John Parker

@Middaparka
41 Followers
721 Following
3.7K Posts

Over at @middaparka these days.

Just keep pressing the keys and hope nobody notices.

Software developer (LEMP/TALL stack & iOS) with an interest in retro and vintage computing history and preservation.

Made the @retrospecs iOS app amongst other things.

Ineffectually fighting the death of possibility / living the #MECFS dream. 🤔 #pwME

About.mehttps://about.me/johnparker
Retrospecshttps://8bitartwork.co.uk
John ParkerOct 10
After a mere eight years, ten months and eighteen days, I’m finally moving house here on Mastodon, so apologies in advance for the re-follow notifications.
John ParkerOct 8
blinryOct 8

Heard about the @PrototypeFund? They fund #opensource projects in Germany/the EU with up to 158k EUR! Applications are open until the end of November.

I've received funding from them several times – if you're considering applying, I can offer my help:

I can give you feedback on your idea, proof-read your application, or give general hints and insights into how the funding works!

(I'm not interested in helping LLM/blockchain or other exploitative projects.) Otherwise, get in touch, anytime! 🤙

John ParkerOct 7
Em Oct 4

If everyone was refusing to provide official IDs to verify their identity and age on social platforms, and just let their account rot there unused instead, we would soon see platforms themselves starting to advocate against these invasive laws to recover their users.

Just saying.
They need you more than you need them.
Stop complying with invasive requests.

#Privacy #AgeVerification

John ParkerOct 6
Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Oct 6
Every politician that votes for age verification should be require to submit their personal information to the shadiest age verification services.
John ParkerOct 6
Craig HockenberryOct 6

I'm not going to say anything nasty about non-native apps, because I use many of them throughout the day.

I will, however, say nasty things about using private API, causing a huge clusterfuck within your ecosystem, and then me getting blamed for it.

https://furbo.org/2025/10/06/tahoe-electron-detector/

/cc @mjtsai

Tahoe Electron Detector • furbo.org

No, we’re not doing science at California’s most beautiful lake. We’re looking for bugs. A popular cross-platform app development framework called Electron is using private and undocumented API that’s causing system-wide slowdowns in macOS Tahoe. We’re hearing from customers that some of our apps are running slowly on Tahoe and I suspect that this bug […]

Furbo.org by Craig Hockenberry
John ParkerOct 6
Alice McFlurry Oct 6
Not to brag, but I am so much better at everything than everyone else.
John ParkerOct 4
Based on what I’ve read, it’s probably not misbehaving any worse than some of Apple’s own apps. 🤔
https://mastodon.social/@retrospecs/115316777890864582
John ParkerOct 3
RetrospecsOct 3

Who dis?

(PICO-8 (Secret palette), Bayer 8x8 dithering.)

Created in #Retrospecs for #iOS - https://8bitartwork.co.uk

#retrospecs #ios #pixelart #8bitart #8bitartwork #puppy #minischnauzer

John ParkerOct 3
PepperstacheOct 3
This feels like a mastodon thing - there is a UK hospital trust trying to get rid of 132 used solar panels from demolished buildings. Schuco MPE 190 MS 06, tested in 2023 at 89% original capacity. No mountings or inverters, believe would be free for collection only from the Midlands. If anyone has a project or community group that would benefit message me for contact #solar #solarpanels @bloor @revk ?
John ParkerOct 3
Design Thinking! ComicOct 3

Small Language Model.

(Yes, I know these are already a real thing. Don't make me tap the sign.)