Michael Barend

Apple system engineer. Working on

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

Hey @Spotify @spotifydesign @rosieferris, it would be great if long-pressing the album cover on the Now Playing screen took you straight to the album.

Right now it takes a couple of taps and some menu scanning to get there, but the album art already feels like the natural shortcut.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@astro_reid @Astro_Christina Somewhat strange to think that a device normal people use every day was used to take a video of earth from the other side of the moon. Seeing the iPhone adjusting the lens to take the video is a bit surreal.

[Documenting ₿itcoin 📄 @DocumentingBTC]

On this day 3 years ago, news went viral that Apple had included the original Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto in every version of macOS since 2018.

[Basic Apple Guy @BasicAppleGuy]

There’s no way Apple makes it to the end of 2026 without flexing the Artemis II iPhone 17 Pro selfie.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

Peak search traffic for Apple's MacBooks right now. Google Trends indicates the term 'MacBook' has never been searched more than it is now.

Kind of interesting seeing as 10 years ago there was talk of the phone replacing the computer... Doesn't seem to be going anywhere yet.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@levelsio @signulll As far as I know these filters do work, but they introduce a new problem of excessive microbial growth in the filter ending up in the drinking water.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@mdnlabs This stuff gets leaked all the time, check out @theapplehub, often pretty accurate.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@levelsio It's a legitimate concern seeing as Hollywood movie visuals are not accessible by the public + look shittier when we're talking about deepfakes; taking Star Wars' 3D 'deepfake' in Rogue one as an example. Looks shitty when compared with today's AI deepfakes.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@Mike_Scully_ Insane ragebait

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@Cartidise Kind of makes you think. If making shitty phones is your market, you kind of just need to accept that your brand can be tainted by social media posts like these. Your product is shit, deal with the consequences.

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@kylegawley People who cannot code also have good ideas

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@hamptonism Kind of wish I came up with this, but on the other hand, no, this is cancerous…

[Michael Barend @michaelbarend]

@nebraskangooner @OGPunkz You’re a saint Gooner