Tom Donohue

Builder of things.

Also: fan of camels, trains and planes.

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

It took this post to make me realise that as programmers we really can build almost anything we want or need. We don't have to rely on big tech.

https://t.co/HqDEnyRkq0

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@GithubProjects Or, you could always use a spreadsheet. It might not cover everything, but at least you won’t have to worry about hosting costs or security vulnerabilities!

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

I refuse to pay $100+/year for a budgeting app, so I just made my own, in Google Sheets.

It still handles CSVs from my bank and draws pretty charts too. But without a subscription.

I wrote about why simple solutions are the best: https://t.co/Z4LojIgERX

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

Week 2 building my workout app - super-late-but-better-than-never

Big milestone: app now comes with pre-loaded workouts, instead of starting empty. Cos nobody likes a blank screen.

Plus other boring work. But getting closer to something people could actually use. Exciting.

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

Getting back into building in public. Creating an outdoor workout iOS app for people who hate gyms (like me).

Been using it myself for 2+ weeks and it's already changed my workouts.

This week: battling WorkoutKit, SwiftData and concurrency🏃‍♂️📱😩

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@mlaithv Love it

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@Hyperoptic your service status form doesn't work

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

Dario Amodei's Machines of Loving Grace essay - but without JavaScript enabled

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

Why is TuneIn so obsessed with NFL. Like, do you not have any other interests

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@peaklass1 I want to walk down that path

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

Publishing my first iOS app for review!

What a palaver. Why do I need to publish a Privacy Policy for an app that collects no personal info whatsoever

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@peaklass1 Perfect light!

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

All I want to do is publish a little utility to the App Store

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@northernassist Utterly useless.

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@iamfredrik_ Tech tutorials, blog posts, that kind of thing. Good luck with the launch :)

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@talia Honestly I will have moved onto something else by Wednesday

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

And here’s how the app looks today - quite pleased with it so far 😀

Honestly, Claude is the superpower that’s helped me get to this stage. Soooo often I would get lost in yak-shaving or some other pointless task. Well, not any more.

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

I’m building an app to help you remember things about your friends. Here’s how it’s looking.

So far it’s been quite fun to build! Expo / React Native / TinyBase. #buildinpublic

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

@talia Never! I shall not hear of this nonsense

[Sorcha Ní Nia @Luiseach]

“you’re an absolute prick, Gary”

get me a Gary immediately

[Tom Donohue @monodot]

how does zoom actually get worse with every release