Chris Brakebill
Web and mobile developer

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    Aug 23 5am

    I feel like Apple should make it easier to generate a hidden email in any text input. Or require apps with email signup to support it. Too many aren’t semantically labeling their forms correctly. Maybe negligence, or maybe intentionally…

    Aug 23 11am

    I’m bad about letting the imposter syndrome get me. So I’ve decided to try something new. Look for one stack overflow question to try to answer every day.

    Hoping this will make me more comfortable sharing knowledge in public

    Aug 23 8am

    This is an absolute failure. But I don’t think it’s about the technology. It did it’s job well. But it’s indictment of Google as a customer facing company. They are not equipped to handle problems like this. They are built to serve advertisers.

    I’d never trust them to serve me email, internet, handle my photos. They don’t do customer service. Period.

    Aug 23 7am

    Fascinating listen

    Aug 21 10am

    Looking to get proper speakers for the living room. I’m tempted by the Roku wireless speakers. But I’m skeptical of wireless. And even more skeptical long term of speakers dependent on software of a specific platform…

    Aug 20 7am

    Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds

    You don’t say? My Volt managed to combine the worst of both worlds. A tiny touch screen and a bunch of touch sensitive areas that aren’t buttons so it’s really easy to tap the wrong thing

    Aug 13 7am

    I’ve been experimenting with GitHub Copilot this week. I have to say it’s really cool. It would probably be more helpful if I wasn’t an iOS developer. I live in Xcode, so bouncing between it and VS Code is a pain

    Aug 12 9am

    Picked up one of these Belkin Wemo Thread dimmers. They aren’t kidding about it being exclusive to HomeKit. Seems that Home Assistant can’t seem to add it via the HomeKit Controller. Hoping it’s just a bug with Home Assistant’s new Bluetooth integration

    Aug 11 7am

    I think I might be ready for a Station Eleven rewatch

    Aug 6 12am

    Reservation Dogs season 2 is every bit as good as season 1 👌