@twigsama

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Starry-eyed-pessimist software engineer that spends his spare time tinkering with the quirks of the universe.

Was previously twitter://twigsama

"Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance."

Google pushing away more devs from the ecosystem

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Discontinuing syncthing-android

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version. Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires ...

Syncthing Community Forum
#TIL there's a place called Welshpool in Australia

As much as I enjoyed #androiddev in the past, it's become an awful chore over time and this final push helped me say goodbye to #google Play store

Related: https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1flhweh/is_android_broken_or_am_i_out_of_touch/

Been holding this damn thing at the train station for the past 10 mins.

Updates without consent is always fun.

Valkey is Rapidly Overtaking Redis - DevOps.com

Redis is taking it in the chops, as both maintainers and customers move to the Valkey Redis fork.

DevOps.com
wtf I made Temu fix their website
The proof is in the pudding 🍮
Global IT outage live: Australian banks, flights and media outlets hit by CrowdStrike software issue

Computer security company CrowdStrike is linked to a major IT outage affecting banks, airports, supermarkets and businesses across Australia and the world. Follow live. 

ABC News
I got sick of Chrome's BS and switched to Vivaldi. Here's what happened

After more than a decade I've broken my Google browser habit, on Windows and mobile.

PCWorld