if you have avoided updating an iOS device because of some combination of hating the new UI or age verification nonsense, please be aware that a critical security patch has been back-ported to iOS 18 so you can install just the patch without a full upgrade. SCROLL DOWN on the Updates tab to find it, if it’s available to you.

I'm discovering the iOS dev environment and I realized I shouldn't have used internal TestFlight. It requires giving beta testers a role in the project, which grants them some access to App Store Connect. My bad, I assumed it worked like Android.
Tomorrow I'll set it up properly with external testing, but I'm wondering: is it possible to validate testers one by one to avoid people who didn't get an invitation from joining? iOS devs, please help an Android dev :) Shares appreciated!

Dear websites that use Captchas: screen resolutions have increased significantly. Throwing up a 400x600 captcha and asking for identification of things in a panel of 3x3 or 4x4 photos is not helpful. #UX

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Every time a YC startup claims they're working on connecting people, what they really mean is creating new ways for us to avoid talking to each other in real life

I think part of reading is about becoming lost in the tangle of another life. Making a connection that's sprung from another person, knowing they reached inside and produced something meaningful specifically to you. And that goes away when you read something made artificially and cynically - a formula to mimic in order to create engagement. Empty calories. Like a glossy advert designed to ensnare you and take your money instead of art meant to communicate and share with you stories of the human condition. I don't ever want to read an Ai produced book. I think it's deeply insulting anyone would make and sell them. Ai could arguably be used to produce...... machine operating instructions. Or IKEA assembly pamphlets. But not create world's for our minds to become lost in. I am not a cabinet.