My airtag in my luggage saved my ass last week. Was able to efficiently explain the issue to Delta & got my bag within 4 hours delivered straight to my hotel. I will not be travelling without one
TaskTXT (https://tasktxt.com/) looks to be a really interesting product in this space
The creator made a few videos on the motivation & implementation of it. He goes into such great detail in crafting subtle almost unnoticable animations in the app.
Honestly, one of the last people I'd have thought would have been profiled by the New Yorker. And Geoguessr is only one part of his channels charm. His channel reminds me of early Youtube, authentic & entertaining.
If you havent watched his "How to not travel through Europe" series, its what all travel shows should aspire to be. Truly unique
I can't recommend the 99% spinoff podcast "According To Need" enough, really illustrates the situation well & humanizes the problem in a way that isnt done enough. https://99percentinvisible.org/need/
Time and time again I try to switch to Firefox. But it always seems to fall short (for me at least).
I rely too much on separate profiles to disconnect work-related browsing from personal browsing. Separate bookmarks, sessions, browser plugins, sync preferences etc...
A UI that's as powerful is literally all that is needed for me anyway. Its such a shame they've neglected the Profile Manager.
> In Ireland, the term "British Isles" is controversial, and there are objections to its usage. The Government of Ireland does not officially recognise the term, and its embassy in London discourages its use.
Switched to Fastmail in October of last year in an attempt to de-googlify myself.
It truly is no-nonsense but the speed of the UI blew me away. Opening an email was snappy, no obnoxious loading spinners; it was a huge breath of fresh air.
Its almost like I didn't realise that web email clients could be fast & that Gmail was "good enough".
It also in its (albeit) small way could push ISPs to get their act together. Perhaps thats a bit naive to say but if this sort technology is available, this will help push the boat forward in terms of underlying infrastructure.
On that point, I think the next innovation to come to front end development is to declaratively think about states using finite state machines & statecharts.
A concept that also has existed before, but with XState, I think a lot of developers will latch onto this paradigm.
The ability to think or plan a feature/apps states in the beginning rather than imperitavely or as an afterthought during development is really valuable. And perhaps if we're dealing with something more visual at the beginning, its easier to demonstrate what will happen if I click "X". and then it becomes easier to spec out & to involve PMs/designers and QA.
If Apple had the appetite to let that M1 on the iPad run macOS I'd buy that in a second, just for the ability to develop.
The iPad is already so versatile, adding the ability to do my job or just to update a small side project every now and again (waiting at the airport etc).
I understand the hesitation in doing so, but its so frustrating. Given that the iPad now has a keyboard and mouse if you want it & a CPU that we know is fast, just unleash it!
I'd love to move to Firefox, but I havent committed to fully because the Profiles and the corresponding switching mechanism in Chrome is just too good.
I don't want to use containers to manage the different work/personal profiles I have and the lack of easy way to toggle between the two (a keyboard shortcut) has been a deal-breaker every time I tried to switch.
The profile manager in Firefox is long overdue a revamp.