Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them)
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My name’s Avery!
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🧑🏼💻 iOS engineer
💟 Unitarian Universalist
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🧑🏼💻 iOS engineer
💟 Unitarian Universalist
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Opinions and posts are my own, and don’t represent those of my employer
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Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
“Oh no! I accidentally clicked the unsubscribe link on a marketing email!” - nobody ever.
I would love to see the metrics on how often someone clicks the “resubscribe now” button on the “sorry to see you go” unsubscribe confirmation screen.
I would love to see the metrics on how often someone clicks the “resubscribe now” button on the “sorry to see you go” unsubscribe confirmation screen.
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Oh no! I accidentally clicked the unsubscribe link on a marketing email!” - nobody ever.
I would love to see the metrics on how often someone clicks the “resubscribe now” button on the “sorry to see you go” unsubscribe confirmation screen.
I would love to see the metrics on how often someone clicks the “resubscribe now” button on the “sorry to see you go” unsubscribe confirmation screen.
iOS dev hot take: MVVM is just a re-brand of MVC. MVC got a bad rap because it was so frequently misused.
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
iOS dev hot take: MVVM is just a re-brand of MVC. MVC got a bad rap because it was so frequently misused.
I’m apparently a Snapchat girlie again
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’m apparently a Snapchat girlie again
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October 31st November 1st
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
October 31st November 1st
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This is actually incredibly interesting
I wrote about how and why social media has largely become boring and why it's a bad idea to eat your own brain: www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-social-...
Is social media just...boring now?
Social media is destroying democracy and accelerating idiocracy. But it's also just...really, really boring.
www.forkingpaths.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is actually incredibly interesting
Man, calendar apps have got to be like the most difficult problem space in the world, right?
And I’m not talking about weird holiday patterns, I’m talking about sharing events and calendars, how to handle multiple platforms and services.
And I’m not talking about weird holiday patterns, I’m talking about sharing events and calendars, how to handle multiple platforms and services.
October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Man, calendar apps have got to be like the most difficult problem space in the world, right?
And I’m not talking about weird holiday patterns, I’m talking about sharing events and calendars, how to handle multiple platforms and services.
And I’m not talking about weird holiday patterns, I’m talking about sharing events and calendars, how to handle multiple platforms and services.
Neat!
But the “business logic” is arguably the least difficult part of building a mobile app. Every app I’ve worked on has been 90% UI code 😕
But the “business logic” is arguably the least difficult part of building a mobile app. Every app I’ve worked on has been 90% UI code 😕
📣Announcing the first preview releases of Swift for Android, enabling you to build Android business logic with the same Swift that you use for Apple platforms. www.swift.org/blog/nightly... #Android
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Neat!
But the “business logic” is arguably the least difficult part of building a mobile app. Every app I’ve worked on has been 90% UI code 😕
But the “business logic” is arguably the least difficult part of building a mobile app. Every app I’ve worked on has been 90% UI code 😕
One of those weird weeks where I feel exhausted, and I can’t tell if it’s because I’m struggling to keep up, or because I’m setting my own bar too high for myself.
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
One of those weird weeks where I feel exhausted, and I can’t tell if it’s because I’m struggling to keep up, or because I’m setting my own bar too high for myself.
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
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Here’s my custom stretchy() SwiftUI modifier built with visualEffect(), powering the stretchy header in @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social ☕️
I shared the code for it earlier in my blog post: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Stretch...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
I shared the code for it earlier in my blog post: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Stretch...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
September 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Here’s my custom stretchy() SwiftUI modifier built with visualEffect(), powering the stretchy header in @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social ☕️
I shared the code for it earlier in my blog post: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Stretch...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
I shared the code for it earlier in my blog post: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Stretch...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
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Just two more days until Blippo+ lands on your computer (or switch) in full color.
Get ready for Tuesday! blippo.plus
Get ready for Tuesday! blippo.plus
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Just two more days until Blippo+ lands on your computer (or switch) in full color.
Get ready for Tuesday! blippo.plus
Get ready for Tuesday! blippo.plus
This spam needs to STOP! 😩 how many times do I need to respond with “stop” before the messages stop coming?
September 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This spam needs to STOP! 😩 how many times do I need to respond with “stop” before the messages stop coming?
The word “Paraphernalia” is the nastiest word in the English language. The word’s definition could apply to pretty much any specialized tool, but we only use it when we talk about drugs because everybody knows it sounds like an STD.
September 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The word “Paraphernalia” is the nastiest word in the English language. The word’s definition could apply to pretty much any specialized tool, but we only use it when we talk about drugs because everybody knows it sounds like an STD.
Ad sales are so wild
September 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Ad sales are so wild
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Some people take feedback as useful suggestions (whether they accept it or not); some take it as a personal attack.
The latter take much longer to learn anything. Sometimes too long.
I know it sucks but it’s the fastest way to get better.
The latter take much longer to learn anything. Sometimes too long.
I know it sucks but it’s the fastest way to get better.
September 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Some people take feedback as useful suggestions (whether they accept it or not); some take it as a personal attack.
The latter take much longer to learn anything. Sometimes too long.
I know it sucks but it’s the fastest way to get better.
The latter take much longer to learn anything. Sometimes too long.
I know it sucks but it’s the fastest way to get better.
Love to eat a fish with the face still on
September 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Love to eat a fish with the face still on
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SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL
September 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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Deno 2.5 is out —
⭐ Permission sets in config
⭐ Setup and teardown APIs to Deno.test
⭐ HTML entrypoint support in deno bundle
⭐ Runtime API for deno bundle
deno.com/blog/v2.5
⭐ Permission sets in config
⭐ Setup and teardown APIs to Deno.test
⭐ HTML entrypoint support in deno bundle
⭐ Runtime API for deno bundle
deno.com/blog/v2.5
Deno 2.5: Permissions in the config file | Deno
Simpler permission management with permission sets, new Deno.test APIs for setting up and tearing down test cases, specifying custom headers in WebSocket connections, runtime APIs in deno bundle, and ...
deno.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Deno 2.5 is out —
⭐ Permission sets in config
⭐ Setup and teardown APIs to Deno.test
⭐ HTML entrypoint support in deno bundle
⭐ Runtime API for deno bundle
deno.com/blog/v2.5
⭐ Permission sets in config
⭐ Setup and teardown APIs to Deno.test
⭐ HTML entrypoint support in deno bundle
⭐ Runtime API for deno bundle
deno.com/blog/v2.5
Good luck to all iOS developers who haven’t tested their apps with liquid glass yet. I’m anticipating a lot of customer feedback. Stay strong 💪
September 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good luck to all iOS developers who haven’t tested their apps with liquid glass yet. I’m anticipating a lot of customer feedback. Stay strong 💪
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Fresh 2 has graduated to beta releases - essentially release candidates before a stable release.
Fresh can now act as a Vite plugin, opening the door to HMR, faster boot times, and Cloudflare deployments.
deno.com/blog/fresh-a...
Fresh can now act as a Vite plugin, opening the door to HMR, faster boot times, and Cloudflare deployments.
deno.com/blog/fresh-a...
Fresh 2.0 Graduates to Beta, Adds Vite Support | Deno
Fresh 2.0 beta introduces optional Vite integration - with hot reloading, faster boot times, seamless React aliasing, and the full Vite plugin ecosystem
deno.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Fresh 2 has graduated to beta releases - essentially release candidates before a stable release.
Fresh can now act as a Vite plugin, opening the door to HMR, faster boot times, and Cloudflare deployments.
deno.com/blog/fresh-a...
Fresh can now act as a Vite plugin, opening the door to HMR, faster boot times, and Cloudflare deployments.
deno.com/blog/fresh-a...
Feeling like a curmudgeon today 😩
September 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Feeling like a curmudgeon today 😩
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The world needs more hand-drawn software
September 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The world needs more hand-drawn software
I haven’t tried Dia, but Arc is my daily driver. Huge kudos to the whole team at the Browser Company!
The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired
The company behind the Dia and Arc browsers is being acquired
$610 million is a pretty big number for a web browser
buff.ly
September 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I haven’t tried Dia, but Arc is my daily driver. Huge kudos to the whole team at the Browser Company!