Andy Kent
@adkent.com
💻 Indie developer🌲Nature lover 🇬🇧UK
Let’s chat: Web Dev, Apple Dev, Elixir, Swift, cycling, Crohn’s disease, Humanism, nature connection and environment.
Let’s chat: Web Dev, Apple Dev, Elixir, Swift, cycling, Crohn’s disease, Humanism, nature connection and environment.
It is zero weeks since I discovered a timezone bug that caused us to DDOS our own servers.
Reminder to self: there can be more than 24hrs in a day 🤦♂️
Now frantically trying to fix the issue before the US clocks change next week.
Reminder to self: there can be more than 24hrs in a day 🤦♂️
Now frantically trying to fix the issue before the US clocks change next week.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is zero weeks since I discovered a timezone bug that caused us to DDOS our own servers.
Reminder to self: there can be more than 24hrs in a day 🤦♂️
Now frantically trying to fix the issue before the US clocks change next week.
Reminder to self: there can be more than 24hrs in a day 🤦♂️
Now frantically trying to fix the issue before the US clocks change next week.
It’s been a long summer…
September 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s been a long summer…
⭐️ Portal 1.6 is out now with a new feature we are calling ”Circadian Flow”. A single click Portal will now automatically shift with your time of day. Also collection playlists & audio normalisation.
📺 We are about to open up an AppleTV beta next week so ping me if you want to get in on that.
📺 We are about to open up an AppleTV beta next week so ping me if you want to get in on that.
August 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
⭐️ Portal 1.6 is out now with a new feature we are calling ”Circadian Flow”. A single click Portal will now automatically shift with your time of day. Also collection playlists & audio normalisation.
📺 We are about to open up an AppleTV beta next week so ping me if you want to get in on that.
📺 We are about to open up an AppleTV beta next week so ping me if you want to get in on that.
Just shipped a new “Quiet Nature” collection in Portal. This is one of my favs so far, sometimes less is more.
portal.app/collections/...
portal.app/collections/...
Iceland - Quiet Nature
Step into moments of pure calm
portal.app
July 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just shipped a new “Quiet Nature” collection in Portal. This is one of my favs so far, sometimes less is more.
portal.app/collections/...
portal.app/collections/...
Reposted by Andy Kent
it’s so strange to read about ppl here happily flying from tech conference to tech conference as if it‘s nothing or as if the world wasn’t burning already
January 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
it’s so strange to read about ppl here happily flying from tech conference to tech conference as if it‘s nothing or as if the world wasn’t burning already
I’m not sure this could be more perfect 👌
An Apple Feedback story in 3 parts…
An Apple Feedback story in 3 parts…
December 10, 2024 at 9:06 AM
I’m not sure this could be more perfect 👌
An Apple Feedback story in 3 parts…
An Apple Feedback story in 3 parts…
I may have hit the apex of Swift concurrency and legacy API hell.
Trying to add AppleScript support to a Swift 6 App. 🙈
Trying to add AppleScript support to a Swift 6 App. 🙈
December 9, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I may have hit the apex of Swift concurrency and legacy API hell.
Trying to add AppleScript support to a Swift 6 App. 🙈
Trying to add AppleScript support to a Swift 6 App. 🙈
Anyone else’s App Store Connect Trends tab look like this or is it just me? It’s been like this for multiple weeks now.
December 9, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Anyone else’s App Store Connect Trends tab look like this or is it just me? It’s been like this for multiple weeks now.
A month ago we shipped these pretty offers in the Mac app. 🌟
To date not a single person has taken up the offer. Weird. 🤔
Turns out I made a bug and the offer has never shown to any customers. 🤦♂️
To date not a single person has taken up the offer. Weird. 🤔
Turns out I made a bug and the offer has never shown to any customers. 🤦♂️
December 6, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A month ago we shipped these pretty offers in the Mac app. 🌟
To date not a single person has taken up the offer. Weird. 🤔
Turns out I made a bug and the offer has never shown to any customers. 🤦♂️
To date not a single person has taken up the offer. Weird. 🤔
Turns out I made a bug and the offer has never shown to any customers. 🤦♂️
Did anyone else’s TestFlight purchases on Mac break this week, or just me?
I just get an “Account not in this store” alert and seemingly no way to fix it. 😞
I just get an “Account not in this store” alert and seemingly no way to fix it. 😞
December 6, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Did anyone else’s TestFlight purchases on Mac break this week, or just me?
I just get an “Account not in this store” alert and seemingly no way to fix it. 😞
I just get an “Account not in this store” alert and seemingly no way to fix it. 😞
Does anyone have any insight into if the new GPSR regs that come in on Dec 13th apply to software only products? And to what extent App Store marketplaces vs developers are responsible?
December 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Does anyone have any insight into if the new GPSR regs that come in on Dec 13th apply to software only products? And to what extent App Store marketplaces vs developers are responsible?
Portal 1.5.1 is out now! Possibly the last release in 2024. 🤞
Fixes some caching bugs because I got bitten by macOS file path escaping again.
Fixes some audio regressions in macOS 15.
Fixes some caching bugs because I got bitten by macOS file path escaping again.
Fixes some audio regressions in macOS 15.
December 2, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Portal 1.5.1 is out now! Possibly the last release in 2024. 🤞
Fixes some caching bugs because I got bitten by macOS file path escaping again.
Fixes some audio regressions in macOS 15.
Fixes some caching bugs because I got bitten by macOS file path escaping again.
Fixes some audio regressions in macOS 15.
I cannot speak highly enough of building a product customers love, has genuine value in the world & improves people’s lives in meaningful ways.
The impact doing this has had on my life is hard to express.
The impact doing this has had on my life is hard to express.
December 2, 2024 at 5:10 PM
I cannot speak highly enough of building a product customers love, has genuine value in the world & improves people’s lives in meaningful ways.
The impact doing this has had on my life is hard to express.
The impact doing this has had on my life is hard to express.
We have tags for each location in Portal. There are sometimes lots of tags but we only show as many as will fit nicely on a single row. It took me a while to figure out a nice way to do this in #SwiftUI without using GeometryReader.
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
December 2, 2024 at 2:36 PM
We have tags for each location in Portal. There are sometimes lots of tags but we only show as many as will fit nicely on a single row. It took me a while to figure out a nice way to do this in #SwiftUI without using GeometryReader.
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
I am “had to get a singles vaccine” years old today. 💉
Celebrating with working from one of my fav locations.
Celebrating with working from one of my fav locations.
December 2, 2024 at 11:46 AM
I am “had to get a singles vaccine” years old today. 💉
Celebrating with working from one of my fav locations.
Celebrating with working from one of my fav locations.
I LOVE our customers so much ❤️
The thought and time that @tech-shed.bsky.social has put into this video is simply amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nya9...
The thought and time that @tech-shed.bsky.social has put into this video is simply amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nya9...
Portal my favorite app! | Portal - Escape Into Nature
YouTube video by The Tech Shed
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:44 PM
I LOVE our customers so much ❤️
The thought and time that @tech-shed.bsky.social has put into this video is simply amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nya9...
The thought and time that @tech-shed.bsky.social has put into this video is simply amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nya9...
Multiple thoughtful development posts. Zero likes.
One swear about cars. 36 likes.
👌
One swear about cars. 36 likes.
👌
November 30, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Multiple thoughtful development posts. Zero likes.
One swear about cars. 36 likes.
👌
One swear about cars. 36 likes.
👌
What a difference a day makes.
Yesterday - Today
Yesterday - Today
November 30, 2024 at 8:27 PM
What a difference a day makes.
Yesterday - Today
Yesterday - Today
When the train / bike combo works, it works so well. So much nicer than driving. Fuck cars.
November 30, 2024 at 1:21 PM
When the train / bike combo works, it works so well. So much nicer than driving. Fuck cars.
If you’re in the UK and not subscribed to @iandunt.bsky.social’s newsletter you should be.
Todays article was an extra special treat. iandunt.substack.com/p/assisted-d...
Todays article was an extra special treat. iandunt.substack.com/p/assisted-d...
Assisted dying: Triumph for reformers during a historic day in Westminster
This was the single most impressive parliamentary debate we've seen in years.
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November 29, 2024 at 11:34 PM
If you’re in the UK and not subscribed to @iandunt.bsky.social’s newsletter you should be.
Todays article was an extra special treat. iandunt.substack.com/p/assisted-d...
Todays article was an extra special treat. iandunt.substack.com/p/assisted-d...
Found these toppers around town today. So lovely to see and really brought a smile to my face. Such amazing attention to detail on the town hall one. What an incredible effort.
I’m normally a “no Christmas until December” kind of guy but feeling festive now so we may get the tree up today. 🎄
I’m normally a “no Christmas until December” kind of guy but feeling festive now so we may get the tree up today. 🎄
November 29, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Found these toppers around town today. So lovely to see and really brought a smile to my face. Such amazing attention to detail on the town hall one. What an incredible effort.
I’m normally a “no Christmas until December” kind of guy but feeling festive now so we may get the tree up today. 🎄
I’m normally a “no Christmas until December” kind of guy but feeling festive now so we may get the tree up today. 🎄