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Zachary Wander :thonk:
@wander1236.androiddev.social.ap.brid.gy
Maker of open source Android and cross-platform apps.

Kotlin, Compose, React Native.

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I feel like I'm having really bad luck with using the Raspberry Pi 5 as a headless "server" box. I have 2 of them and both regularly lock up and stop responding until they're force rebooted to the point where I gave up on one and moved all the docker containers to a NAS.

The other one also […]
Original post on androiddev.social
androiddev.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Not really sure how I feel about the new Affinity Studio. If I'm understanding it right, all the existing features of Affinity v2 are free now, and there's just additional AI stuff available if you have Canva Pro, which is good on the surface, but I'm worried about the move to a subscription […]
Original post on androiddev.social
androiddev.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Reposted by Zachary Wander :thonk:
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
September 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I still can't believe the Switch only supports 20MHz bandwidth on 5GHz WiFi.
December 15, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Google AI is great actually
November 28, 2024 at 11:14 PM
But this *is* the new phone.
October 8, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Nothing apparently makes good earbuds. The CMF Neckband Pro is (are?) really good, especially for $50. Good sound, good ANC, super long battery life, convenient and functional multipoint + pairing.

I think the actual MSRP is around $30, but I had to get my pair from an unofficial seller on […]
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androiddev.social
August 21, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Seems like the driver situation on the new Qualcomm laptops is a mess.

There's supposed to be a new beta driver to improve game performance, but no one seems to know how to get it besides either having a Qualcomm PR contact or using the GitHub repo where someone has gathered a bunch of drivers […]
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androiddev.social
July 7, 2024 at 9:20 PM