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Adam Demasi

@kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

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iOS developer, Windows tinkerer, flame repo guy @chariz, maintainer of @zebra, NewTerm, and Legacy Update. Developer at @seraphsecure 🛡️ 🌉 bridged from ⁂ hachyderm.io/@kirb, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Truly the most important feature of the latest VSCode update. I guess I can be happy they’re basically showing that VSCode is “done”, and all they can think of now is ensuring blind people also get annoyed by silly visual fanfares?

Accessibility
Hear when confetti appears
The new Confetti accessibility signal provides the same celebratory feedback when you cannot see the animation. The joyful sound plays when chat thumbs-up confetti appears and when you successfully mark a session as done in the Agents window.

A clip shows the user clicking the checkmark icon, causing confetti to appear out of it.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Can confirm iPhone 18 Pro Max has battery life of about 1.5 - 2 days for me. Even if this goes down quickly, it’s still saving battery cycles, so it should live a lot longer before needing replacement. Definitely makes it heavier though.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Every time some process goes crazy and leaks 10GB+ memory, Activity Monitor gives up and says idk man, I sold your memory to Sam Altman

Activity Monitor’s memory graph shows medium memory pressure (orange). Total physical memory, memory used, cached files, etc are 0 bytes. Swap usage is 15.68GB.

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@kirb/1171988570887278… @marcoarment Fun timing that you mentioned the filesystem bell story, I dug it up very recently 🛎️

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

This is a bad time for my team to be in the seat of reviewing products submitted to Chariz. Almost everything is slop in some way. Not enjoying this and I don’t know how long I can keep up patience for it. Chariz’s purpose was always to uplift new developers, make them realise they are a good […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

It’s unfortunate this is buried in a podcast I can only describe as the voices in my head when I forget to take my ADHD meds for a week, but I wanted to give a shoutout to this interview with John MacFarlane, creator of Pandoc, CommonMark, and a new Markdown replacement, djot. In this era where […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Who needs accessibility or editor improvements anyway? 🤷‍♀️

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

The more GitHub goes down despite adding more infra to feed the AI agents hammering it, the more I feel like it’s only to save face for being the source of the problem. They did reorganise GitHub under the AI group after all, so that infra spend barely registers on the balance sheet. How much of […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

When I get a url like ?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share I just have to wonder who exactly are they fooling by exposing their analytics like that. I guess at least it isn’t a unique tracking token

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Kinda back to a state of not understanding what is going on with Overcast. Marco seems to be getting a lot done, actual features this time not just redesigns, and they’ve all been great. (Volume normalisation is nice for the abysmal Acast ads to not rupture my eardrums every time they interrupt […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

AI agents have made it easy for me to keep up with all my podcasts. Not because they’re summarising them for me, but because every tech podcast keeps yapping about them and every boring episode gushing over them is such an easy skip

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

My favorite feature of watchOS is when I miss my 7:00 AM alarm and it decides to compensate by making it a 10:48 AM alarm that goes off out of nowhere

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

Fiddler really is One Of Those Windows Apps that does what it has to do, incredibly well, even if it looks dated. I always thought it was very disappointing that, post-acquisition, it went into maintenance mode and was replaced by a subscription product that STILL doesn’t come even slightly […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@kirb/1153068922294311… There are new articles this week, citing StatCounter, stating that Linux rose to 10% market share in the US. Exciting if true, but I doubt it is. More bots pretend to be real users than ever now, and as with last time, that messes with the […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

I guess something I’ve wanted on macOS for a very long time now finally exists, but it’s entirely written by AI. I keep wanting to build an Activity Monitor replacement with the level of information Process Explorer provides on Windows, but haven’t found the […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

An app called Sysinternals Process Explorer, running on macOS. The main window looks like as straight a port from the Windows app as possible, including a Windows-style toolbar and status bar.
A property sheet window is open for one of the processes, where the title bar amusingly uses a thousands separator on the pid (39,396). It only vaguely looks like the Windows app. It has a strange custom tab bar.
The System Information window is the least like the Windows app, and shows a decent summary view of general system info, storage usage, and graphs for CPU, RAM, swap, disk I/O, network, and GPU usage.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@kirb/1153068922294311… There are new articles this week, citing StatCounter, stating that Linux rose to 10% market share in the US. Exciting if true, but I doubt it is. More bots pretend to be real users than ever now, and as with last time, that messes with the […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Finding it funny Stack Overflow now shows comment timestamps as “over 1 year ago”, even if the comment was made in 2010. Can’t decide if this is laziness about when it makes sense to switch to an absolute date, or an attempt at making the site look artificially more active than it is, or both

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Love using the very stable and bug-free Windows App app to connect to my Linux machines

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #fedihelp Another week. My unemployment is still being "adjudicated" (going on 12 days now) I'm extra fearful of being given an eviction notice in August. So I wanna get on top of rent *before* August 1st ;-; the more runway I can give myself the better Truly […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13.2 addresses a security issue in the ActiveX control. Please update as soon as possible. legacyupdate.net/news/2026/07/21/le… #legacyupdate

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Legacy Update 1.13.2: Security advisory

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13.2 addresses a security issue in the ActiveX control. Please update as soon as possible. legacyupdate.net/news/2026/07/21/le… #legacyupdate

legacyupdate.net

Legacy Update 1.13.2: Security advisory

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #fedihelp (Boosts hella appreciated as always ;-;) I made it through to July. Cannot thank the folks that helped out enough, truly <3 I wanna get this GoFundMe "finished" and funded before August 1st. That should give me enough "buffer" for Washington State to […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Every time I need to authenticate with my password manager twice, once to fill out the email step and click next, then again to fill the password, I wonder why no website is smart enough to have the password field hidden and autofillable. Trust that if the browser autofills a password, the user […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

In response to recent industry changes, we’re making the entire 576 KB Legacy Update program available as freeware on a floppy disk. Just send $1 to: Homer Simpson, Jr. Vice President Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net 742 Evergreen Tce Springfield, USA Offer void in Nebraska.

Windows XP floppy disk icon overlaid on a stack of colored floppies on a desk.

Image credits:
Windows XP High Resolution Icon Pack by marchmountain https://www.deviantart.com/marchmountain/art/916042853
“Pile of Old Disks” by Jason Coleman https://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_coleman/3614327264/

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

Microsoft quietly extended Windows 10 Extended Security Updates to add another year of free updates for consumers. We updated our article about Windows 10 ESU to reflect this. If you haven’t seen it before, you might find it a useful read to know how to safely continue using Windows 10 […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

[mutualaid] (Boosts highly appreciated!! ;-;) I hate having to do this. But my back is severely against the wall at the moment. I've been unemployed since the end of March and have burnt through what little savings I'd managed to rack up My unemployment claim is "pending" until they verify […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

So you can enable a wacky debugging mode for Liquid Glass on macOS Golden Gate: `defaults write com.apple.SwiftUI flexiGlassTuningEnabled -bool yes` #apple #macos

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

So you can enable a wacky debugging mode for Liquid Glass on macOS Golden Gate: `defaults write com.apple.SwiftUI flexiGlassTuningEnabled -bool yes` #apple #macos

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

This post becoming my most popular on any social media ever was not something I was exactly expecting. Guess I should have expected it when semi-invoking politics on Bluesky. I will note the vibe was better during US sleeping hours. For about 6 hours, nobody tried to explain my joke to me.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

Great news! Notion is substituting its Electron architectural problems for new SwiftUI architectural problems, because we know how bug-free SwiftUI is on macOS and in general. But at least the inferior experience will use less RAM. Problem solved 😊 […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

@siracusa “Golden Gate does sound like a code name rather than a public name” - you may be subconsciously remembering that it actually was the codename for Big Sur: hachyderm.io/@kirb/1167204480847253…

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Attached: 1 image Golden Gate happens to be a codename Apple already used internally for macOS Big Sur. For a brief moment, when the name was announced in the keynote but before the Apple website went live, The Apple Wiki was the top search result for macOS Golden Gate: https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/GoldenGate_20A2261g #apple #wwdc

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Golden Gate happens to be a codename Apple already used internally for macOS Big Sur. For a brief moment, when the name was announced in the keynote but before the Apple website went live, The Apple Wiki was the top search result for macOS Golden Gate […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Screenshot of Google Search Console, filtered to show queries in the past 24 hours containing “golden”. Between 3 and 4 AM Sydney time (10 - 11 AM PST), searches spike from zero to 2,673 impressions and 117 clicks. The average position of the result goes down from 1st to 2.7th, and has jumped around from there.

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Golden Gate happens to be a codename Apple already used internally for macOS Big Sur. For a brief moment, when the name was announced in the keynote but before the Apple website went live, The Apple Wiki was the top search result for macOS Golden Gate […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Screenshot of Google Search Console, filtered to show queries in the past 24 hours containing “golden”. Between 3 and 4 AM Sydney time (10 - 11 AM PST), searches spike from zero to 2,673 impressions and 117 clicks. The average position of the result goes down from 1st to 2.7th, and has jumped around from there.

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

iOS 27 framework references “foldState” and “angleDegrees” but I’m sure that’s nothing

CoreMotion in Hopper showing strings for foldState” and “angleDegrees”

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

this is fairly noisy but here’s a dossier of every system prompt embedded in various iOS 27 binaries. gist.github.com/samhenrigold/4d107e…

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iOS 27 system prompts

iOS 27 system prompts. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

HEY. Do you want a pride system icon with your flag of choice? (Finder, KDE Home or other icons) The contractor dipshit fixing the cut fiber line at my workshop is ghosting my ISP so I'm *still* completely unable to do any retro computing stuff (and […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

Mac OS X Finder with the Pride flag

Mac OS X Finder with the Trans Pride flag

Mac OS X Finder with the Enby Pride flag

KDE Home icon with the Bisexual flag colors

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

I can at least appreciate that they don’t gaslight with “We value your privacy” immediately before launching into “We and our 142 partners store…”. Do we really need to make it 80% of the screen height though?

The Verge website with a teal cookie banner visible from the bottom of the page. Or as they call it, a “Privacy Notice”. It starts with “We and our 142 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or unique identifiers, on your device” and goes on for long enough to make the page almost fully invisible.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13.1 fixes a few bugs introduced in 1.13, and adds workarounds for issues with some Lenovo devices and Intel Macs. It also addresses a potential security issue. legacyupdate.net/news/2026/05/16/le… #legacyupdate

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Legacy Update 1.13.1

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13.1 fixes a few bugs introduced in 1.13, and adds workarounds for issues with some Lenovo devices and Intel Macs. It also addresses a potential security issue. legacyupdate.net/news/2026/05/16/le… #legacyupdate

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Legacy Update 1.13.1

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

There are some interesting things to the Raycast rewrite, but they haven’t messaged this particularly well, especially to calm the Web Bad Native Good people. They do at least admit in their (long but pretty good) technical blog post that average memory use jumps from 200 - 300 MB to 350 - 450 […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

There’s some great irony in Bun’s sudden total rewrite from Zig to Rust, 2,188 files, 6,755 commits, and 1 million lines merged into main, no human code review or time given for the community to push back, being full of security issues, when they’re now under the company with the elusive AI […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

I keep seeing people state that the Windows 11 Start menu is React, and therefore this is why it’s slow and clunky. That’s just not true. It’s native C++ and WinUI, which is built on DirectX. Only the recommendations section is known to be React Native, and that’s JavaScript logic that still […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Did people really not notice Chrome has been downloading a 4 GB+ model for the past 10 months? #ai

Discord message sent by me on 2025-07-31:

[censored] Chrome seems to be silently downloading a 4.4GB model recently…

Screenshot of Get Info for OptGuideOnDeviceModel, 4.39 GB in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome, created 2025-07-10

Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

“My intention was to expand your brand. I really hope that at some point in the future you change your mind and see this as a positive growth for your brand.” is such clear manipulation. They’re saying, sure I violated your trademarks, but why aren’t you grateful that I did you a favor? I really […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

“Why TUIs are back” I can’t agree that Claude Code, btop, and lazygit are proof terminal UI apps are back. Don’t assume there’s a trend because one TUI app got very popular and spawned some competitors. TUIs are inherently difficult to use because they constantly have inconsistent UX (e.g […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

What are you on about? I’m just trying to write a damn document, go away #microsoft

“What’s New in Word” dialog

Updating Content for Document Segments from Various Grounding Sources While Preserving Formatting

Update the information in a section of my document based on an external document so that I don't have to copy and paste that data manually.

On top of this dialog is the App Store “Enjoying Microsoft Word?” rating prompt.

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

It seems fitting that Tim Cook will be leaving Apple after one of the most successful Mac product launches ever, owed in no small part to their most successful Mac revamp ever, while the iPad remains just as disappointing a productivity device as the day he started. But it’s ok, Ternus pushed […]

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Adam Demasi @kirb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

If you’re legitimately using The Apple Wiki from Alibaba, China Mobile, or China Telecom IPs, sorry. I had to put a captcha wall on massive IP ranges because, yet again, some hotshot startup that thinks they’re going to win the AI bubble if they just scrape all of the world’s data immediately […]

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