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My name’s Avery! 💖💛🩵 🧑🏼‍💻 iOS engineer 💟 Unitarian Universalist — Opinions and posts are my own, and don’t represent those of my employer

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ceej @ceej.online · 25/09/2026
ME: (crawling out of the sea) Oh thank god! There’s been a terrible shipwreck! Please, I need water GUY ON SHORE HOLDING A GIANT BOOK: Not so fast, bitch. This is Puzzle Island
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Federico Viticci @viticci.macstories.net · 21/09/2026
I reviewed the M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256 GB of RAM. It’s the dream Mac for local AI agents. And I’ve gone local-only with Hermes. My story, with LOTS of interactive charts: www.macstories.net/stories/m5-u...
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M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents
For the past few days, I’ve been testing the (currently) top-of-the-line M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256 GB of RAM. I’ll cut to the chase: the M5 Ultra Mac Studio is a dream machine for local AI agents. ...
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 10/08/2026
Photos app brought me this memory from 10 years ago.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/07/2026
2026 really is a momentous year
Photo of the side of a Mr. softee ice cream truck with a sticker next to an illustration of a shake that says it’s the company’s 70th anniversary. There’s the ice cream cone man with the years 1956 and 2026 on the left and right. Below that it says 70 years of serving the very best.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 11/12/2025
Talk to your kids about safe impact play before they learn it from their AI toys
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Ray @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 14/11/2025
Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 12/11/2025
“Oh no! I accidentally clicked the unsubscribe link on a marketing email!” - nobody ever. I would love to see the metrics on how often someone clicks the “resubscribe now” button on the “sorry to see you go” unsubscribe confirmation screen.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 03/11/2025
iOS dev hot take: MVVM is just a re-brand of MVC. MVC got a bad rap because it was so frequently misused.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 02/11/2025
I’m apparently a Snapchat girlie again
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🌷 Fidget/Vesper 🌷 @fenn-boy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This is actually incredibly interesting
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 28/10/2025
Man, calendar apps have got to be like the most difficult problem space in the world, right? And I’m not talking about weird holiday patterns, I’m talking about sharing events and calendars, how to handle multiple platforms and services.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 24/10/2025
Neat! But the “business logic” is arguably the least difficult part of building a mobile app. Every app I’ve worked on has been 90% UI code 😕
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 11/10/2025
One of those weird weeks where I feel exhausted, and I can’t tell if it’s because I’m struggling to keep up, or because I’m setting my own bar too high for myself.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Here’s my custom stretchy() SwiftUI modifier built with visualEffect(), powering the stretchy header in @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social ☕️ I shared the code for it earlier in my blog post: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Stretch... #iOSDev #SwiftUI
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Panic @panic.com · 22/09/2025
Just two more days until Blippo+ lands on your computer (or switch) in full color. Get ready for Tuesday! blippo.plus
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 19/09/2025
This spam needs to STOP! 😩 how many times do I need to respond with “stop” before the messages stop coming?
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 16/09/2025
The word “Paraphernalia” is the nastiest word in the English language. The word’s definition could apply to pretty much any specialized tool, but we only use it when we talk about drugs because everybody knows it sounds like an STD.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 16/09/2025
Ad sales are so wild
New York Times app screenshot. List of articles.

Headline: F.B.I. Head Says Note and DNA Link Suspect to Kirk Killing

Headline: Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Kirk Shooting

Advertisement: Death Becomes Her. A broadway comedy musical.
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Jason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 14/09/2025
Some people take feedback as useful suggestions (whether they accept it or not); some take it as a personal attack. The latter take much longer to learn anything. Sometimes too long. I know it sucks but it’s the fastest way to get better.
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 14/09/2025
Love to eat a fish with the face still on
Plate of food. In the middle is a fried fish, whole.
Around the fish is lettuce, garlic bread, french fries, rice, and sauce.
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Riley Testut @riley.social · 12/09/2025
SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL
Super Mario Galaxy logo
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Deno @deno.land · 10/09/2025
Deno 2.5 is out — ⭐ Permission sets in config ⭐ Setup and teardown APIs to Deno.test ⭐ HTML entrypoint support in deno bundle ⭐ Runtime API for deno bundle deno.com/blog/v2.5
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Deno 2.5: Permissions in the config file | Deno
Simpler permission management with permission sets, new Deno.test APIs for setting up and tearing down test cases, specifying custom headers in WebSocket connections, runtime APIs in deno bundle, and ...
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 10/09/2025
Good luck to all iOS developers who haven’t tested their apps with liquid glass yet. I’m anticipating a lot of customer feedback. Stay strong 💪
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Deno @deno.land · 02/09/2025
Fresh 2 has graduated to beta releases - essentially release candidates before a stable release. Fresh can now act as a Vite plugin, opening the door to HMR, faster boot times, and Cloudflare deployments. deno.com/blog/fresh-a...
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Fresh 2.0 Graduates to Beta, Adds Vite Support | Deno
Fresh 2.0 beta introduces optional Vite integration - with hot reloading, faster boot times, seamless React aliasing, and the full Vite plugin ecosystem
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 08/09/2025
Feeling like a curmudgeon today 😩
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Andy Allen @andy.works · 04/09/2025
The world needs more hand-drawn software
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 04/09/2025
I haven’t tried Dia, but Arc is my daily driver. Huge kudos to the whole team at the Browser Company!
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svenning🌲 @svenning.io · 22/08/2025
I've birthed life into an old Medium account of mine. Read my latest article here if you don't trust my own shady domain 😃
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Build for Joy, Not Work
How Building Out of Passion Boosts Craftsmanship
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 22/08/2025
Did not expect Cracker Barrel to be the next woke battleground. Everybody dye your hair and pierce your septum, we’re eating country fried steak and meatloaf tonight.
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Rosie Sherry @rosiesherry.com · 19/08/2025
The opposite of anxiety isn’t calm, it’s trust. Trust in yourself. Trust in your people. Trust that you can move through uncertainty together. Source: leadershiplearning.org/the-opposit...
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The opposite of anxiety is trust. - Leadership Learning Community
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 20/08/2025
My latest obsession: I connected a landline telephone to a self-hosted AI model running on my computer 🤩
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Quiche Industries @quiche.industries · 18/08/2025
Finally able to share a first look at Quiche Browser on iOS 26 with the new Liquid Glass theme. No TestFlight yet, but I’m pushing to be ready for day one 💪 #buildinpublic #browser #ios #ios26 #liquidglass #ux
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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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Steve Troughton-Smith @stroughtonsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025
🎙️ Working on an awesome app you'd love to show off? iOS, Mac, visionOS, Liquid Glass, Apple Intelligence, more Drop it in the replies here; if you'd like to be boosted, include: 1️⃣ a screenshot / video (with alt text) 2️⃣ a link-out to your site or App Store page 3️⃣ use the hashtag […]
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Nero Wolfe @wilderdev.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
🚨 Just Launched! Say hello to ALVA — your personal product risk scanner 📲 Scan any product 🔍 See ingredient risks 💡 Get personalized health insights Built for people who care about what they put on (and in) their bodies. → apple.co/4mZai2b #ios #healthtech #ALVAapp
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‎ALVA - Product Risk Scanner
‎Your Health. Your Standards. Your Voice. ALVA helps you make smarter choices with full transparency. Scan products, understand health risks, and share curated collections with your personal touch. ...
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 16/08/2025
Highly recommend the Naked Gun. I almost wet my pants I laughed so hard.
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Lars @builditn0w.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In case you missed
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pepperandpals.bsky.social @pepperandpals.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Anyway, here's Pooka singing the Chocobo theme to a foot
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 12/08/2025
⭐️ Solid thread. Nobody has the time or resources to independently verify every scientific claim. So trust in the process (and community) is crucial.
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Enid @iosdevalb.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
New in SwiftUI 🚀 When you present partial sheets, the system now automatically applies the Liquid Glass design and adds more edge margin as the detent gets lower. → learnandcodewithenid.com
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byteparrot (Carveout, Slopecrashers) @byteparrot.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Phew.. releasing a game on 3 consoles at the same time is really exhausting 😅 Thank you all for the kind words / likes / RTs throughout launch week, that helped a lot! 💚 Already working hard on the first patch!
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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Never judge a book by its cover!
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Harshil @harshil.net · 08/08/2025
My app, Peak, is featured on the App Store!! So grateful, and I can’t wait to share what I’m working on!! 🔜
Peak featured on the top row of the App Store
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Lucas ✦ @lucas.love · 06/08/2025
#Macrowave, our native macOS & iOS app that makes it easy and fun to share system audio with friends to listen to music together will be available for everyone on August 7th. apps.apple.com/app/macrowav...
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Liquid Lobster Engineer (they/them) @avery.omg.lol · 05/08/2025
The weird thing about AI, is that if you showed it to someone 15 years ago, and you were like "this technology comes from the future", they would be like "yeah, that's exactly what I expected future to be like. Makes sense. Neat."
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Sy Brand @tartanllama.xyz · 03/08/2025
Thinking about lot about "reflexive impotence", where we believe nothing we can do will affect material change, so we don't try and it becomes self-fulfilling
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