Andrew Cornwall

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I've been interested in technology for a little while. Currently getting paid (#ForresterResearch) to be interested in the frontend from #mobile to #XR. Researching #DeveloperExperience #devexp. Author and all hazards #INCM
Work bloghttps://www.forrester.com/blogs/author/andrew_cornwall/
Andrew CornwallFeb 12
Ars TechnicaFeb 11
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/byte-magazine-artist-robert-tinney-who-illustrated-the-birth-of-pcs-dies-at-78/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Andrew CornwallFeb 10
Cat HicksFeb 9
Just read another big tech post about the future of software engineering. Lots of people quoted: not a single woman quoted.
Andrew CornwallFeb 5
Andrew DuckerFeb 4
Link Post: Some good news about writing. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/02/04/liver-me-timbers
Andrew CornwallJan 24
Tao of MacJan 24

Bugs Apple Loves

A+. No notes… Oh well, OK, I’ll say my piece.(...)

#apple #bugs #engineering #ios #mac #metrics #productivity

https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/01/24/1409?utm_content=atom&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Andrew CornwallJan 17
Show threadBen WaberJan 16

First was "You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner" by Thomas Fallace. This combination scientific history and educational research primer provides a great overview to the state of the field but also a fascinating case study in how difficult it can be to challenge popular but unsupported concepts. Highly recommend

Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/9486032/s/a-methodical-takedown-of-learning-styles#anchor-9486032 (2/3) #education #history #learning

Ben Waber's review of You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner - BookWyrm

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Andrew CornwallJan 15
Beth PariseauJan 14

Hot off the press! #Dynatrace customers and industry analysts react to the acquisition of #DevCycle this week.

The combination boosts users' direct control over software rollouts, but it's far from the only newly diversified tool available for shops looking to consolidate. https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366637355/Dynatrace-DevCycle-buy-continues-observability-consolidation

#Dynatrace #Snowflake #observeinc #o11y #observability #featureflagging #featuremanagement #OpenFeature #Datadog #devops #softwaredevelopment #softwaredelivery #enterprisetech #AIOps

Dynatrace DevCycle buy continues observability consolidation

The combination boosts users' direct control over software rollouts, but it's far from the only newly diversified tool available for shops looking to consolidate.

TechTarget
Andrew CornwallJan 13
DmytriJan 12

I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
1/7

#TheGeneralTheoryOfSlop

Andrew CornwallJan 8
Julia EvansJan 8
A data model for Git (and other docs updates) https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/
A data model for Git (and other docs updates)

A data model for Git (and other docs updates)

Julia Evans
Andrew CornwallDec 31
Evilham Dec 31

I had been maintaining a more privacy-friendly fork of an Android app, and released it on Google's Play Store.

It used to be mostly fine to deal with their paperwork and bureaucracy, nowadays it's ridiculous.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/13392821

They want app maintainers to upload a frigging video of each feature; this is SO MUCH added work for basically no gain. I could show just one place where these services are used in an OK fashion and not others where they could be shady.

Anyway, giving up on Google's crap and setting up a private #fdroid repository; that's significantly easier.

Andrew CornwallDec 25
Fabio ManganielloDec 24

Lately I have noticed that when you purchase a ticket you don’t get a static PDF/PNG anymore.

Increasingly often, you get a .pkpass file, which is supposed to be opened in wallet apps (like Google Wallet or any 3rd-party wallet app).

Since I don’t like to share information about the events I attend with strangers on the Internet, I have decided to take a closer look at these .pkpass files.

They are just zip files that contain a background image, an icon and a pass.json with the actual information about the ticket. Nothing that can’t be handled by a script rather than a 3rd-party 100 MB mobile app.

I have thus put together a simple #shell script that does exactly that.

Dependencies:

  • jq
  • zint
  • magick
  • unzip
  • curl or wget

https://gist.manganiello.tech/fabio/pkpass2png

Usage:

pkpass2png https://domain.tld/myticket.pkpass ticket.png
pkpass2png - Opengist