Mastodawn

"Apple [UI design] took on an impossible task… And even if the premise was solid, I still wish I could say: they did the best they could, given the goal. But that’s not true either: they did a poor job consistently applying the metaphors and designing the icons themselves.”

https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

Yup. Tahoe's redesign, perfectly summarized: self-inflicted problems, executed poorly, contradicting their own stated principles.

Good riddance to its DRI. Fingers crossed for a better macOS 27.

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe

tonsky.me

Alex Dec 20

Meysam Dec 20

2025 indie hacker results:

- Revenue: $0
- Customers: 0
- Cold outreach messages: 200+
- Conversions: 0
- Times I wanted to quit: lost count
- Actually quitting: no

4 lessons I'm taking to 2026: link in the first comment

#buildinpublic #indiehackers

Alex Dec 19

Today I hired a CFO.

It's an n8n workflow that auto-generates my invoices, creates accounting entries, and pings me on Telegram.

Best hire I've ever made.

https://til.j2y.dev/posts/today-i-hired-a-cfo

#n8n #automation

Today I hired a CFO - an n8n workflow to automate my invoices.

Automating the monthly invoicing grind with n8n, because even if invoicing is kind of satisfying, doing it manually every month definitely isn't.

Today I Learned - Alex's TIL

Alex Jul 2, 2025

Peter Steinberger Jul 1, 2025

Great talk by @gergelyorosz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO3_qN_Ynsk

Software engineering with LLMs in 2025: reality check

YouTube

Alex Jun 27, 2025

Information Is Beautiful Jun 27, 2025

The world’s solar capacity reached 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, way beyond any predictions. 1 gigawatt = power for a medium sized city

Alex Mar 27, 2025

That Nonproductive Guy Mar 26, 2025

New Signal update just dropped

#SignalGate #USpolitics #WorldPolitics

Alex Feb 11, 2025

Building an EV charging station finder for Switzerland. Just implemented PostGIS-based clustering with ST_ClusterDBSCAN for handling thousands of markers efficiently.

Added connector type filtering (CCS, CHAdeMO, Type 2, etc.) to help find compatible stations.

#BuildInPublic #PostGIS #EVCharging #WebDev

Alex Feb 5, 2025

Deno Feb 4, 2025

Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark by claiming Node.js — now it wants that ignored
#FreeJavaScript

https://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle2

#deno #javascript #typescript #nodejs #webdev

Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js—now it wants that ignored

Oracle filed a motion to dismiss in response to Deno’s petition to cancel its “JavaScript” trademark. But instead of addressing the real issue—that JavaScript is an open standard with multiple independent implementations—Oracle is trying to stall the process and sidestep accountability.

Deno Blog

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Alex Feb 4, 2025

Current focus:
• Server-side clustering with PostGIS
• Real-time filtering capabilities
• Performance optimization for large datasets
• Clean, accessible UI

Looking forward to sharing technical deep-dives and learning from this amazing community! 🚀

#TypeScript #PostGIS #EVCharging

Alex Feb 4, 2025

Hi Fediverse! 👋

Starting to document my development journey here. I'm working on a side project to help EV drivers in Switzerland find and compare charging stations.

As someone who usually codes quietly, I'm challenging myself to share the technical process, learnings, and challenges along the way.

Tech stack: Next.js, TypeScript, PostGIS, Prisma
#BuildInPublic #WebDev