Phew, the amount of hoops I needed to jump through to create a Google Play Store account for an LLC. There are way more in 2025 compared to what I went through in 2012. The process does make the Google Play Store feel a lot less like the wild west like it did in the early 2010s. 😅
One reason Apple fought tooth and nail to disallow web payments for apps:
Because Apple’s IAP is SO bad in many ways, and *so many* apps will move to web-based payments now not mainly because of the 30% Apple fee, but because of how bad IAP is (from a dev perspective).
Let me give you21 examples:
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I'm still refining this idea, but I think a lot of resistance to varying levels of AI in our workflows (from Copilots to "vibe coding") is because we put code on too high a pedestal. Now that we can generate large amounts of it easily, our roles need to shift.
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Interesting to witness these tools evolve and how they are being used. I've been on the GitHub Copilot bandwagon for a while, but it still feels like there's another level I can reach send me productivity through the roof. 🚀
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Hmm, this works for me via Google Gemini on Android. I use it all the time.
I'm trying to get back into the habit of:
(a) writing and publishing more
(b) on my own platform
(c) about what I'm working on
Wrote a bit about a project I've been hacking away at for five years 😭
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They put a lot of sauce on that title
The whole tech world needs more projects that aren't trying to become billion- (let alone trillion-) dollar ideas, but are happily shooting for success as million-dollar ideas (or less!).
Ex-NY Jet, Braden Mann 😩
I recently gave the closing keynote at PyCon South Africa.
In it, I covered everything I've learned going from a developer to a solopreneur, with two goals:
1. Convince people it's a viable career path.
2. Help them do it.
Watch the talk or read a transcript here: www.coryzue.com/writing/solo...
J. Cole telling us he put Jay-Z on to medium steaks is hilarious 😆
www.inevitable.live/episodes
MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Ain’t Gon Let Up by DG Yola is a Negro spiritual. IDC.
I woke up this morning, looked at my phone...my font is looking real tiny all of a sudden. 🧐
The NY Jets are the NFL's version of a "Sh*t Show at the F**k Factory" #NYJets
www.nytimes.com/athletic/593...
💯
Shamelessly stolen from Steve on the other app:
Winning % as Jets starting QB:
Zach Wilson .364
Sam Darnold .342
Aaron Rodgers .273
The New York Jets are elite at taking a hard look at things and fixing nothing.
Oh.
Can confirm, a full marathon does feel 3 times as long as a half marathon, sheesh.
Every few months I rediscover "Royalty" by Childish Gambino and I am reminded that Nipsey Hussle gave him one of his greatest feature verses on "Black Faces"
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LeBron James
Pullin' up to Bluesky
