Joseph McLaughlin

iOS @Whatnot • Indie apps on the side (🎵 & 🏆) • Golf, MTB, snowboarding, baseball, basketball, F1, tech

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

wow, just wow!

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

liquid glass in iOS 27 is so much better, and i liked it in 26

bravo 👏🏼

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

@Dimillian i use the UI 🤷🏼‍♂️ i usually have already been reading through the diff and then i press the button to open a PR

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

first day impressions of iOS/macOS 27: really solid direction. some rough edges as can be expected in a first developer beta, but it feels like it's going to be a great release.

as always, props to all the folks past and present that poured their time and energy into them!

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

they fixed the disparate corner radiuses on macOS #cantinnovatemyass #wwdc2026

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

"frosted glass"

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

@Jchammond_ i’ve also done it from /side chats and it does a great job of packaging up the relevant context and kicking off the conversation!

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

@Jarsen so true! and it’s the antithesis of modern life in a way. everything is so performative and so rehearsed that it’s easy to feel like you need to alter your organic experience to match what you’ve seen, when that actually cheapens it and causes it to lose meaning

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

i redesigned my personal website over the last couple days. built with Codex and a lot of imagination. really stoked about it so far, with many more refinement and experiments to come! (make sure you check out the footer 🪙) https://t.co/l3UHmX7sqP

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

stay curious, life is more fun that way :)

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

twitter is more alive than it ever was previously

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

wholeheartedly agree.

a private company that was once a startup doesn’t stay a startup until they IPO, it’s just a private company.

[Holdy @Ryan_Holdaway]

Heard someone refer to @stripe as a startup today.

I happen to know there is an active and aggressive secondary market for Stripe Stock.

I don't think you can call a company a startup once people start lining up to buy the stock.

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

@joshm i'd love to be able to export/save a Dia artifact as a web app on my phone. created an itinerary for a trip and although PDF and image are nice share options, it'd be most useful as an icon on my home screen that allows me to tap through to links, etc.

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

it's actually hilarious that we're to the point where LLMs create static HTML pages for things

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

this game is nuts. some wild runs! #nba

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

i love watching #nbaplayoffs, now let’s see if the Celtics can win tomorrow!

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

the main thing i find myself re-learning with LLM-assisted coding is what is feasible. so many things that we can do now were [of course] possible before, but the time it would've taken made it not worth the effort. that gap narrows with every model + harness improvement

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

Android schedules it locally and if your phone is powered down or doesn’t have service it doesn’t send.

i’m [obviously] not a spokesperson for Apple, and not disputing that they could theoretically switch to local scheduling for RCS/SMS. my understanding is:
1. it’s on the list, but there’s a very long list
2. they’ve lobbied the RCS standards committee (which is controlled by the carriers) so that they can support the better experience where you don’t have to worry about whether or not your message will send when you schedule it.

i’m not here to defend Apple, just saying that the Android experience is not “well understood”, and Android users think that their message will be delivered as scheduled even though that’s not the case. the iMessage team seemingly made the call that they couldn’t deliver a great experience for RCS [yet] and deprioritized it.

[Joseph McLaughlin @mclaughj]

@RyanTheJenks RCS is sent directly to the phone carrier, so Apple can’t send it on your behalf. iMessage is facilitated by Apple, not the carrier.