@edmistond

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Dad, husband, software dev (C#, JS, other stuff). Deaf, Arsian. Occasionally shares dad jokes.
edmistondNov 1, 2022
MJNov 1, 2022

If you had told me a decade ago that my first fountain pen was just a gateway drug, I'd have laughed at you.

And the laughing would have continued, growing more shrill and maniacal until I'm turning what is now a nearly sexual gaze on custom nib grinds

Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
@doenietzomoeilijk @nolan True - I’ve heard it’s a much better experience with WSL2 on Windows, but I’m not on the insider builds so I couldn’t say; my home Windows machine mostly gets used for gaming.
Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
@nolan Yeah... I like Apple’s hardware, but other brands are getting good enough now that it’s getting harder for me to justify the price premium, plus my dev workflow for my own projects these days is very Docker-centric and that’s always been a bit of an afterthought on the Mac, unfortunately.
Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
Thanks for this writeup - I've been a split Mac laptop/Windows desktop user for years and I'm increasingly finding myself unenthused about the direction of the Mac and its hardware, so this is a jump I've been thinking about making - either with an XPS 13, or possibly something like the new System76 Lemur Pro. I do a lot of .NET stuff, but mostly on Core, so not being on Windows isn't a big deal per se. @nolan
edmistondJun 11, 2019
Baldur BjarnasonJun 10, 2019

"SwiftUI, Privacy, macOS, and the Web"

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/swiftui-macos-privacy-web/

I had planned on working this weekend but got distracted and instead wrote this 4000+ word riff on what I think about SwiftUI, privacy in software, open source, and where I think Apple is heading.

SwiftUI, Privacy, macOS, and the Web

Pondering the future of software development. Why SwiftUI makes me optimistic about Apple’s platforms.

edmistondFeb 4, 2019
@[email protected] That's awesome - I didn't know he was making fountain pens now, but I haven't hung out on Ars IRC in a couple of years. At any rate, looks like a nice pen and ink combo :)
edmistondFeb 4, 2019
@[email protected] Fantastic handwriting. Is that a fountain pen?
edmistondSep 9, 2018
@bowers This is why I assiduously avoid Googling medical symptoms. Everything on the internet is the worst case scenario.
Show threadedmistondSep 6, 2018
@shadowbottle (Weird, never got a push notification for this) Yeah, I used Firefox waaaay back when it was Gecko/Phoenix and it's been interesting to see how much it changed. Unfortunately, I still tend to find it sluggish at times on macOS. :( Chrome has reasonably good performance and a good plugin ecosystem, so I stick with it for now even though the data vacuuming it does for Big G kind of squicks me out. :P There's always Safari, but that has its own major annoyances for me, too...
Show threadedmistondSep 5, 2018
@shadowbottle I’ve been using it for a while (beta channel) and it’s grown on me over time. Still thinking about making another run at full time Firefox usage though... for some reason Chrome usage has been particularly “sticky” for me.