Jordan Kay

@_Jordan
11 Followers
365 Following
2.9K Posts
Developer and owner Fleuronic LLC. Drum corps fan. Probably time to take Twitter off my resume. You better believe in my backyard. I only read Chomsky for the linguistics.
Fediverse@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
GitHubhttps://github.com/jordanekay
LocationPhiladelphia, PA
Pronounshe/him ער\אים
Jordan KayFeb 6, 2023
Matt MassicotteFeb 3, 2023
I worked on a patent, while at Twitter, for a defense mechanism to combat stealing official client API keys. I did this mainly because of the Innovators Patent Agreement. I thought it was a pretty good approach to corporate IP and I wanted to support it. I cannot imagine the system was ever implemented, and I doubt it ever will be. But I'm still pretty embarrassed.
Jordan KayFeb 6, 2023
Luke RogersFeb 3, 2023

Some of the attention to detail in indie apps far exceeds Apple’s standards. Reeder by @rizzi is a fine example of this. Take a look at a + icon in Reeder compared to Pages. Apple’s is a blurry mess (because of SF Symbols), but Reeder’s is crisp.

You could claim it doesn’t matter at this resolution, and true, not many people would notice. But some app creators take the time to make their UIs as polished as possible, and I for one appreciate the effort.

#indiedev #appdesign

Jordan KayFeb 6, 2023
Kyle HughesFeb 3, 2023
Did the Still Skeptical About Swift folks stay on Twitter? They’re always a decade behind.
Jordan KayFeb 6, 2023
Show threadGavin NelsonFeb 2, 2023
today's edition of nostalgic interfaces ™, @1password feat. Steve Mobs, CEO of Mapple
Jordan KayFeb 6, 2023
Stan OklobdzijaFeb 6, 2023
I've gotten through like 4 episodes of #1619hulu and it's pretty wild that an entire political party is filling their pants about it. It's not just pretty basic and rudimentary American history, but also one of the most pro-American things I've seen in a while.
Show threadJordan KayFeb 5, 2023
An unexpected sense of joy for me here comes from seeing ex-late-Twitter users discover the beauty of the reverse chronological follow model for the first time, which by the time they created their Twitter account was all but suppressed there. The knowledge that you’re fully in control of following people, and that when they post more things than you want to see, you can just unfollow. And what it means that when you post something, your followers will see it, every time, so it’d better be good.
Jordan KayFeb 5, 2023
“It was liberating, for those of us who had so often seen our striving met with raised eyebrows and condescension, to enjoy a brief era in which female ambition was cool and respected. It was predictable, of course, that the cultural tides would turn. They began turning, I believe, the moment ambitious women started getting called ‘girlbosses.’” https://jill.substack.com/p/an-ambitious-woman-after-the-end
An Ambitious Woman After the End of Ambition

When you don't shift with the vibe.

Jill Filipovic
Jordan KayFeb 5, 2023
Show threadScott PerryFeb 3, 2023

@airspeedswift What of:

let width = switch scalar {
case 0.. <0x80: 1
case 0x80.. <0×0800: 2
case 0x0800.. <0×1_0000: 3
default: 4
}

?

Jordan KayFeb 5, 2023
Matthew HaugheyFeb 5, 2023
(pointing to the menu)
…and the gras, is it foie’d in house?
Jordan KayFeb 5, 2023
Joe Fabisevich Feb 4, 2023
The way Reddit abuses these modals that push you into the app is maddeningly frustrating. If this community hasn't been reviewed then why would that be any better in the app?