Mastodawn

California is "bending the duck curve" with batteries:

Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world’s fourth biggest economy

https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteries-reach-stunning-new-peak-of-44-pct-of-evening-demand-in-worlds-fourth-biggest-economy/

#renewableenergy

Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world's fourth biggest economy

Battery storage reaches a stunning new record in the world's fourth biggest economy, reaching 44 pct of evening demand. The biggest loser is gas.

Renew Economy

Michael Critz 3d ago

elkraneo 3d ago

Beautiful selection outlines with RealityKit PostProcessEffect
https://elkraneo.com/realitykit-outline-selection/

RealityKit Outline Selection

TLDR: MeshResource.contents, three passes, one PostProcessEffect 1. Rasterize the selected mesh into an offscreen R8Unorm silhouette mask 2. Dilate the mask into a pixel-wide edge ring, suppressing the interior 3. Composite the outline color over the source frame One of the most commonly requested affordances when dealing with 3d

elkraneo Blog

Michael Critz 6d ago

With a large enough dev team, I’m sure I could mess up UI this completely. 😵

Michael Critz 6d ago

Mario Guzmán Mar 29

With Mac apps just all over the place (react native, AI slop, Catalyst apps, Mobile-first apps)... I thought I'd maybe try to rein it in a bit with this new article I have published.

It is not exhaustive and it is not done yet (I have more items to add) -- but I thought I'd share it now.

It's a checklist of things you can do to your #macOS app to make it feel more Mac-y. These are in response to things (even simple, obvious things) that I just don't see anymore. :(

https://marioaguzman.github.io/design/macintoshchecklist/

Macintosh Checklist

A list of to-dos before you publish your Mac app.

Mario Guzman

Michael Critz 6d ago

“Comparison is the thief of joy.”

iPhone 17 Pro Max bottom edge vs iPhone 5s

iPhone 17 Pro Max bottom edge vs iPhone 3

iPhone 3 top edge vs Apple Watch 10

#iphone #applewatch

Michael Critz Mar 29

Swift’s awesomeness really shines for embedded systems.

Here, I’m using Optionals, guards, hex literals, and the new Span type. In Python or C there is significantly more guesswork and risk around memory safety.

#embeddedsystems #swift