Jeff Johnson

@lapcatsoftware
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Longtime indie developer of StopTheMadness Pro and other software for Mac and iOS.

You may remember me from the Mac OCSP appocalypse.

Personal sitehttps://lapcatsoftware.com
Business sitehttps://underpassapp.com
App Storehttps://apps.apple.com/developer/jeff-johnson/id1176742298
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, USA
Jeff Johnson9h ago

Many software engineers have the career plan to work for amoral corporate overlords until they can retire early and then work on meaningful projects.

IMO this plan is questionable:
1) You spend your career serving the interests of amoral corporate overlords
2) The overlords have their own plans that may derail yours, such as mass layoffs and burning you out until you can’t work

I suggest a revised plan: work for amoral corporate overlords only until you can start your own meaningful business.

Show threadJeff Johnson10h ago
What’s the point of earning BigCo compensation that puts you in a top income bracket if you’re still a permanent corporate indentured servant like those who make a lot less money? You’re basically wasting your privilege.
Jeff Johnson10h ago

Question for Apple engineers:

Nowadays with GDPR how much personally identifying information is in a Feedback, and would it help to add my email address so you could bypass the maddening DevBugs, whose sole purpose in life is to prevent anything useful from exiting Apple?

Show threadJeff Johnson10h ago
This is especially true in a bad job market. You can flail for a long time looking for someone to hire you, or you can invest in your future independence.
Jeff Johnson11h ago
I’d like to see more software engineers finance their own companies. Fuck venture capital, fuck insatiable growth. If 1000 people get laid off, surely at least 1 of them will have a decent product idea, and they can pool their severance packages, let your previous employer provide the capital.
Jeff Johnson11h ago
Matthias Gansrigler-Hrad12h ago

This is … awkward.

#macOS #macOSTahoe #liquidglass #ui

Jeff Johnson11h ago
As an old, I will never stop asking for a paper receipt.
Jeff Johnson20h ago
FB22728186 document.write() with Safari app extension causes SyntaxError: Can't create duplicate variable: 'SafariAppExtensionPage'
Jeff Johnson21h ago

September 2025: “Help build the future: announcing Cloudflare’s goal to hire 1,111 interns in 2026” https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1111-intern-program/

May 2026: “Building for the future” “We are writing to let you know directly that we’ve made the decision to reduce Cloudflare’s workforce by more than 1,100 employees globally.” https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/

Help Build the Future: Announcing Cloudflare’s Goal to Hire 1,111 Interns in 2026

We are incredibly excited to announce our most ambitious intern program yet: Cloudflare aims to hire as many as 1,111 interns over the course of 2026.

The Cloudflare Blog
Jeff Johnson21h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/116431866956321983

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