Andy Smith

Maker/hacker/dev/teacher. Technical & Facilities Manager @falmouthgames @falmouthuni

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap @Nutbourne16 I was the same, but I've never actually used it in the Polestar. Google Maps and Spotify built in using the car's internet connection means I have no need for it.

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap Do it, absolutely love mine

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@AdobeCare I have students trying to sign up to the Substance education plan, but they're not getting the email when they enter their details on this page: https://t.co/Y7LqRkCQi1
The problem isn't on our side, we've checked our spam filters. Can you help?

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap tomorrow's even better according today's 60 min auction, Agile prices should be below zero from 0000-1600...

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap @OctopusEnergy HAVE YOU SEEN TOMORROW’S PRICES?!

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap @OctopusEnergy I switched to Agile a few weeks ago and I am so excited for tomorrow! I get paid to charge my car!

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

Please support this lovely lot and wishlist Arm of Satan on Steam!

[Ludophoria @TeamLudophoria]

From the fiery depths comes a new coop action platformer: Arm of Satan! 💪👧🏼
Wishlist this challenging trial for two now:
https://t.co/A6YnGzucqY
#ArmofSatan #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap I just use a shared calendar for tracking leave with my team

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@cinsekrap I mainly use mine for triggering Home Assistant scenes/devices. Microsoft Teams is surprisingly macro-able using /commands in the search bar. I've got a few speed dial buttons for frequently called colleagues, status changing etc.

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@ConnorMWrites Humanscale Freedom (headrest version) allll day long - and I mean all day long! They do retail for that, but I bought mine second hand for about £300. It's my favourite thing in the world.

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

Shout out to @peakdesignltd. I was in a bike accident that put me in a coma for 10 days and hospital for a month. This is the only bit of damage to the phone case that was mounted to the front of my bike. Incredible product.

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

Honestly thought I'd found a pleasant mail app for Windows - @mailbird - until it started showing pop up ads in the interface, and a permanent banner in the window. Worst part is, I'm a paid user! Inexcusable behaviour. Anyone got any not terrible mail client recommendations?

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@CursedJad There's Figma and the iPad companion app Figurative - might be worth a look

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@nebogeo Fork is my new favourite

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@SGaudl @Falmouthgames Zero didn’t have enough grunt and I mostly went with what I had lying around at home - but designing a custom PCB incorporating a compute module socket, amp, lipo charger and buttons would be awesome… next summer project!

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@KyleShepherdDev @letterboxd I guess you'd also need to read the ToS carefully about 'caching' API data (i.e. is it caching or stealing? :D)

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@KyleShepherdDev @letterboxd The only downside is it might be a bit slow, and until you have enough local data you probably wouldn't want to turn on autocomplete on the search (I would imagine you'd also hit some API ratelimits if you sent every user's search keystroke) which is a bit of a UX sadface

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@KyleShepherdDev @letterboxd Thinking more about this - as long as you manually seed it with some music (e.g. to show on the home page), when users search for an album/track and you pass those search terms to the Spotify API in realtime, it shouldn't be obvious to users that you don't have the data

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@KyleShepherdDev @letterboxd I think that's how I would approach it - pull the data from their API when needed (i.e. it doesn't exist yet) and store it in your db

[Andy Smith @AndyrewSmith]

@KyleShepherdDev @letterboxd You could also get your users to do it - have them put in a Spotify URI (or feed their search terms into it) and pull the data via Spotify's API on demand, which should be within the bounds of their ToS.