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Stef Patterson 💙
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Sr SQL Dev & Mentor • Flutter Dev💙• Aspiring Artist • Flutter Author, Tech & Final Pass Editor @ kodeco.com • Flutteristas Co-Lead • mom • she/her • Oregon

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Stef Patterson 💙 @geekmespeakstef.dev · Nov 20
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geekmespeakstef.dev
#FlutterDev be sure to join us for #FCAIC on Mon 3-Nov at 9am PT / 4pm UTC!
fluttercommunity.dev Flutter Community @fluttercommunity.dev · 9d
#FCAIC #13 – #Gemini CLI Extensions × #Flutter with @leehack.com

📅 Nov 3 ⏰ 4 PM UTC / 9 AM PT

AI-First Workflow for #FlutterDev Go from blank terminal -> AI-first app

Context7, Flutter, #Firebase extensions, edit UI with the inspector, & integrate Firebase AI Logic.

🎥 youtu.be/watch?v=gJW6...
The image is a promotional graphic for a "Flutter Community AI Circle" event. The main title is "Prompt, Code, Think: Gemini CLI Extensions x Flutter." It's identified as FCAIC #13, with the specific topic being "AI-First Workflow for Flutter Developers featuring Jhin Lee." The event is scheduled for 3 November, 2025, at 4 PM UTC and will be streamed on Flutter Community YouTube. The graphic has a dark blue background with a subtle grid pattern, and at the top, it features the white "AI" logo of the Flutter Community AI Circle.
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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erick.gamedev.blue
Hey all!

I finally managed to get my apple developer account up and running and I am happy to share that Mine Cart Operator is also available for iPhones in the App Store!

If you haven't yet, grab the game here: apps.apple.com/us/app/mine-...

#IndieGame #iOSGame #PixelArt #IndieDev
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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codewithandrea.com
My Flutter October newsletter is out, covering:

🧩 Flutter & Figma MCP
🧱 Wasm 3.0 release
🎥 FlutterCon EU 2025 Videos
🎧 Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away

Read on for all the details:
codewithandrea.com/newsletter/o...
October 2025: Flutter & Figma MCP, Platform & UI threads merge, Andrej Karpathy on AGI
Also included: Fluttercon EU videos, Wasm 3.0, my 3-folder system for effective AI coding in Flutter.
codewithandrea.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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erick.gamedev.blue
I recently released Julius: Expense assistant!

Made this because I always felt overwhelmed by the apps on the stores and wanted something simpler!

If by any chances you feel like me, give it a try: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Feedback is welcomed!

#Android #FlutterDev
Julius - Expenses assistant - Apps on Google Play
Manage your expenses in a simple and fun way!
play.google.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
Folksy Florals made with self-made flower @procreate.com brushes.

#MakingArtEveryday challenge

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt #NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand #MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
The image is a stylized illustration of five flowers in a dark red pot, set against a blue sky with white clouds and a green grassy background. The art style has a textured, slightly brushstroke or crayon-like quality. The pot is wide and shallow, a deep reddish-brown, and positioned at the bottom center of the image. Emerging from the pot are five flowers with long, slender green stems and varying green leaves. From left to right: An orange flower with a yellow center, resembling a sunflower, with straight petals. A yellow flower with a brown center, also with straight petals. A flower with a broken or stylized orange petal, featuring thin orange stripes and a light orange center. Another orange flower, similar to the first, with a light orange center and straight petals. On the far right, a fifth flower, also orange with a light orange center, similar in style to the others. The background consists of a wavy, dark green hill or ground, and above it, a light blue sky with wispy white clouds. In the upper left and upper right corners of the sky, there are small silhouettes of birds flying in formation. In the bottom right corner of the image, there's a small, faint signature "Stef 9 Oct 25".
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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schultek.dev
Want your website footer to look as cool as the official dart.dev website? ✨

Add the new "Built with Jaspr" badge with only 1 line of code. Available as "JasprBadge.light()" and ".dark()" in the latest Jaspr release!
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
#FlutterDev Be sure to join us for #FCAIC on Monday to learn more about #Flutter #AI #Gemini
fluttercommunity.dev Flutter Community @fluttercommunity.dev · 25d
📣 #FCAIC #11 goes live Mon, Oct 20 @ 4PM UTC / 9AM PDT!

Join @randalschwartz.bsky.social (Flutter & Dart GDE) as he demos Part 2 of his Choose Your Own Adventure Flutter app powered by Gemini for dynamic stories + AI-generated images.

🎥 Watch live: youtu.be/watch?v=6EWj...

#FlutterDev #Flutter
The image is a promotional graphic for a "Flutter Community AI Circle" event. The main title is "Prompt, Code, Think: Flutter x Gemini Storytelling," and it is identified as FCAIC #12. The specific topic is "Choose Your Own Adventure App Part 2 with Randal Schwartz." The event is scheduled for October 20, 2025, at 4 PM UTC and will be streamed on Flutter Community YouTube. The graphic has a dark blue background with a subtle grid pattern, and the top features the white "AI" logo for the Flutter Community AI Circle.
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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fluttercommunity.dev
📣 #FCAIC #11 goes live Mon, Oct 6 @ 4PM UTC / 9AM PDT!

Join @randalschwartz.bsky.social (Flutter & Dart GDE) as he demos his Choose Your Own Adventure Flutter app powered by Gemini for dynamic stories + AI-generated images.

🎥 Watch live: youtu.be/watch?v=YlfX...

#FlutterDev #Flutter
Promotional graphic for Flutter Community AI Circle episode titled “Prompt, Code, Think: Flutter x Gemini Storytelling” featuring Flutter & Dart GDE , one of FCAIC core members Randal Schwartz. The graphic includes the FCAIC logo, event title, and YouTube livestream time: October 6, 2025 – 4PM UTC.
October 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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markos.dev
"I'm tired waiting for someone to do an alternative to Airbnb, I'm just going to start working on this right now"

Listen to why I decided to start Caza de Casa and much much more in this conversation I had with Jarrett Carpenter on the Future Signal Podcast

#BuildInPublic
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
Sketch Perspective: Learned #Procreate Perspective Drawing Guide reading Chpt 10 of Liz Kohler Brown's "Get Started with Procreate" book.

#MakingArtEveryday challenge.

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt#NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand#MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
A black and white line drawing of a room in one-point perspective. The drawing, which has a sketchy, hand-drawn texture, shows a rectangular table in the center with a chair on its right side. To the left of the table is a small stool or plant stand. On the back wall, there are two framed rectangular shapes, one wider and one taller. The artist's signature, "Stef 10 Sep 25," is visible next to the bottom right leg of the chair.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
Textured Stamp - Followed "Get Started with Procreate" book Chapter 6 was very helpful and I learned new things!

#MakingArtEveryday challenge.

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt#NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand#MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
A digital illustration of a postage stamp. The stamp has a purple border with a serrated edge and a thin yellow inner border. The main image on the stamp is a diagonal sprig with three yellow lemons and several green leaves on a textured, light gray background. The artist's signature, "Stef 10 Sep 25," is visible in the bottom right corner of the stamp.
September 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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felangel.bsky.social
The Flutter & Friends app has been transferred to the official Flutter & Friends GitHub org 🥳💙

Leave a 🌟 to show your support👇
github.com/flutter-and-...
GitHub - flutter-and-friends/flutter_and_friends: The official Flutter & Friends conference app
The official Flutter & Friends conference app. Contribute to flutter-and-friends/flutter_and_friends development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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markos.dev
Where does the name "Caza de Casa" come from?

www.youtube.com/shorts/1r-K6...

#BuildInPublic
Caza de Casa: Where does the name come from?
YouTube video by Mark O'Sullivan
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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felangel.bsky.social
Shorebird CI is in beta 🚀

✨ Zero Config
✅ Production Quality
💙 Built for Flutter & Dart
⚡️ Performant

Spend more time building for customers and less time fighting with frustrating CI workflows.

Try Shorebird CI today in <1 minute, no code changes needed👇
shorebird.dev/blog/introdu...
Introducing Shorebird CI (Beta)
Announcing a new service from Shorebird, zero config CI for Flutter and Dart applications.
shorebird.dev
September 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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ryanestrada.com
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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spydon.dev
It was sooo much work, but it was sooo worth it! I think this year was my favorite edition so far. 😊

See you all from this amazing community soon again!
flutterfriends.dev The Flutter & Friends conference @flutterfriends.dev · Sep 4
Flutter & Friends lived up to its name for the 3rd year in a row!
Huge thanks to all our FRIENDS 💙
Your passion and energy make the Flutter community what it is!

See you again next year! 🤗
September 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
Two-Hue Palette A Cozy Color Study. #MakingArtEveryday challenge.

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt #NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand #MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
A stylized digital drawing of a living room scene. A blue armchair with a chevron-patterned orange pillow sits on a large orange circular rug on a hardwood floor. The walls are a textured orange. Above the chair, there are three framed pictures. The two outer frames contain abstract blue art, while the center frame holds a color palette of three blue ovals and three orange ovals. The artist's signature, "Stef 2 Sep 25," is visible on the bottom right of the rug.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
#MakingArtEveryday challenge

While I really liked original (left), wanted eyes focusing on circle. The right is after changing backgnd & added canvas texture.

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt #NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand #MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub #ArtWithFlo
A horizontal diptych showing two circular digital illustrations of a snowy winter landscape. On the left, the illustration has a light blue background and a subtle drop shadow. On the right, the same illustration is on a dark, textured background with a soft blue glow around the circle. Both images depict snow-covered hills and mountains, a large full moon, and falling snowflakes of varying sizes against a deep blue sky.yo the right of each image’s drop shadow is the artist's signature, "Stef 19 Aug 25".
August 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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erick.gamedev.blue
Hey Folks, we just published an article about how to get rid of Ghost Lines and Rendering artifacts in Flame Games! Check it out:

dev.to/blue-fire/ho...

#FlutterDev #FlameEngine
How to avoid ghost lines and render artifacts in Flame
If you ever developed a 2d game, you might have had to deal with “strange rendering artifacts” when...
dev.to
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
#MakingArtEveryday challenge.

Dash - This is not done, but here are my first pass images.

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt #NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand #MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
A side-by-side comparison of two digital illustrations of a cartoon bird named Dash. Both images show a blue bird with a large round body, big eyes, and a pointy beak, standing in green grass under a light blue sky with white clouds. The image on the left, labeled "Dash with canvas texture," has a grainy, textured appearance. The image on the right, labeled "Dash non-textured canvas," is a smooth, clean illustration. Both images are framed with a black border. The artist's name "Stef" and the dates are visible near the bottom right of the each image.
August 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
#MakingArtEveryday challenge.

14-August-2025 art.

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt #NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand #MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
A digital collage composed of four square illustrations. The top left panel features a winking red-orange fruit with a smiling face and a green leaf stem, set against a light beige background. The top right panel shows a stylized fried egg with a sunny yellow yolk and a flowing white on a blue background. The bottom two panels, against a yellow-green background, both show a cross-section of a green pear. The pear on the bottom left is a standard cross-section, while the one on the bottom right has been anthropomorphized to resemble a face. The artist's name "Stef" and the dates are visible near the bottom right of the each image.
August 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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foxanna.bsky.social
Maintaining barrel files in #Flutter projects can be a chore. Keeping barrel files exports in sync with the new package structure after every refactor is tedious and error-prone.

That’s where barrel_files #Dart package comes in handy!
August 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
geekmespeakstef.dev
#MakingArtEveryday challenge.

13-Aug-2025 F is for Flowers

#FlutterDev #Procreate #Art #ProcreateArtist #DigitalArt #NotAIArtwork #HumanMade #MadeByHand #MakeSomething #ArtMakersClub
A whimsical digital illustration of a bouquet of flowers in a clear vase. The flowers include two large white daisies, a large yellow flower, a smaller yellow flower, and two pink, tulip-like buds. The green stems are visible through the vase, which holds a pool of light blue water. The entire scene is set against a solid, pale pink background. The artist's signature, "Stef 13 Aug 25," is visible on the right side of the vase.
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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jetbrains.com
Today, we’re announcing a new model for JetBrains AI quotas that is simpler and more transparent. We hope it will give you more clarity about what is included in your plan and how to manage your quota.

The new quotas go live on August 18.

Read about all the changes in the blog post: jb.gg/7lh8lq
A Simpler, More Transparent Model for AI Quotas | The JetBrains Blog
Starting August 18, 2025, we’re rolling out a new AI quota model that makes AI subscriptions easier to understand and manage, while also letting you seamlessly extend your usage beyond your included q...
jb.gg
August 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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kenney.nl
There's only 4 hours left to grab the 10% launch discount for #MakeRoom! It’s been less than a week since release, and your creativity has already blown me away. Thank you so much for playing, and please look forward to more free updates soon!

store.steampowered.com/app/2212670/...
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM