Ian

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Indie Mac Developer based in Amsterdam.

Working with @jordibruin on MacWhisper
Previously on Navi 🥽
Also building Packs with occasional free time...

Before that, much iOS.

Websitehttps://iandundas.com
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/id
Packshttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/packs-quickly-pack-and-go/id6483364979
Ian22h ago
Marco Arment23h ago

Why hadn't I ever seen the inside of a datacenter during my Tumblr days?

I had fun writing this answer. A little bit of Tumblr history.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overcast/comments/1ryhjwl/comment/obi7ssr/

Ian4d ago
Ryan Aw5d ago
Hi I’m Ryan and I spent a month pooping in holes at -50c just to take a picture of a cat Here’s the cat: #mongolia #sonyalpha #wildlifephotography #conservation #pallascat #photography #travel
Show threadIan5d ago
This is really quite something. Context window effectively no longer exists. No more "uh oh, approaching context cleanup" anxiety
Ian5d ago

"↑ Opus now defaults to 1M context · 5x more room, same pricing"

whoa

Ian5d ago
Massimo Mar 12
French acrobat Bastien Dausse created a device that simulates lunar gravity.
Ian5d ago
Kyle Hughes5d ago
You absolutely don’t gotta hand it to BYD. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/01/byd-slavery-allegations-brazil/
They came to build China’s EV future. Investigators found conditions akin to ‘slavery.’

Few Chinese laborers have spoken out about the abuses they allegedly suffered while toiling abroad. Until now.

The Washington Post
IanMar 13
Nathan Manceaux-PanotMar 13

I didn’t know Apple had repair guides now, complete with short videos for many steps. That’s neat!

This one is from the Neo trackpad instructions:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126165

IanMar 12
sam henri goldMar 12
The MacBook Neo is such an interesting machine that it coaxed a thousand-word-essay out of me: https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

IanMar 12
Mitchell HashimotoMar 11
Would love to see much better behavior in Xcode when the underlying directory disappears. Right now it prompts you 3 times in a row and bounces your dock. This is happening more and more as I spin up parallel agents in worktrees and is quite annoying.
IanMar 12
RebaneMar 9

did you know that SSH has a little-known secret menu?

i wrote a post about this on cohost a while back, but since that site shut down i'm posting it here too