May 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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It's easy if you try
Four images generated by Meta AI with the prompt "imagine there's no heaven". The first, second and fourth show a dark work with a person all alone. The third image shows a man peacefully sitting on a blanket in a serene prairie.
May 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I really hope this can be known as “gatsbying”
May 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Just for fun, here's the #AppleIntelligence summary.

It didn't misstate any guidelines because it actually inserted them verbatim. And somehow, the summary ended up being 12 characters (3 words) longer. #AppleDeveloper #iOSDev
The App Review Guidelines have been updated to allow buttons, external links, and other calls to action in apps distributed on the United States storefront of the App Store. These changes affect apps distributed on the United States storefront of the App Store, and are as follows: 3.1.1: Apps on the United States storefront are not prohibited from including buttons, external links, or other calls to action when allowing users to browse NFT collections owned by others. 3.1.1(a): On the United States storefront, there is no prohibition on an app including buttons, external links, or other calls to action, and no entitlement is required to do so. 3.1.3: The prohibition on encouraging users to use a purchasing method other than in-app purchase does not apply on the United States storefront. 3.1.3(a): The External Link Account entitlement is not required for apps on the United States storefront to include buttons, external links, or other calls to action.
May 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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New App Review Guidelines just dropped.

#AppleDeveloper #iOSDev 1/🧵
An email from Apple Developer communications that says: "The App Review Guidelines have been updated for compliance with a United States court decision regarding buttons, external links, and other calls to action in apps. These changes affect apps distributed on the United States storefront of the App Store, and are as follows: 3.1.1: Apps on the United States storefront are not prohibited from including buttons, external links, or other calls to action when allowing users to browse NFT collections owned by others. 3.1.1(a): On the United States storefront, there is no prohibition on an app including buttons, external links, or other calls to action, and no entitlement is required to do so. 3.1.3: The prohibition on encouraging users to use a purchasing method other than in-app purchase does not apply on the United States storefront. 3.1.3(a): The External Link Account entitlement is not required for apps on the United States storefront to include buttons, external links, or other calls to action."
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I don't know if @instagram.bsky.social meant for #Edits to be available on Mac via Catalyst, but I'm certainly here for it! Wish they'd bring Threads and Instagram to Mac too!
April 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The funniest part about releasing #OpenSource software is that it ends up places you never intended or expected, and by design it’s allowed to! For example, #Blankie now has its own page on Softpedia and apparently so do I.

#MacDev #BuildInPublic
April 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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This is an advertisement from the March 28, 1925 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Literally 100 years ago.

This calculator in 1925 would cost $3,585 in modern dollars.
March 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I probably should have added some tags to this post. The alt text is "An AI-generated image of a table with four 'tarot' cards that feature The Jolly Green Giant, Buc-ee the Beaver, Lefty the Hamburger Helper Glove and Charles Entertainment Cheese (Chuck E. Cheese)."
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Can someone who understands tarot please tell me what this means?
An AI-generated image of a table with four "tarot" cards that feature The Jolly Green Giant, Buc-ee the Beaver, Lefty the Hamburger Helper Glove and Charles Entertainment Cheese (Chuck E. Cheese).
March 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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"Do you want me to go full Cronenberg" is something I never thought a robot would ask me. Or that I would say yes.
March 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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brb sending Goblin Soap the name of my dealer
March 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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It was always just a matter of time.
March 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM