Tim Johnsen

@timonus
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iOS at @retrodotapp. Previously at Patreon, Instagram, Pinterest, Flipboard. Creator of @Opener, @closeup, Burst, Wootie, and some other apps.
Apps I Makehttps://tijo.me
GitHubhttps://github.com/timonus
Bloghttps://objectionable-c.com

no one needs it, but it's cool:

an old version of the macOS flurry screensaver is open source, so a few prompts later we can have it ported to Metal and running in a tvOS app https://github.com/zadr/flurry

On iOS 26.4 partial height sheets still animate incorrectly in from the side and not at their correct width. Example from Maps, happening in our app too.
Thoughts on slowing the fuck down

Thoughts on slowing the fuck down

Today marks 25 years since Apple launched Mac OS X.
Saw Project Hail Mary. It was great! However, just like with the Martian, I enjoyed the book more because of all the juicy little nerdy details. A lot is glossed over in the move. Still worth a watch!

RE: https://mastodon.tz.is/@khaost/116253127280820238

OMG, @khaost is my hero. They posted about this Apple Watch repair dock which allowed for direct connection debugging in Xcode. Just got mine in the mail and it 100% works. For the first time in my 11 years of active watchOS development that I can reliably/quickly step through code running on device.

It is a bit pricing and does feel a little bit sketchy in terms not being officially supported but I don't careโ€ฆit will save me huge amounts of time and gray hairs to not doing it wirelessly.

reverse engineering is the process of finding out after somebody else fucks around
๐ŸŽถ do you wanna build a taaab baaar ๐ŸŽถ
Picard engineering tip: Maintenance of existing systems is just as important as building new capabilities.
Apple TV needs a way to block/mute cards ASAP ๐Ÿ˜‚