André Simmert

Software engineer. Maintainer of @scrut_ch. Fond of privacy, resilience and clarity.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@johnkrausphotos You don’t offer the option of buying this great shot in its original resolution, do you?

[André Simmert @intellent]

@TweetsOfSumit Na, they should stay simple and become the Digital Ocean from 5 years ago. Leave becoming AWS to Stackit.

[André Simmert @intellent]

Haha, love the term “merchants of complexity”. We all need to try harder to resist. Not only when it comes to the cloud but to frameworks and tooling, as well. Have a nice weekend! ✌️

[DHH @dhh]

The merchants of complexity will try to convince you that you can't do anything yourself these days. You can't do auth, you can't do scale, you can't run a database, you can't connect a computer to the internet. You're a helpless peon who should just buy their wares. No. Reject.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@thekitze The right one is a phone that is still actively marketed and sold by its manufacturer.

[André Simmert @intellent]

Building a great product and a great company means a saying no to a thousand yeses.

But, gosh, that is hard. There’s excitement in saying yes. There’s stress in saying no. You don’t have to explain yourself when you say yes. Saying yes keeps you out of tiresome discussions and lets you focus on what you’re doing at the moment. But every yes makes you lose focus on the bigger picture. Every no forces you to think about your strengths.

Say “no” more! But do it with passion, excitement, vision, and a smile on your face — without looking like a psychopath. It’s exhausting. And rewarding.

Maybe it’s time to build my internal yes/no dashboard with predictive AI. Or should I say no to that and keep pushing for faster UI and intuitive APIs to make life easier for the users? 🤷‍♂️

[André Simmert @intellent]

Great news! NGL: One of the reasons I love using @laravelphp is because they have taste and care about design.

[David Hill @iamdavidhill]

Personal news… I'm thrilled to join @laravelphp as Head of Design.

I can’t wait to work with this incredible team and help shape the future of Laravel.

[André Simmert @intellent]

It’s the same when you build a house for your family. The second one is what you really wanted the first time.

[André Simmert @intellent]

After a new piece of software has been in active use for about two years, every engineer should get the chance to rebuild it from the ground up. To get it right from inside-out this time.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@daigasbalss @scrut_ch Fair enough.

[André Simmert @intellent]

I built @scrut_ch, a writing platform made for … writing. And I experimented: It’s all about focus and speed. No login, no cookie banners, no clutter. 100 % voluntary pricing model. Learn more at https://t.co/Mh5zVvoFzB or try it out and write something https://t.co/jgHegi7cOJ.

[André Simmert @intellent]

Microsoft should make phones. Again.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@adamsilverhq What’s wrong with Keynote/Powerpoint? In most cases, the root cause of bad slides is in front of the screen, not inside the computer.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@avstorm Why though? Looks like an oil company now.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@denschub @TeamViewer Quick Assist (Windows exclusivity doesn’t matter when it comes to my family.)

[André Simmert @intellent]

After using @TeamViewer for over 15 years, I removed it from all family computers today. A prime example of a company forgetting the soul of its product. What used to be simple got complicated. What used to be focused is now bloated. Avoiding this is a challenge for any dev.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@marciplan In the end, it’s going to turn out that the entire cast is made up of hired actors.

[André Simmert @intellent]

Does anyone at Apple actually walk these floors or work at these desks? Looks like Ikea.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@_atilla1 Care to elaborate a bit on why you switched away and back?

[André Simmert @intellent]

Today’s shower realization: I’ve been in web development for over 25 years, and have never owned a *.com domain.

[André Simmert @intellent]

@Grrrrufff @scrut_ch What looks fishy to you?

[André Simmert @intellent]

@devwrite_ @kylegawley I know! But for some unknown reason I do stick to it.