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Leo Dion @leogdion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Everyone thinks they're good at prompting" — @mergesort.me's challenge: it's a learnable skill, not an innate one. The 6 ways AI tools reliably fail, Joe on "work slop," and @donnywals.bsky.social on a year of agents ("almost every time there's a subtle bug"). buttondown.com/brightdigit/...

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The Honest AI Conversation

What AI-assisted development actually looks like in 2026

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Good morning and a happy Monday, folks! What are you plans for this week? Building anything cool? Learning about something new? Tell me all about it 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

With Maxine, it's trivial to keep your workout plans in sync with what you're actually capable of doing in the gym. After a workout, you can easily decide which parts of your workout you want to sync back into your plan and which changes you only made once.

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A workout that's not shared is a workout that doesn't count. Show off your progress and your stats now.

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I'm pretty excited to be working on his new feature for Maxine! Monthly progress insights and deep stats. See what you've been focussing on, track PRs, compare your workouts. This one's going to be big for all you data nerds out there...

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Stop guessing, start checking. Use detailed exercise videos for 350+ exercises in Maxine so you never mess up your form.

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I used to not really care much about timers... but now that I've added them to Maxine I really love how they sync between my phone and watch 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Good form prevents injury. That's why in Maxine 2.13 you'll be able to easily see how an exercise is meant to be done through a detailed video that clearly shows the correct movements 💪 try maxine for free: apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-re…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Let's be honest, we all love a good gym selfie... Maxine 2.13 comes with some pretty cool ways to share a gym selfie 😁 Check it out for free: apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-re…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Timers should be easy to use, and they should be exactly where you need them when you need them. That's why Maxine 2.13 has timers that sync between your phone and watch with 0 effort.

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

11 localizations, 7 screenshots each, took me 30 minutes to update the template. 5 minutes to translate with Codex and Sketch MCP

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

If you want to share fun gym selfies, Maxine now has the ability to create pretty cool images for the social medias!! apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxin...

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Victoria Park @vicpark.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I recorded my first podcast episode. It’s called “Learning to Work“ I started it for young people and parents navigating careers in age of AI. @donnywals.bsky.social shares his origin story, core skills and his thoughts about AI and coding podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Interview with Donny Wals: iOS Developer

Podcast Episode · Learning to Work · 02/16/2026 · 38m

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It's all about integrating with the OS these days

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Maxine is about to learn a couple new skills!

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I've only had this widget for a few hours but I'm in love

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

AI lets you ship faster than ever. But shipping fast isn't the goal—shipping something good is. The developers who stand out will be the ones who actually use their own apps. www.donnywals.com/the-importance-of…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What agentic engineering topic do you wish someone would explain simply, plainly, and with real examples?

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Was reminded today that this exists; smart banners to redirect your users to your app from your website. Easy to add, helps with conversion 👍 maxine-app.com

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Insights are everything. That's why Maxine will allow you to see your average heartrate per tracked exercise in the workout overview page. Train smarter!

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I'm experimenting with some calmer UI options for Maxine. Using colors as accents to make the overall UI easier on the eyes while maintaining the visual information you get from the color (muscle group trained). Also made using workout plans a bit more obvious with a big "add to workout" button.

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Maxine now has a new stats overview that shows you the total number of sets you performed as well as the total amount of weight you've moved. It's pretty cool to see that you've moved a couple thousand kgs worth of metal during... apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-re…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

What are some must-have widgets that a workout app needs in your opinion?

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We've got about 100 folks trying Maxine right now (since going free to try on Friday night) 🤯 I think it's safe to say that this move is a success already 😁

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A good morning and happy Monday folks! What are your plans for this week? Are you working on something cool? Learning something new? Tell me all about it 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I'm not quite there yet with my wrist (injured first week of the year) but we're getting there… deadlifts are now only 10kg under my previous max with the help of lifting straps. 120kg next week?

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I know a lot of yall are proficient in the world of AI, but for those of you that aren't… what are the things that you're secretly afraid to ask at this point?

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

A good morning and a Happy Monday to you all! What are your plans for this week? Shipping something? Learning something new? This is the place to share it! I will be working on updates for Maxine and Chrona, planning to ship Maxine v2.6 this week 😱

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

What are you working on right now?

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

TIL that Cloudflare uses a wall of actual lava lamps to generate random data for SSL encryption: www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lav…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy Monday, folks! And a happy new year too! Hope you're all ready to kick some butt this year. I know I am. This week I'll be catching up, doing some work, and preparing for a great year. What are your plans? Any big things you want to achieve in 2026? Tell me all about it! 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In 2026 you can expect some health / workout app related blog posts for sure 😁

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Tracking your goals and making progress visible makes you 33% more likely to actually reach said goals... Maxine can help you do exactly this for your personal fitness goals. Whether it's weightlifting or bodyweight exercises you want to get better at, Maxine can help you: maxine-app.com

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I've been on a serious roll with Maxine for the past two weeks... I've added goals, new exercise types, watchOS support, and I've launched a marketing page (maxine-app.com). The watchOS support is waiting for review right now and I can't wait for it to go live ASAP 😁

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A good morning and a happy monday to you all! Hope you've had a nice weekend. What are your plans for this week? Working on something cool? Learning something new? Tell me all about it! 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Knowing how to progress towards workout goals is tricky. Maxine can help decide between increasing reps or pushing for more weight. I've also included an algorithm to help you estimate your one rep max for a given exercise 🙌 apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-re…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A good morning and a happy Monday, folks! Welcome in December. Final stretch to wrap stuff up for the year :D What will you be working on this week? Shipping anything cool? Learning a new skill? Tell me all about it 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A good morning and a happy Monday folks! Hope you’ve had a nice weekend. What are your plans for this week? Learning anything new? Working on something cool? Tell me all about it 😎

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

What are you thoughts on iterating Observable properties with the Observations object in Swift? I feel like it's easier to grok than withObservationTracking but the syntax is a bit verbose... how do you think Obs... www.donnywals.com/using-observation…

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Donny Wals 👾 @donnywals.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A good morning and a happy Monday to you all! Hope you've had a nice weekend. Do you have any plans for this week? Learning something new? Working on something cool? Anything at all? Tell me all about it 😎

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