Chris Adamson

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I write, stream, and code stuff. I also raise children and sometimes clean things. He/him. Working on docs for 🍏.
LocationGrand Rapids, MI, USA
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At least it’s not Muskhttps://www.threads.net/@realinvalidname
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Chris Adamson6d ago
Second straight year where at least half of my work was regulatory compliance. Good thing I’m not a strident libertarian anymore, or it would’ve driven me up a wall.
Chris Adamson6d ago
I don’t know what the fuck this thing is (it was here when we moved in), but I’m pretty sure it’s been operating as a rogue DHCP server for the last two months and making my life miserable.
Chris AdamsonDec 22
When I was writing the Learning Core Audio book back in the day, AI wouldn’t have helped me because there was no Core Audio sample code out in the wild outside of two or three things from Apple in WWDC sessions or the docs. I wrote much of the publicly-available CA sample code that the LLMs then stole.
Chris AdamsonDec 9
Ars TechnicaDec 8
ICEBlock lawsuit: Trump admin bragged about demanding App Store removal
ICEBlock creator sues to protect apps that are crowd-sourcing ICE sightings.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/iceblock-lawsuit-trump-admin-bragged-about-demanding-app-store-removal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Chris AdamsonDec 9
My kid was one frame away from bowling a 300 in Nintendo Switch Sports last night.
Chris AdamsonDec 8

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mjtsai/115685991840823247

End of a little-heralded era. Applets were never as popular as Flash, and both were swept aside by browser-native technologies. But still, it’s kind of what got me back into programming, during Apple’s mid-90s nadir, and with the promise of coding on Mac and deploying to Windows.

Chris AdamsonDec 5
Karma’s a bitch.
Chris AdamsonDec 4
Just Facetime’d my kid through jump-starting their car in Minnesota. AMA.
Chris AdamsonNov 25
I spent a little over an hour this morning filing my claim for Anthropic ripping off the books I've authored or co-authored for their AI training. https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form
Chris AdamsonNov 25
Ricky MondelloNov 7

I gave an opening keynote at the FIDO Alliance’s “Authenticate” conference a few weeks ago! Although it featured timely strategies and tips for professionals deploying passkeys, my primary goal was to explain, as clearly as I can, why passkeys are important and how we should use them to reduce the harm that passwords cause.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otObbUSxcqs

I’m really proud of this talk and I hope you’ll watch it and share it with others. I put care in to making it approachable while still delivering my perspective and insights to security professionals. If you don’t get the “why” behind passkeys, this talk will help fill that gap.

Authenticate 2025 Keynote | Ricky Mondello, Apple | Get the Most Out of Passkeys

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