Kroc CamenI'm probably only 1 of maybe 3 people in the world writing software for this platform at the moment
And here’s that exact same code running on the device. It’s nothing to look at, it is a minimal viable text-editor so far, but the fact that it _can_ be changed is what matters. There hasn’t been an open-source plain text editor for this platform, ever.
#psion #writerdeck #worldglass #programming #retrocomputing #opensource
Use old platforms. Write code for old platforms. Do things with old platforms so commercially unviable that the tech bros and AI slop can't come at you.
polypunk@polypunk It's just a meme to me: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/it-was-made-for-me-this-is-my-hole
I'm only writing this code because in order to fix a few annoyances with the existing text-editor, I have to rebuild what already exists before I can make even minor improvements.
Doing this has taught me a valuable lesson about what matters in app design:
> If the dog food doesn't taste off, don't change the recipe.
It's really easy to think about what an app _should_ do; what features are _expected_, but this can quickly spiral out of control creating a workload from nothing to fulfil an expectation coming from nowhere.
If you don't feel the pain using the app, then don't add the feature. Don't accept feature requests unless they're from someone actually using the app to do something and they've hit a snagging point -- Ideas are free, but your time isn't.
Do not give into the cargo cult; the only features that matter are those for users with a use-case.
Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️@Kroc I've long wanted to get into symbian programming, so I could write a remote control app so to allow me to control a sybian from a symbian.
sadly I lack the hardware for either at the moment, so it remains a dream
a kilo of saucepans (rakslice)
Paolo Amoroso@Kroc This is the essence of retrocomputing: doing projects for an obscure retro platform with one user, you.
ilpalazzo@Kroc I had to stop using Nokia N9 two years ago because the telco company was turning off 3G base stations. Internet stopped working some time earlier but I spend most of my day next to a PC anyway. My second hand Iphone 20SE feels like a downgrade to be honest.
@ilpalazzo Funny, because I “upgraded” from a Sony Ericsson Elm (2010) to an iPhone SE in 2022 only because the GPS / Google Maps app stopped working :P
h0h0kam@Kroc I'll bet somewhere in the bowels of the Fed IT, there is one guy updating some symbian application that some department uses.
Chewie@Kroc respect! #KeepTheDreamAlive