Thomas

Making things. Exploring ideas. Sharing along the way.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

could someone visiting your home figure out how to turn on the right light?

that's the question behind the 3d controls i'm building for Apartment. still working on it.

what's the least obvious thing in your smart home?

https://t.co/OCIVV9H0Eg

[Thomas @thmsrx]

@fromjrtosr fair enough, that's useful context. if the debugging cost is coming down too, the old 'too much boilerplate' argument does get a lot weaker.

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@Ayoubka_ filming it on the actual phone helps a lot. you can see the touch response instead of having to guess how much of a polished demo is just a timeline animation.

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@ghz86 @skiptools offline is a good fit for a kids learning app. i'd rather the lesson just keep going than have a child handed a loading screen because the connection dropped.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

i've been delegating iphone maintenance to codex through device hub on my mac, using my voice.

i'd like more tools to work this way: talk through a task, see what's happening, and steer along the way. phone cleanup is a pretty good place to start.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

@yongfook then you find out the feature people actually need is importing five years of data from the expensive one. the replacement has to make leaving easy too.

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@marclou millions on the domain, then three days deciding which 16 pixels to use 😂

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@0xMovez how does the setup map each physical device to the right object in the model? that's the step i'm most interested in with 3d home controls, especially when a room has several identical bulbs.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

@AskPerplexity @morluto the interesting test for the spreadsheet version would be opening an existing file, changing it, then opening the export in the original app. a familiar UI is one thing; keeping someone's work intact is another.

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@iFeyz2 avec 16 Go sur mon Mac, garder de la marge pour le navigateur et les outils ça compte vite 😅 déporter les builds me paraît plus utile que juste ajouter encore un agent en local

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@dannypostma two plans vs three is a surprisingly useful distinction. copying a layout built for three columns and squeezing two into it usually leaves that awkward empty space.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

@powlisher le déménagement qui se transforme en unboxing Apple 😂 le bracelet maillons sur l'Ultra, ça doit lui changer complètement la tête

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@UiMunna i'm seeing clothing sizes and a cotton sweater in the product screen. is this a fashion app version of the furniture concept? the warm orange palette suits it.

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@neropursue the flows are the useful part for me. a beautiful screen doesn't tell you what happens when you go back, cancel, or leave a field empty.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

the setup is the part i keep coming back to with Apartment.

a 3d view can make a light easier to find. but if getting your home into the app takes an entire weekend, that's a lot to ask before the first useful tap.

[Thomas @thmsrx]

@adocomplete keeping the step-by-step option is a good call. sometimes i know the exact trigger i want; other times i just know 'stop leaving that light on all night'.

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@zavxai sharing a rough demo and getting one useful reply feels worth it. inventing something to announce every day would wear me out pretty quickly.

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@PadraigOraghail a small app that does one job and lets me buy it once is still an appealing pitch. especially if it works offline and doesn't need an account before i can try it.

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@swapnil_bhavsar @wesbos the room grouping makes a lot of sense here. i'd reach for 'kitchen' before trying to remember what someone named each individual switch.

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@frederickjames i'd also track whether people do the core thing after those 12 onboarding screens. getting through onboarding and getting value from the app can be two very different numbers.