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
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
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.
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.
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.
I really wish Google would do something about GCal spam. I get a fake calendar invite in my calendar at least once a week.
This time, the knucklehead’s website showed some Google reviews. So I decided to oblige.
This time, the knucklehead’s website showed some Google reviews. So I decided to oblige.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I really wish Google would do something about GCal spam. I get a fake calendar invite in my calendar at least once a week.
This time, the knucklehead’s website showed some Google reviews. So I decided to oblige.
This time, the knucklehead’s website showed some Google reviews. So I decided to oblige.
Is this a new SMS spam vector? I tend to get about 3 - 4 a week. It seems to have started In September.
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Is this a new SMS spam vector? I tend to get about 3 - 4 a week. It seems to have started In September.
Call me crazy but demolishing a chunk of the White House for a $240M gilded ballroom doesn’t seem like the act of someone who thinks he’ll be out of office in 4 years.
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Call me crazy but demolishing a chunk of the White House for a $240M gilded ballroom doesn’t seem like the act of someone who thinks he’ll be out of office in 4 years.
If I ever become famous and do the talk show circuit, I’m using Y&T’s “Summertime Girls” the way Paul Rudd used Mac and Me.
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If I ever become famous and do the talk show circuit, I’m using Y&T’s “Summertime Girls” the way Paul Rudd used Mac and Me.
My dog Barnaby has directed his 300 million olfactory receptors exclusively to detecting pizza.
Grabbed cold slice from fridge. He arrived from upstairs into my office right behind me just as I was sitting down.
This guy can smell pizza through through time and space.
#dogs #pizza
Grabbed cold slice from fridge. He arrived from upstairs into my office right behind me just as I was sitting down.
This guy can smell pizza through through time and space.
#dogs #pizza
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Finally got a chance to go to Laurel Hill in Philadelphia
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Finally got a chance to go to Laurel Hill in Philadelphia
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
September 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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
I wanted to do an update to the Settings screen in my new app Minimalist Meditation
So, before I started making dinner, this is what I asked Claude to do.
This is the future.
apps.apple.com/us/app/mi…
#indiedeveloper #ios #meditation
So, before I started making dinner, this is what I asked Claude to do.
This is the future.
apps.apple.com/us/app/mi…
#indiedeveloper #ios #meditation
September 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I wanted to do an update to the Settings screen in my new app Minimalist Meditation
So, before I started making dinner, this is what I asked Claude to do.
This is the future.
apps.apple.com/us/app/mi…
#indiedeveloper #ios #meditation
So, before I started making dinner, this is what I asked Claude to do.
This is the future.
apps.apple.com/us/app/mi…
#indiedeveloper #ios #meditation
Wow, amazing show Saturday night with Elbow @ Brooklyn Bowl in Philadelphia. We had a great spot on the side of the stage.
Here’s the set list music.apple.com/us/playli…
Here’s the set list music.apple.com/us/playli…
September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Wow, amazing show Saturday night with Elbow @ Brooklyn Bowl in Philadelphia. We had a great spot on the side of the stage.
Here’s the set list music.apple.com/us/playli…
Here’s the set list music.apple.com/us/playli…
Oh the irony although to be fair working remotely, using Teams does kind of suck.
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Oh the irony although to be fair working remotely, using Teams does kind of suck.
The Apple Watch Sleep Score is like the James Suckling wine reviews. It’s looks like a 0 - 100 scale but we really know it’s a 90 - 100 scale.
Last night:
Went to bed at a 11, finally fell asleep around 1.
Today:
Apple Notification “Excellent Sleep Score - 93”
Last night:
Went to bed at a 11, finally fell asleep around 1.
Today:
Apple Notification “Excellent Sleep Score - 93”
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Apple Watch Sleep Score is like the James Suckling wine reviews. It’s looks like a 0 - 100 scale but we really know it’s a 90 - 100 scale.
Last night:
Went to bed at a 11, finally fell asleep around 1.
Today:
Apple Notification “Excellent Sleep Score - 93”
Last night:
Went to bed at a 11, finally fell asleep around 1.
Today:
Apple Notification “Excellent Sleep Score - 93”
I just listened to a recent interview with Cory Doctrow on a TWiT podcast and immediately pre-ordered Enshittification from @pluralistic.
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
September 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I just listened to a recent interview with Cory Doctrow on a TWiT podcast and immediately pre-ordered Enshittification from @pluralistic.
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
Damn another cacio e pepe fail. I can’t seem to get the cheese consistency right. I think this time the pasta was too hot ~174 degrees w/ a infrared thermometer.
#cooking #romanpastas #food
#cooking #romanpastas #food
September 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Damn another cacio e pepe fail. I can’t seem to get the cheese consistency right. I think this time the pasta was too hot ~174 degrees w/ a infrared thermometer.
#cooking #romanpastas #food
#cooking #romanpastas #food
Called Visible because Apple Watch cellular data hasn’t been working. They fixed it by having me restart my phone and assured me that they didn’t do anything else on their side.
Disconnect from support head out the door and realized that now my iPhone has no cellular service.
Disconnect from support head out the door and realized that now my iPhone has no cellular service.
September 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Called Visible because Apple Watch cellular data hasn’t been working. They fixed it by having me restart my phone and assured me that they didn’t do anything else on their side.
Disconnect from support head out the door and realized that now my iPhone has no cellular service.
Disconnect from support head out the door and realized that now my iPhone has no cellular service.
Waymo spotted on 76 in #Philadelphia.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Waymo spotted on 76 in #Philadelphia.
Is it irony that I just received a spammy calendar invite about protecting my online presence?
September 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Is it irony that I just received a spammy calendar invite about protecting my online presence?
Copilot for Word is less than helpful. I ask it a question which should be contextually bound to Word by the Copilot system prompt. Instead, I’m given a generic answer about pasting into “some editors”
Hey @Microsoft happy to work on your system prompts. #smh #ai #copilot
Hey @Microsoft happy to work on your system prompts. #smh #ai #copilot
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Copilot for Word is less than helpful. I ask it a question which should be contextually bound to Word by the Copilot system prompt. Instead, I’m given a generic answer about pasting into “some editors”
Hey @Microsoft happy to work on your system prompts. #smh #ai #copilot
Hey @Microsoft happy to work on your system prompts. #smh #ai #copilot