AP Johnson

Product @mission_lane

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

@NatHalberstadt The residents all have at least one thing in common: they chose to live in this type of complex instead of any other "regular" building in town. This selects for a specific type of person who is more likely to participate in group activities and form new community bonds.

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

This is how you end up building bloated, directionless products.

With the cost of building features a fraction of what it once was, it’s arguably even more important to ask “should we build this” first.

[Todd Saunders @toddsaunders]

The token cost to build a production feature is now lower than the meeting cost to discuss building that feature.

Let me rephrase.

It is literally cheaper to build the thing and see if it works than to have a 30 minute planning meeting about whether you should build it.

It’s wild when you think about it.

This completely inverts how you should run a software organization. The planning layer becomes the bottleneck because the building layer is essentially free. The cost of code has dropped to essentially 0.

The rational response is to eliminate planning for anything that can be tested empirically. Don’t debate whether a feature will work.

Just build it in 2 hours, measure it with a group of customers, and then decide to kill or keep it.

I saw a startup operating this way and their build velocity is up 20x. Decision quality is up because every decision is informed by a real prototype, not a slide deck and an expensive meeting.

We went from “move fast and break things” to “move fast and build everything.”

The planning industrial complex is dead.

Thank god.

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

These new @AirCanada bag tracking notifications are such a nice quality of life improvement

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

In total it took ~56 mins to get from Mount Dennis to Kennedy, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the journey went!

Looking forward to seeing how much faster this gets with all the planned improvements coming in the next few months.

3/3

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Some notes from riding the new Eglinton Line on opening day:

The trains were really smooth & quiet! None of the creaks & rattles you hear in the subways & streetcars.

The stations were clean and modern but lacked character.

1/3

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

The underground section felt like a true subway! Can't wait for them to increase the top speed to 80 km/h.

The above-ground sections were much slower. Low speed limits + got stuck at a red light before almost every stop. Transit signal priority can't come soon enough!

2/3

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

@ramonable Yeah looks like it opened again later in the day. Was worried it was closed to the public for good!

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

aaand they’ve closed it off

[ramona @ramonable]

arguably the coziest coworking space in toronto

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

@AlexanderGlista Am I the only one who thinks it would make more sense for the line 2 (green line) trains to be green, not red?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

@Cartidise Not just the numbers keyboard either

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Does anyone know why so many letters on the iOS keyboard are off-centre?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

One good thing they did was move the search bar to the bottom of the screen on most apps. So much easier to reach and use.

[shadcn @shadcn]

Interrupting my holiday break to say: iOS 26 is bad. Worse. It's not just liquid glass. Everything is now one or more extra taps away. Actions buried. Keyboard downgraded. Siri is essentially dead. Apple undid years of good work.

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

C, G, H, I, J, N, T, U, V are too far to the left

D, E, K, L, P, R are too far to the right

@taylorcarrigan @chan_k got any idea why?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Does anyone know why so many letters on the iOS keyboard are off-centre?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

TIL iOS keyboard keys aren't all the same size

Q, R, U, D, J, X, N are one pixel less wide than the rest... does anyone know why?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

TIL iOS keyboard keys aren't all the same size

Q, R, U, D, J, X, N are one pixel less wide than the rest... does anyone know why?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

I think the 2020s will be the decade of founders focused on design/craft

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Perfect example of “when a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Massive news, much needed improvement!

[Metrolinx @Metrolinx]

For the first time ever, weekend service is coming to Kitchener GO — alongside increased service on the Kitchener Line. Beyond these service improvements, we're also entering an Agreement-in-Principle to purchase a portion of track owned by CN Rail between Bramalea and Georgetown GO. Learn more: https://t.co/xfTP7vgkQ5

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

@Colin_d_m You can make it up to us by adding Toronto to the game 😉

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Thinking of hosting a https://t.co/GixiT0ED1P game night in Toronto. Anyone down?

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

@internetvin It's a subway building sim released last week, built by @Colin_d_m. Figured you might know some transit/gaming nerds who'd be interested in this kind of game night

[AP Johnson @andrepaulj]

Know anyone who would be interested? @EricDLombardi @reiaposting @EmilyFarina5 @donnelly_b @AlexanderGlista @dylan_reid @tommytrinh @internetvin @ttcriders @PolesWires