Kyle Hughes

he/him • polite software developer, committed to the bit • your favorite app maker’s favorite app maker • @[email protected]

[Kyle Hughes @KyleHughes]

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It’s launch day for Super Headache! This iPhone app is the fastest way to record headaches to Apple Health.

There's just one screen and one big button. You can start recording now and come back when it's over.

And it's completely free!

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@steipete That would be Great-Depression-levels of unemployment, which probably means a significant increase in death by poverty and the end of class mobility. Why would that scorn not be deserved?

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How much water does Mastodon use every time you upload a video and it gets replicated into 10,000 different S3 buckets?

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@jakehalloran1 @_xjdr Agree. It’s a yellow flag to me that the labs are now angling toward product-market fit, at least in part.

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@kimmonismus That this is how everyone in this space talks – breathlessly racing to claim that something is over or dead – assures me that UBI or wealth redistribution will never come out of the accelerationist community. It exists entirely on vindictive energy.

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@mynameiscolton For some reason I have followed you on Twitter for most of my life. Never remembered why, never regretted it. Good luck, man.

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Ya-ha-ha! You found me!

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@Leon_ADHS I assure you that if this ever becomes feasible I will add it to the app.

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@Leon_ADHS Thanks for reaching out. Those are common requests I get. Unfortunately, a big focus of the app for me is not collecting any data: I rely completely on Apple to save and show the data. Unfortunately Apple doesn’t give me a way to show you any additional information ☹️

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@merebemps your peloton workouts are inspirational

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@alexisgallagher The Mammoth beta from @JPEGuin and the Ivory beta from @tapbot have been very well received. I haven’t tried either but they’re where most of the excitement is right now.

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For the last month-plus I have moved all of my social media activity to Mastodon. It’s going great, I’m having more fun than I have in recent years on Twitter. I can’t tell you where to find me because of the draconian censorship here. Check my bio. I don’t plan to return here.

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@alexisgallagher It’s a rich ecosystem. I really like Metatext: it has a “stock” UI feet, and great timeline-position memory and pagination.

Unfortunately the developer recently health issues and stopped development. It won’t get post editing. Eventually I’ll switch to Ivory from Tapbots.

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@alexisgallagher Toot! is one of the most popular, it’s very cute and polished. It has a wild (optional) threading UI. I would use it if not for Metatext.

I really like the first-party web app on desktop. It’s sleek and fast and very customizable if you turn on the advanced interface.

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@mattmedeiros @Pressable @kinsta thank you, sir 🫡

[Kyle Hughes @KyleHughes]

@mattmedeiros asking for a friend: what’s the best low-maintenance WordPress hosting solution? They’re on shared hosting on Dreamhost and very unsatisfied.

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oof #MyTwitterAnniversary

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@blackqueeriroh I agree with all of the complaints but most are multiple orders of magnitude less interesting and impactful than other things happening the space. Talking about bugs in old 3rd-party Mastodon apps on Twitter reads as whataboutism on behalf of Musk.

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Some of y'all tweet like Mastodon was the billionaire that bought and skewered the community we built for 16 years.

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@aaronmfisher I don’t know, I wash all of mine cold 😅 But I think most of their blends are not heavy on cotton so I wouldn’t expect much shrinkage. They hold up well in the dryer.

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@aaronmfisher I don’t have a lot of their stuff because 💰 but the things I do have are all favorites. Definitely worth it. I packed both shirts for this trip!