iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

my social battery is completely drained, but I’m so glad for the time I got to spend with friends at Rocky Mountain Ruby.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 29/09/2026

not me constantly finding out im burned out and being the last one to know it.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 29/09/2026

❤️❤️ 9 years was not nearly long enough with you but i’m thankful for the time i got. you were always the best chair stealer i knew.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 28/09/2026

just said goodbye to the best cat ever. 😭😭😭 i’m gonna miss him so freaking much

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 28/09/2026

My talk is done (enough?) -- Ready for my @rmrubyconf.bsky.social talk on Tuesday, a few weeks ago I too built my own slide deck maker + exporter and I just ran through it and it worked great 10/10. Looking forward to the conference after a rough day tomorrow at least Tuesday can be a bright spot!

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 27/09/2026

cookin' on my own linux distro -- its a fun project I suppose but not even close to being good yet

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 25/09/2026

A few years ago, I would have to have used some obscure react component to get a date picker to do what I wanted. Now I get my own custom web element exactly the way I want it.

Screenshot of a WIP date picker that has a quick selection on the sidebar

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

building for businesses is such a vastly different mode than building for _people_. I miss building for people sometimes 😅

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

There's a dozen other thought out features I put into with ~30 minutes of writing a solid prompt / outline for what I wanted and then basically hands off while I slept.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

this is one view i worked out in my Project Manager, that my current job does that i wanted tooling for, to recap exactly what i did each day / plans for the day etc etc. little busy and needs work still but getting somewhere good.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

the era of one size fits all software is dead.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

yeah makes complete sense here. i went a little wild with mine, basically rebuilding all the pieces of the ole basecamp style during the good days:tm: + merging how I work these days with agents. hill charts, task lists, good notifications, good text editor, etc etc. and a incoming agent integrat

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

lol yup i just spent ~8 hours building my own project manager with like ~an hour of time from me.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

i could see that too i guess but i suppose i use Fable as an orchestrator and opus sub agents (i had no issues with 5 really other than it is verbose and slow, 5.5 is better)

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

i have the 200$ plan for claude and there’s been one time i got 57% weekly usage out of it and i was busting my ass for 12-16 hours off work to do so with like workflows and a ton of subagents. wild 😅 most weeks i find myself around 45% usage

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

if you're curious how @rmrubyconf.bsky.social talk prep is going, well I'm in flight with my custom slide deck editor/presenter and finishing my talk content. Down to the wire baby but that's ok

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

Ok maybe i lied about waiting to start this project, spun it up tonight and making great progress.

a list of 19 components in a design system for my new project

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

As soon as I get done with 9 other projects, it's time for me to dust off my project manager designs. Then it's over for you all because then i'll be able to keep track of everything easier.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

this. come tell the Hanakai team your papercuts and let’s make Hanami and co really really great.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 24/09/2026

🤯🤯 and i was following too

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

(for like making boats of money from SaaS) margins will continue to decrease as costs of compute rise and churn rises.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

i was describing it to a coworker today actually that i think theres a chart where 10-20% on either side of the middle will find other solutions/make their own, but i think 60-80% of the norms will still find some value in well done software. But we're def approaching the end of the gravy train.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

yeah i don’t disagree that the right choice no longer defaults to ruby for me either. it’s not uncommon in any one week for an agent or more of mine to use 5 different languages now

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

me watching the Rails World keynote

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

i’m looking forward to getting back to Iso Block Game engine work soon as i finish my conference talk due next week and then ship Switchfeed to non beta users ❤️

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

the single best feature of my social media app i’ve been beta testing with some friends is the unified timeline. i can see posts from all of my friends even if they chose mastodon as their home ❤️ getting close to feeling ready to submit for app review

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

I've been looking at small little campers i could tow with my car and it's wild that literal boxes are somehow 10k for a like 6x8 space.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 23/09/2026

me fixing all the bugs before submitting my first native app for app store reviews

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 22/09/2026

i feel like what i didn't know was it was actually harassment wasn't until long after it occurred, a few years ago i mightve been in that 41% camp but now... yeah 😭

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 21/09/2026

i went away from trying this before because i couldn't get rid of the copilot input at the top despite the rest of it being better :(

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/09/2026

I can only imagine how much discussion and behind-the-scenes labor this took, but this is absolutely the right thing to do.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 21/09/2026

sounds like every sabbatical i’ve ever heard if any lol

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 19/09/2026

Also to my followers… if you’re an iOS or macOS user and use social media (Bluesky or Mastodon) and would be interested in beta testing my native app Switchfeed let me know! I’m trying to make it the best way to be on both bluesky and mastodon

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 19/09/2026

i’m gonna wait till the v2 or 3 for them to workout all the issues lol. but yeah lol

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 18/09/2026

I don't need it, but I want it. Switchfeed on iPhone Duo would be fun

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 18/09/2026

i got terrible news today that my cat is sick and has diabetes and i’m going to have to make tough choices sooner than i ever thought i would ever need to. absolutely devastated. he is the only reason i am still alive on multiple occasions.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 17/09/2026

had my first app crash for Switchfeed, hooray! now i can fix it so hopefully others don’t get it :)

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 17/09/2026

Time to get some real users using Switchfeed.

Two email subjects reading “Switchfeed has been approved for beta testing” for macOS and iOS

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 17/09/2026

I am also trying REALLY hard with this project to actually ship it to real users.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 17/09/2026

Waiting in the beta app-review queue and tapping my fingers against my keyboard on more updates for Switchfeed. Determined to make Switchfeed the best social media app for Bluesky and Mastodon, going to take some time but it'll be worth it!

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 17/09/2026

And here we goooooo, waiting for the first app store review for Switchfeed to go to testflight folks.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 16/09/2026

my first testflight build ❤️

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 16/09/2026

I've been working on a native macOS (and iOS) app for posting and cross posting to Bluesky and Mastodon. One of my favorite features (besides cross-posting) is a unified timeline across both platforms.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 16/09/2026

dudeeee it was ouch. but on the bright side i just registered my car and renewed my drivers license from the comfort of my home using the power of the internet. So wins and losses on both side today

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 16/09/2026

Today I found out Colorado does not let you transfer remaining time / plates from another vehicle registration to a new one. Ouchies.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 15/09/2026

good enough! i have wireless carplay in my car and that alone is so nice to not need to connect each time i get in, i notice a small lag between swapping songs but its def a first world problem 😅

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 15/09/2026

curious if there’s any latency between like switching songs and it switching?

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 15/09/2026

this lets you connect to bluesky and mastodon right now and read/write for ether :)

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 14/09/2026

It's coming together, the native social media app of my dreams so far. I think I might see about getting this up on the app stores. If you're curious this will also be on iOS and iPadOS too when i'm done with it (both of those apps are working too!)

A screenshot of a native macOS app for Bluesky and Mastodon.

A screenshot of the composing a post view for bluesky

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