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Mathew Attlee

@codeinabox.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

Code In A Box is a London based software development consultancy run by Mathew Attlee specialising in service and web development. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ hachyderm.io/@codeinabox, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Mathew Attlee @codeinabox.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10h

So a few hours and dollars spent on tokens later, I've been able to create a very basic text only application launcher for Android, which uses the WallpaperColors API to determine the colour of the text. I know plenty of text only launchers exist, but I've yet […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Screenshot of the app running on my phone

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Mathew Attlee @codeinabox.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

Today I wasn't expecting to see CSS being used to render an analog clock on an oscilloscope, but impressively @html5test made it happen! 🤓 #btconf

An oscilloscope on stage displaying an analog clock

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Mathew Attlee @codeinabox.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

Hello from @btconf, I made it just in time for Oliver Reichenstein's inspiring talk on madness and imagination. Great examples of how often design in the world lacks imagination, and we need to "be ready to be percieved as mad". #btconf

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Mathew Attlee @codeinabox.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2024

Yet there was one thing that didn't let me down when I had no reception, and that was the #Clashfinder website that is designed to work offline, and for that I'm very grateful!

Screenshot of the Clashfinder website showing the offline options

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Mathew Attlee @codeinabox.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2024

Hooray for technology, no wonder the live bus arrival times are broken in Citymapper

A bus stop display showing technical information instead of arrival times

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