bdon

I hate twitter

[bdon @bdon]

https://t.co/joqzgEfYN7

[bdon @bdon]

I'm at nacis

[w. @wllmpan]

if you're put off by pinyin orthography wait till you see what they were doing with zhuyin (國音字母書法體式, 1922)

[bdon @bdon]

@turtlekiosk https://t.co/B8PDYdmWnj

[😈 @turtlekiosk]

nooooo don't name your software project a random japanese word

[Anita Chen @amanitahalo]

some language maps!
its interesting how some metropolises represent an even sample of their surroundings (johannesburg), and others don't (addis ababa)

[bdon @bdon]

*writes one email* pizza time

[bdon @bdon]

https://t.co/joqzgEfYN7

[bdon @bdon]

meticulously unfollowing as I find bsky/masto handles

[bdon @bdon]

@hyperknot @1ec5 the output of font-maker is visually better, see https://t.co/Ygh7XUf8j1

it avoids the bitmap conversion step between curves and SDFs; not really in the font-maker code itself, it just uses the original mapbox C++ implementation

[bdon @bdon]

current list length of "falsehoods programmers believe about maps":

25

[Thor 雷神 ⚡️ @thorwebdev]

I'm excited to announce that @HackerHouseTW is coming to Kaohsiung in December! 🇹🇼✨

We'll be hosting a meetup with local and international speakers on Monday Dec 9th!

Hear from @shortdiv, @bdon, @marksbirch, @ivanleomk and more! 👇 https://t.co/efmcA7SV3k

[bdon @bdon]

Who’s around Seattle next week?

[kepano @kepano]

Thoughts on Omnivore shutting down:

Many people enjoyed Omnivore because it was free, but being free was part of its demise.

As an independent app maker, you must have a way to generate revenue or your product will die. As a user you must demand a way to pay makers for the products you love. See my essay: "Quality software deserves your hard‑earned cash"

I didn't personally use Omnivore, but it seems like many Obsidian users loved it. Now the app is being shut down with only a couple of weeks to export your data.

While this is abrupt, it isn't surprising. When a startup runs out of resources, the end is always more sudden than you expect. The dream of making it work persists until the very last moment.

A subset of people will find refuge in Omnivore's open source code, but the vast majority of users are not technical enough to compile/host/run a service like this.

In the end I keep coming back to the ephemerality of software. We have to appreciate that apps like Omnivore are being attempted. The apps that become self-sustaining will last longer than those that don't, but none will last forever.

[bdon @bdon]

B2B SaaS is the 2nd best Californian recurring revenue model, the 1st is Drybar

[bdon @bdon]

@newgeographer2 DM!

[Grant Huang @yanchen00]

Apple map just recently added Thai 🇹🇭 trains and MRTs routes into the map!!!
I hope Malaysia 🇲🇾 and Turkey🇹🇷 can be available soon.

[bdon @bdon]

why does Google Maps have a detailed indoor map of every Souplantation, all of which have been closed for 4+ years?

[bdon @bdon]

new @protomaps project milestone unlocked: there are two presentations mentioning PMTiles at the same conference simultaneously