Todd Spatafore
@spatacoli.com
Senior Engineering Manager at Fandango. Author of courses, books, and videos. .NET Fan and all-around good JavaScript person. https://spataco.li
My wife says I can't do it this year. 😢
The first #AdventOfCode 2025 puzzle comes out in about five hours! What's your plan? What language(s?!) are you using? What's your IDE of choice and why is it Vim? Do you have a comfy chair? Did you check out the beta release of Lua 5.5? How much sleep have you gotten? Drinking enough water? 🌟 ❤️ 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My wife says I can't do it this year. 😢
@beccafarsace.bsky.social do you ever shoot on film? I’m looking for a decent film camera for my wife. Got any pointers? Thanks
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
@beccafarsace.bsky.social do you ever shoot on film? I’m looking for a decent film camera for my wife. Got any pointers? Thanks
How embarrassing, recommended for me is Windows 11 for seniors and Windows 11 for Seniors in Large Print. :( What did I do to hurt you Amazon?
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
How embarrassing, recommended for me is Windows 11 for seniors and Windows 11 for Seniors in Large Print. :( What did I do to hurt you Amazon?
Looking for advice from the masses. There's a position open in my company that I just saw on LinkedIn. It would be a single step up for me. Should I let the recruiters and hiring manager know that I'm interested in it?
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Looking for advice from the masses. There's a position open in my company that I just saw on LinkedIn. It would be a single step up for me. Should I let the recruiters and hiring manager know that I'm interested in it?
Reposted by Todd Spatafore
Every 5 seconds while watching my wife use a Mac, "It's not a touch screen"
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Every 5 seconds while watching my wife use a Mac, "It's not a touch screen"
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil."
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil."
Tome Town v1.1 is live!
Your feedback after v1.0 shaped this entire update:
- Smart search across your library
- Better reading progress memory
Building an iOS app as a learning project has been incredible.
Thank you for being part of this journey!
#IndieApp #iOSDev #SwiftUI
Your feedback after v1.0 shaped this entire update:
- Smart search across your library
- Better reading progress memory
Building an iOS app as a learning project has been incredible.
Thank you for being part of this journey!
#IndieApp #iOSDev #SwiftUI
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reposted by Todd Spatafore
Working on Tome Town v1.1 based on your feedback!
Markdown syntax highlighting, better search, and
performance improvements coming soon.
Building in public is the best way to learn iOS development
Markdown syntax highlighting, better search, and
performance improvements coming soon.
Building in public is the best way to learn iOS development
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Working on Tome Town v1.1 based on your feedback!
Markdown syntax highlighting, better search, and
performance improvements coming soon.
Building in public is the best way to learn iOS development
Markdown syntax highlighting, better search, and
performance improvements coming soon.
Building in public is the best way to learn iOS development
What movie do you consider perfect?
September 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
What movie do you consider perfect?
Awesome post.
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Awesome post.
Reposted by Todd Spatafore
I feel stupid announcing this, but I think it has more of an effect if I do: I cancelled Disney, Hulu, and ESPN+. And I plan to shoplift Andor season 2 when it comes to Blu-ray.
September 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I feel stupid announcing this, but I think it has more of an effect if I do: I cancelled Disney, Hulu, and ESPN+. And I plan to shoplift Andor season 2 when it comes to Blu-ray.
14 years ago I went to the first //build/ conference. It was great and wonderful and I actually talked to people in the hotel and at the conference. The sessions were up my alley and I learned a lot. Miss those days...
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
14 years ago I went to the first //build/ conference. It was great and wonderful and I actually talked to people in the hotel and at the conference. The sessions were up my alley and I learned a lot. Miss those days...
What's with companies that make hand over fist money and they lay off a ton of employees. We need a worker's bill of rights here.
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What's with companies that make hand over fist money and they lay off a ton of employees. We need a worker's bill of rights here.
What?!? This is messed up. Found guilty but doesn't have to atone for the crime? This reality sucks.
Google won’t be forced to sell its Chrome browser and can keep paying companies to keep its search engine as the default on smartphones, thanks to a federal ruling.
In other words? Google gets to remain a monopoly and keep its harmful, anti-competitive practices.
Shameful.
In other words? Google gets to remain a monopoly and keep its harmful, anti-competitive practices.
Shameful.
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What?!? This is messed up. Found guilty but doesn't have to atone for the crime? This reality sucks.
Quick question for PDF/EPUB readers: what's the ONE thing that drives you crazy about existing reading apps?
Building Tome Town taught me that sometimes the biggest problems are the simplest ones.
Your answers might become v1.1 features!
#PDFReader #IndieApp #UserFeedback
Building Tome Town taught me that sometimes the biggest problems are the simplest ones.
Your answers might become v1.1 features!
#PDFReader #IndieApp #UserFeedback
September 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Quick question for PDF/EPUB readers: what's the ONE thing that drives you crazy about existing reading apps?
Building Tome Town taught me that sometimes the biggest problems are the simplest ones.
Your answers might become v1.1 features!
#PDFReader #IndieApp #UserFeedback
Building Tome Town taught me that sometimes the biggest problems are the simplest ones.
Your answers might become v1.1 features!
#PDFReader #IndieApp #UserFeedback
Such a loss. Time Capsule was a great product. I got one on @snazzylabs.com recommendation and haven't regretted it. Time to make room on my NAS for Mac backups.
August 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Such a loss. Time Capsule was a great product. I got one on @snazzylabs.com recommendation and haven't regretted it. Time to make room on my NAS for Mac backups.
To everyone who's downloaded Tome Town this week - thank you for supporting an indie developer learning iOS! Your feedback is literally shaping what I build next. What's the most frustrating thing about your current PDF reading setup?
August 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
To everyone who's downloaded Tome Town this week - thank you for supporting an indie developer learning iOS! Your feedback is literally shaping what I build next. What's the most frustrating thing about your current PDF reading setup?
I bet it'll be called the iPhone 26.
August 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I bet it'll be called the iPhone 26.
My first iOS app just went live!
Built Tome Town in 4 weeks while learning iOS - a simple PDF/EPUB reader with no subscriptions or tracking.
$4.99 once, yours forever.
From iOS beginner to shipped app in a month
apps.apple.com/us/app/tome-...
#IndieApp #iOSDev #ShipIt
Built Tome Town in 4 weeks while learning iOS - a simple PDF/EPUB reader with no subscriptions or tracking.
$4.99 once, yours forever.
From iOS beginner to shipped app in a month
apps.apple.com/us/app/tome-...
#IndieApp #iOSDev #ShipIt
Tome Town: PDF & EPUB Reader
A simple reading app for your PDF and EPUB files. Built by an independent iOS developer as a learning project.
Just the essentials, beautifully executed:
Import from Files, email, or cloud storage
...
apps.apple.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My first iOS app just went live!
Built Tome Town in 4 weeks while learning iOS - a simple PDF/EPUB reader with no subscriptions or tracking.
$4.99 once, yours forever.
From iOS beginner to shipped app in a month
apps.apple.com/us/app/tome-...
#IndieApp #iOSDev #ShipIt
Built Tome Town in 4 weeks while learning iOS - a simple PDF/EPUB reader with no subscriptions or tracking.
$4.99 once, yours forever.
From iOS beginner to shipped app in a month
apps.apple.com/us/app/tome-...
#IndieApp #iOSDev #ShipIt
Wow! I just pushed my first app to the Apple Store for approval. What a feeling. I want more! Tome Town will be available for all after a short beta period. sign up here to be notified when it's live! tometown.dev
Tome Town Beta - Premium iOS Reading App
A premium iOS app for serious readers who value true ownership. No subscriptions, no surveillance, no ecosystem lock-in.
tometown.dev
August 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Wow! I just pushed my first app to the Apple Store for approval. What a feeling. I want more! Tome Town will be available for all after a short beta period. sign up here to be notified when it's live! tometown.dev
Health insurance is a scam. $375 for a chest X-ray and insurance covers a whopping $56.25 of it.
July 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Health insurance is a scam. $375 for a chest X-ray and insurance covers a whopping $56.25 of it.
Here's a valuable prompt starting point for any business idea you may have, "please conduct a 'pre-mortem'." Find out how it can fail and use that to determine if it's worth going down the rabbit hole. What do you think?
July 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Here's a valuable prompt starting point for any business idea you may have, "please conduct a 'pre-mortem'." Find out how it can fail and use that to determine if it's worth going down the rabbit hole. What do you think?