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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 26/09/2026

Fuck. You. Instagram/Meta. Niki and I hand-drew over REAL pictures. I spent HOURS working on graphics in After Effects doing mattes, pixel pushing, and adjusting music MYSELF. This wasn't even fucking enhanced. Apparently, the only mistake I made was using your platform to publish it. #FuckAI

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 24/07/2026

Or maybe the restaurant owner is saying: "I'm not paying that much for a designer, how hard can it be? I'll just use different typefaces, that'll look classy". If so the owner learned his design skills from Geocities, but toned them down a little.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 20/07/2026

That's easier than it sounds. It's easier for them to deflect direct questions asking them to take responsibility. But it's much harder to deflect laughter. When there are enough jokes going on then they have to stay taking responsibility if they want to get re-elected. Clowns don't win elections.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 15/06/2026

That looks great to me, much better than the straight sRGB interpolation. The one that looks slightly odd is the yellow to blue at the left edge - yellow to green feels too quick, and draws my eye away from the otherwise smooth transition. I very much look forward to trying this out though

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 27/04/2026

I've used Metro, and it's better than anything else, imo. It not only speeds up your builds, but makes DI easier, and also provides simpler upgrade paths if you're transitioning from other common DI frameworks. Huge thanks to @zacsweers.dev

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Zac Sweers @zacsweers.dev · 05/04/2026

Metro 0.13.0 adds top-level contribution providers, Circuit code gen, and a new @DefaultBinding annotation. This also removes most deprecated APIs as Metro prepares to go stable (!!). If you have runtime API feedback, now is the time! github.com/ZacSweers/me...

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Release 0.13.0 · ZacSweers/metro

New Circuit codegen Metro now includes experimental built-in support for Circuit, a Compose-first architecture for building kotlin apps. See the docs for more details. In the long term, this will e...

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Rafael Tonholo @rafael.tonholo.dev · 05/04/2026

Metro is so good! If you haven't tried yet, I strongly suggest you to!! I wish IntelliJ allowed non-bundled K2 compiler plugins to contribute their FIR checkers to the IDE so we could see diagnostics in real-time. Perhaps a Metro IntelliJ plugin could bridge the gap until then

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/10/2025

The whole appeal of AI development to many companies is that senior management wants to ask a simple question to deliver what they want without having to answer lots of stupid questions from developers. AI may deliver exactly what they ask for, but not what they want.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 28/09/2025

We have no cats. And they both hate me.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 13/08/2025

...and if you're trying to hire the absolute dream team, why limit it to folks within commuting distance? That's just ruling out 99.9% of the planet.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 22/07/2025

The name actually prevents me from even trying the product.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 21/07/2025

Am I weird? (yes, probably) But whenever I see the brand "Huel" it triggers an onomatopoeia of someone vomiting.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 19/06/2025

I'm an old skool metal head. Ronnie James Dio is my GOAT vocalist. How did that voice come out of such a small person? 🤘🏻

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 19/06/2025

It's coincidental that today I received a Number Of The Beast t-shirt. I used to have one back in the day, as well as a Piece Of Mind one. But the Number one gave me some great nostalgic vibes.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/06/2025

The outside box was sealed, the S2 box seal was cut. Maybe DPD opened boxes to check that there were actual consoles inside before shipping them on. There have been issues with folks receiving empty boxes on launch day on previous console releases. Dunno, just offering plausible explanations.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/06/2025

Mine didn't come directly from Argos, but from their "supplier" via DPD. Maybe the supplier opened them to check they were legit before sending them out.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/06/2025

They can't be returns, can they? 🤣

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/06/2025

The seal on my Argos order was also broken, but everything seems fine so far.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 27/05/2025

I'll happily answer his questions AND give him 3 pats on the noggin.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 18/05/2025

The last one I spoke at that covered travel & accommodation was NYC, and I had a nightmare. As you know because you were able to help me out.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 18/05/2025

That's why I stopped submitting to Droidcon CfPs. Being self employed, I'm already losing money because I can't invoice my client if I'm speaking at a conference. To then require me to cover my own travel and accommodation so the organisers can turn a profit is a hard pass for me.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 11/05/2025

@bidetofevil.wtf It's nice to see a fellow Hornet on here. While the second half of the season was disappointing, I didn't think that sacking Clevs was the right thing to do. He didn't get the financial backing he needed in the January transfer window, and that's why performances dropped, imo.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 08/05/2025

A company I worked for had a lead dev that was a big contributor to it, and it was used internally for the company's platform.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 08/05/2025

Firstly it *used* to be the default, but no longer is. Secondly the context where I was using it was GNUstep. Now *that's* pretty obscure.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 08/05/2025

Stuff like Objective C, Guile, etc.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/05/2025

I'm currently looking for a new fully remote, contract role. I have 15 years of Android experience, and plenty more Kotlin, Java , C / C++, and even more obscure stuff

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform USA: Hold my beer...

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 18/03/2025

If I had that choice, it would be instant yes. But then, I voted to stay in the EU

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Code with the Italians @codewiththeitalians.it · 04/03/2025

Tired of struggling with gradients? Chris Sinco's Mesh tool is here to save the day! 🛠️ Join us as we explore how to create beautiful mesh gradients effortlessly. 🎨 buff.ly/3mMlQsp #GradientMagic #UXDesign

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 21/02/2025

I think Mayor Max would do a much better job as US president than the current one. If nothing else, Max has a better hair cut. youtu.be/D7ac9cZPR-M

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Inside the Town Where a Dog is Mayor

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 05/02/2025

You have my sympathies, and I share your pain. We lost my father very suddenly last July, and there are still outstanding things to sort out.

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Chris Banes @chrisbanes.me · 28/01/2025

Haze 1.3.0 has been released! 🔵 Radial Progressive (gradient) effects 🖌️ Brush support in tints 🧑‍💻 New samples 📑 New docs courtesy of @markallison.social github.com/chrisbanes/h...

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Release 1.3.0 · chrisbanes/haze

What's Changed Add Brush support to HazeTint by @chrisbanes in #481 Move all samples to shared by @chrisbanes in #484 Add Bottom Sheet sample by @chrisbanes in #485 Fix alpha property changes not ...

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 07/01/2025

Thank you Marc, I thoroughly enjoyed waiting with you. I share your hope to work together again.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 07/01/2025

Thank you Huyen, I also look up to you for your amazing conference talks. I also remember getting stuck in an elevator with you and a few others! You are very talented, focused, and I think of you and @cephus.bsky.social as friends.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 06/01/2025

I'm currently looking for a new fit remote, Android development contract role. I have over 15 years of Android development experience, and bring lots of positive energy to the team. Although I'm based in the UK, I'm set up to work for companies based anywhere. I have immediate availability.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 31/12/2024

I only finished work yesterday. But now I have enforced time off until I find a new contract. #ContractorLife

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 30/12/2024

I will not even consider using British Airways ever again after it f***ed me over when I needed to get home for medical reasons.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 29/12/2024

I've heard of a few folks getting a really bad cold / flu bug, and some others getting Norovirus over Christmas. I hope you (and they all) feel better soon.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 26/12/2024

I'm also a huge fan of point & click adventures. I've recently played Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged. I also love the Monkey Island games. Return to Monkey Island was released a couple of years ago, and it's every bit as good as the earlier games.

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 09/12/2024

Why not open the next bag at the bottom and get it right first time? But then it'll get steadily worse 🤣

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Mark Allison @markallison.social · 02/12/2024

It saddened me today when I saw in another community that a person that I don't know voluntarily admitted themself to a psychiatric ward. Until further notice. But then I was pleased for them. They have taken the important first step of recognising that they need help, and are actively seeking it.

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