Wes
@dingus.business
🪵 Rural 🇨🇦
👨🏻💻 Software Dev
🕊️ Into social justice
🍉 Tech4Palestine Volunteer data.techforpalestine.org
📲 Mobile dev w/ #expo #ReactNative
👨🏻💻 Software Dev
🕊️ Into social justice
🍉 Tech4Palestine Volunteer data.techforpalestine.org
📲 Mobile dev w/ #expo #ReactNative
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Having to do any kind of testing of stuff on iOS -- *cough* Apple Pay *cough* -- will quickly show you that all of Apple's talk about what makes good UX "are for thee but not for me"
Just atrocious UX and system design. Same for App Store Connect, etc. total disregard for users
Just atrocious UX and system design. Same for App Store Connect, etc. total disregard for users
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Having to do any kind of testing of stuff on iOS -- *cough* Apple Pay *cough* -- will quickly show you that all of Apple's talk about what makes good UX "are for thee but not for me"
Just atrocious UX and system design. Same for App Store Connect, etc. total disregard for users
Just atrocious UX and system design. Same for App Store Connect, etc. total disregard for users
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"First responders" needs to be abolished from style guides because its purpose is to smuggle cops into a category that includes EMTs and firefighters.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
June 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"First responders" needs to be abolished from style guides because its purpose is to smuggle cops into a category that includes EMTs and firefighters.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
People running technical interviews at work are saying some candidates are clearly using LLMs "let me think about that" and giving canned answers as they clearly read out the result. Unbelievable gall
April 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
People running technical interviews at work are saying some candidates are clearly using LLMs "let me think about that" and giving canned answers as they clearly read out the result. Unbelievable gall
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Americans are so used to assuming that "propaganda" is something that "those people do over there" that they are unable to notice an analyze the fact that it is done to us all the fucking time
How anyone lived through 9/11 and still didn't work this out is beyond me
How anyone lived through 9/11 and still didn't work this out is beyond me
April 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Americans are so used to assuming that "propaganda" is something that "those people do over there" that they are unable to notice an analyze the fact that it is done to us all the fucking time
How anyone lived through 9/11 and still didn't work this out is beyond me
How anyone lived through 9/11 and still didn't work this out is beyond me
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Government is not a business. But even if it were, Trump and Musk are really bad businessmen. They are the poster children for white privileged men failing upwards.
February 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Government is not a business. But even if it were, Trump and Musk are really bad businessmen. They are the poster children for white privileged men failing upwards.
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Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
One of Musk's defining qualities is that he is a conspiracy theorist when it comes to government. He will see some ambiguous information or be presented with an easily debunked tale and he immediately believes the worst.
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Meant to start reading The Golden Spruce over the holidays but just getting into it this weekend and so far a great read. Enjoying how much it goes into setting the stage for the environment, early time period, people and cultures. I haven't explored the west coast at all and now I really want to.
January 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Meant to start reading The Golden Spruce over the holidays but just getting into it this weekend and so far a great read. Enjoying how much it goes into setting the stage for the environment, early time period, people and cultures. I haven't explored the west coast at all and now I really want to.
Shameful racism and bias in the BBC's coverage
Important work by Owen here and proud we were a tiny part of it @techforpalestine.org
Important work by Owen here and proud we were a tiny part of it @techforpalestine.org
In BBC coverage, mentions of Israeli and Palestinians deaths competed for space since 7th October.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
January 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Shameful racism and bias in the BBC's coverage
Important work by Owen here and proud we were a tiny part of it @techforpalestine.org
Important work by Owen here and proud we were a tiny part of it @techforpalestine.org
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There are 2 million people in Gaza, they have access to the internet, very very few ways to earn money and there is a famine. They don’t want to ask for help like this- many of them refrained from doing so for months and months. But they are desperate and that’s why they are here.
December 8, 2024 at 7:43 PM
There are 2 million people in Gaza, they have access to the internet, very very few ways to earn money and there is a famine. They don’t want to ask for help like this- many of them refrained from doing so for months and months. But they are desperate and that’s why they are here.
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The work of Taiwanese sculptor Hsu Tung Han 韓旭東 - of wood sculptures carved as if pixelated and uploading
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
December 19, 2024 at 1:25 AM
The work of Taiwanese sculptor Hsu Tung Han 韓旭東 - of wood sculptures carved as if pixelated and uploading
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
Just changed my investment portfolio to halal. Wish there was a way to filter out all companies with exposure to occupied Palestine but seems like this is the next best thing.
December 15, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Just changed my investment portfolio to halal. Wish there was a way to filter out all companies with exposure to occupied Palestine but seems like this is the next best thing.
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one of the best debugging techniques of all time is to log everything relevant and deterministic, and diff the two logs
December 7, 2024 at 1:40 PM
one of the best debugging techniques of all time is to log everything relevant and deterministic, and diff the two logs
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LIFE HACK: Answer your phone "Hello you're on the air" and 99% of the time people will just hang up.
December 1, 2024 at 4:15 AM
LIFE HACK: Answer your phone "Hello you're on the air" and 99% of the time people will just hang up.
First big snow means maximum frisbee time 🥏
November 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
First big snow means maximum frisbee time 🥏
They say being embarrassed about code you've written in the past is a sign of growth but what if it was merged a few minutes ago
November 29, 2024 at 3:23 AM
They say being embarrassed about code you've written in the past is a sign of growth but what if it was merged a few minutes ago
You can really witness the "invisible hand of the algorithm" when using an app like this. It's refreshing to get away from that world.
November 28, 2024 at 5:55 PM
You can really witness the "invisible hand of the algorithm" when using an app like this. It's refreshing to get away from that world.
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Teslas are starting to remind me of the Pinto.
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Teslas are starting to remind me of the Pinto.
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The Globe and Mail
November 25, 2024 at 2:13 AM
The Globe and Mail
It's training budget season! Any mobile developers have book or course recommendations for a guy who wants to get more familiar with:
- language interop and build tool chains (thinking cpp specifically so I can better grok RN core things). NDK?
- android perf & debugging
#ReactNative #Android
- language interop and build tool chains (thinking cpp specifically so I can better grok RN core things). NDK?
- android perf & debugging
#ReactNative #Android
November 27, 2024 at 1:22 PM
It's training budget season! Any mobile developers have book or course recommendations for a guy who wants to get more familiar with:
- language interop and build tool chains (thinking cpp specifically so I can better grok RN core things). NDK?
- android perf & debugging
#ReactNative #Android
- language interop and build tool chains (thinking cpp specifically so I can better grok RN core things). NDK?
- android perf & debugging
#ReactNative #Android
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You used to call me on my self-own
Drake just signed a legal document acknowledging "Not Like Us" did him great harm.
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
November 26, 2024 at 2:18 AM
You used to call me on my self-own
If you're into listening to stories about police overreach, unnecessary secrecy, and nonsensical waste of our tax dollars you may like this episode from @thebreach.bsky.social. At least it got my blood boiling enough to throw some money at Duncan's defence fund. ✊🏻 Give em hell
pca.st/episode/ff02...
pca.st/episode/ff02...
November 25, 2024 at 3:00 AM
If you're into listening to stories about police overreach, unnecessary secrecy, and nonsensical waste of our tax dollars you may like this episode from @thebreach.bsky.social. At least it got my blood boiling enough to throw some money at Duncan's defence fund. ✊🏻 Give em hell
pca.st/episode/ff02...
pca.st/episode/ff02...
Been struggling to narrow down this #expo crash we're having on Android. At least I think it originates here: github.com/expo/expo/bl...
But can't figure out why the JS would eval without native bindings 🫠
Same problem with SDK 51 and #reactnative 74/75
But can't figure out why the JS would eval without native bindings 🫠
Same problem with SDK 51 and #reactnative 74/75
November 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Been struggling to narrow down this #expo crash we're having on Android. At least I think it originates here: github.com/expo/expo/bl...
But can't figure out why the JS would eval without native bindings 🫠
Same problem with SDK 51 and #reactnative 74/75
But can't figure out why the JS would eval without native bindings 🫠
Same problem with SDK 51 and #reactnative 74/75