David Higgins

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I have been a Web developer since 2010. I enjoy learning about different tools and techniques and where to apply that experience. Primarily my preferred stack includes Ruby, Rails, and React when appropriate.
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I hacked my new old-school Commodore-sold (ArcadeR) joystick with a DB9 connector to my iPad and can play Ollie's Arcade (https://apps.apple.com/app/ollies-arcade/id6446127619?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10l4G7&ct=APPS) games with it!

This feels super awesome (although hard to film myself and play at the same time).

(The USB cable to the microcontroller that you can see here is just for power - the device is actually pretending to be a BLE wireless keyboard. 😁)

@marcoarment On mobile the trick is “Request Desktop Website” so it doesn’t try to force you to use the app.

Every time I try to open any STL file on #MacOS #Tahoe, I'm greeted with this gem. Better yet? Taking a direct, native screenshot of this error dialog produces this wack-ass visual anomaly.

#3dprinting

@stroughtonsmith Kaida is an app for geotagging photos using GPX tracks.

Select photos from your DSLR or compact camera, drop GPX track of your walk and the app will automatically find where the photos were taken.

iOS/ipadOS/macOS
#showcase25

https://apps.apple.com/app/kaida-geotagging-photos/id6748287256

I played with this wild idea a bit for a top ad. I don't think I like it, but I'm glad I tried it.

Now, something I wanted to tackle for a while. I like #Apple #Safari a lot. Don’t want to switch browsers. However, they don’t let you customise search engines on #iOS. And I that #AI infested google is just terrible.

One way to turn it of is ?udm=14 as search arg or using -ki.

This extension https://apps.apple.com/de/app/customize-search-engine/id6445840140 is #OpenSource

https://github.com/Cizzuk/CSE

and does exactly what I want and has even the #Google #Konami code predefined

https://udm14.com/

Edit: Works seamless on macOS 2.

‎Customize Search Engine

‎Safari Extension to customize your search engine. --- Customize your Search Engine --- Change Safari's default search engine. This is the most basic feature. --- CSE for Private Browse --- Switch search engines in Private Browse. --- Quick Search --- Enter the keyword at the top to switch s…

App Store

#Development #Releases
Tailwind Plus adds vanilla JavaScript support ¡ UI blocks no longer require a JavaScript framework https://ilo.im/165nit

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#TailwindCSS #DesignPatterns #WebComponents #JavaScript #Frameworks #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

Vanilla JavaScript support for Tailwind Plus

Every UI block in Tailwind Plus is now fully functional, accessible, and interactive, even if you don't use a framework like React or Vue.

Quick blog post about an awesome (free) video upscaling tool I use by the terrific @finnvoorhees https://christianselig.com/2025/06/awesome-upscaling-tool/
A slept on upscaling tool for macOS

I upload YouTube videos from time to time, and a fun comment I often get is “Whoa, this is 8K!”. Even better, I’ve had comments from the like, seven people with 8K TVs that the video looks awesome on their TV. And you guessed it, I don’t record my videos in 8K! I record them in 4K and upscale them to 8K after the fact.

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