cis-male (he/him) 👨 Software Engineer (25yrs) 🤓 iOS, macOS, Swift, SwiftUI, AppKit, UIKit engineer at DuckDuckGo 🍏 🦆 Aspiring Musician 🎸🎤 Dunoon, Scotland 🏴
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Used to be @[email protected] (Feb 2007 - Nov 2022)
| WEBSITE | https://brindy.org.uk |
I think it's important to know your competitors, so I've been using Safari on iOS and macOS for a few weeks.
One of the criticisms of the #DuckDuckGo apps is that we don't block ads... well try comparing it with Safari. It's so bad there that I seriously don't know where to click on some pages and end up just closing the tab.
We block ads if they are trackers and most of the time this eliminates all the awful ads that get in your way. Can't wait to go back to dog-fooding our app tbh.
Rust seems to be a popular language with certain folk, it removes the possibility of some common systems programming errors, but it’s fugly. Seriously fugly.
I always thought Lisp was difficult but reading this https://docs.racket-lang.org/more/index.html that’s about a million times easier to read than Rust imo.
Hand held gaming devices are not for me. I think they’re pretty awful form factor and riddled with ergonomic and UX problems. However I bought a SteamDeck to play Baldur’s Gate 3 before I knew it was coming out on PS5, with the intention of using it via a dock and with a controller.
Once they announced PS5 I thought about getting rid, then discovered Chiaki. This lets me play my PS5 remotely and pretty smoothly I have to say.
But why? For when my wife wants to watch TV and I don’t.
Hello friends. I've been meaning to write this for a week or so, but life gets in the way sometimes. I'd like to start by saying it's much better now. Not perfect at all, but no major meltdowns and the stress level is starting to become pretty manageable, which is all I could hope for
I know many in our queer family are finding it especially tough with all the layoffs around.
I still have 2 remote, senior (4/5 years+) roles open doing release and developer experience engineering at a game studio under the Riot Games umbrella.
We are fostering a diverse, zero-crunch culture and building an ambitious, inclusive game centered on creativity and exploration.
If you have experience with software workflows or CI/CD, DM for info.
Lots of people talking about billionaires to who paid to go on a sub to see the Titanic knowing the risks involved.
Let's talk about refugee children dying at sea instead?
Oh nice, my EP "I Don't Like Tories" has finally made it to all streaming platforms too. Includes my latest anti-Tory single "Never Trust a Tory".
I want to say I'm done with this topic, but they are the gift that keeps on giving.
snipe ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ 
Julia