Drew Thaler

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He/him. Tech lead @ RL. Previously: Mesh Communities, Trellis Research, Naughty Dog, PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, macOS DiscRecording. 26 years making big things.
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Dear developers,
if you're outputting relative timestamps ("4 days ago"), please also include somehow the actual timestamp. The title-attribute in HTML would be a good starting point.
Yours truly,
a frustrated user looking for exact timestamps.

"We don't do that here" is one of the best community management phrases and it's even more powerful when used by a fellow community member.

#Community #CommunityManagement

Release notes will brag about “made X over 30 times faster” but nobody brags about the change which must have come first: “wrote an implementation of X that was less than 3% efficient”.
they call it d3d12 because that is how much damage it deals to you when you trying to implement it.
shout out to whoever designed the "non-fiction" icon in Apple Books
This is a really thoughtful way for an actor to acknowledge the team behind a videogame, and all the hidden work that goes into the end result. Class act. ❤️ https://screenrant.com/last-of-us-tommy-voice-actor-show-response/

“Frankly, I expected it sooner, but I didn’t expect it to be done with an utter lack of respect for the developers…”

I mean, I probably could have guessed, but it’s still shocking. People literally built businesses on that.

via/by @viticci

https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/

Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs

Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off third-party Twitter app access to its APIs. The shut-down, which happened Thursday night US time, hasn’t affected all apps and services that use the API but instead appears targeted at the most popular third-party

Let's pour one out for third-party Twitter clients:

Apps that shaped UI conventions, pioneered a market, and in many ways reinvented how we communicate online – unceremoniously killed off by a clown who thinks he's the smartest guy around because he has money.

These apps didn't deserve to end up like this.

https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/

Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs

Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off third-party Twitter app access to its APIs. The shut-down, which happened Thursday night US time, hasn’t affected all apps and services that use the API but instead appears targeted at the most popular third-party

Just drove past someone with a huge, beautiful, orange (!) iguana (?) on a leash, taking it for a walk.

I think that’s a sign for an auspicious day.