JD Gadina 🦄

@macmade
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Lead Developer for DigiDNA's iMazing - https://imazing.com
Talking about code, operating systems, electronics and astrophotography.
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JD Gadina 🦄1d ago
NGC2775 - Only 40 minutes of data, as I was waiting for M104 to rise.
Celestron NexStar Evolution 6 + ZWOASI533MC Pro.
1220mm, f8, 40 exposures of 60’’.
#telescope #telescopes #celestron #celestrontelescope #celestronnexstar #nexstarevolution #nexstarevolution6 #zwo #zwoasi #zwoasi533mc #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #galaxy #galaxies #ngc #ngc2775
JD Gadina 🦄2d ago
IC1396, the Elephant Trunk Nebula.
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro - @seestar.official.
160mm, f5.3, 1209 exposures of 30’’ - 10 hours integration.
#telescope #telescopes #zwo #zwoasi #zwoseestar #zwoseestars30 #seestar #seestars30 #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #nebula #elephanttrunk #elephanttrunknebula #ic1396
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 29
Julia EvansApr 29

really appreciated this post by Armin Ronacher about the importance of software archival and what might come after GitHub

personally i’m not very enthusiastic about self hosting and this post helped me see why

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/28/before-github/

Before GitHub

Open Source before GitHub was reputation-driven and full of friction

Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 28
The very sorry state of macOS app development. 🤦
#Apple #macOS #Swift #SwiftUI #AppKit #development
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 28
Marcin KrzyzanowskiApr 27
Laughable state of the Software Affairs ca. 2026
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 27
Mastodon MigrationApr 27

Heartbreaking

This is what astronomers like @sundogplanets now have to contend with and it is only going to get worse...

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Comet R3 PanSTARRS Behind Satellite Trails
Image Credit & Copyright: Uli Fehr

Explanation: Can you find the comet? Somewhere through this web of satellite trails is Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), a bright visitor passing through the inner Solar System. Now, the orbiting satellites themselves only appear as streaks...

https://reentry.codl.fr/@apod/statuses/01KQ6K0BST72RQDF70WRPQERFN

JD Gadina 🦄Apr 27
NGC7822 - The Question Mark Nebula.
My longest integration time so far, with 31 hours across 5 nights.
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro.
160mm, f5.3, 3715 exposures of 30’’.
#telescope #telescopes #zwo #zwoasi #zwoseestar #zwoseestars30pro #seestar #seestars30pro #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #nebula #ngc #ngc7822
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 23
Comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS over Lausanne, Switzerland.
I had to work hard on this one due to the comet's very low altitude, the rising sun, and the city glow.
Canon EOS R7 + Canon RF 50.
50mm, f1.8, ISO 200, 324x5’’.
#canon #canoneosr7 #eosr7 #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #comet #c2025r3 #panstarrs
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 20
The M12 globular cluster.
Celestron NexStar Evolution 6 + ZWOASI533MC Pro.
1220mm, f8, 120 exposures of 60’’.
#telescope #telescopes #celestron #celestrontelescope #celestronnexstar #nexstarevolution #nexstarevolution6 #zwo #zwoasi #zwoasi533mc #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #milkyway #cluster #globular #globularcluster #m12 #messier12 #messier
JD Gadina 🦄Apr 19
Der TeilweiseApr 19

Someone at #Apple sat at their keyboard and wrote this error message for #Xcode.

Maybe replacing devs with an AI tool is a step forward in some cases.

I’m not even starting to talk about the fact that the alert looks like it is disabled/in the background but is not.