iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 23/09/2026

Brigitte I have concerns about your sentience and/or social media strategy tho

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 23/09/2026

Very kind of you - thank you!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 15/09/2026

I haven't used it a ton since the upgrade. What has regressed?

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 11/09/2026

We really blasted right through the good old days, and it did not feel that way at the time

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 10/09/2026

I am feeling @kjaymiller.com's words in my bones lately. I don't work in devrel anymore, but I've been struggling to write and publish my dev/builder focused newsletter because... What's the point? kjaymiller.com/blog/my-devr...

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My DevRel Limit: I might be cooked.

DevRel isn't cooked but I'm starting to think it's no longer cooking either.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 09/09/2026

This is a great example of a thoughtful notification.

Alarm volume low notification from android: Your 6:00 AM alarm went off but the alarm volume was below 30% and may be too low. Increase the volume so you don't miss an alarm.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 01/09/2026

Damn, this is very cool - some huge names in there. Time to go chase down some sponsors!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 25/08/2026

Bit of a hike from Charlotte, but I'd consider making the trip!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 24/08/2026

Who's thinking about PKM nowadays? I was a very heavy Roam Research user for a long time, and later shifted to LogSeq, and then Obsidian... But I never stopped taking networked notes. This is what keeps me organized, and means I don't worry about forgetting things.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 21/08/2026

😮 what are you using the most at this point?

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 20/08/2026

Shout out to @brittanyellich.com for putting this together (and including me)!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 20/08/2026

So many incredible new people to follow in this starter pack - I feel like I am standing on the shoulders of giants here, no lie, but Developers who Write™️ are my people! go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 12/08/2026

I really love my Pixel 10 Pro, and usually I'd be very excited about a Pixel 11, but... Everything has gotten too damn expensive to keep replacing this thing each year without a great reason. $499 _after_ giving back my current phone is a whole lotta skrilla.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 10/08/2026

Hacktoberfest 2026: Oh god what have we done

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 10/08/2026

Looks like an interesting idea - probably not a real red flag, but having it on a subdomain of [an AI-agents-for-X business] feels a little off to me

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 10/08/2026

I see some of my SC teacher friends going back to work today. August 10 seems criminally early to end summer break. I hope it's an easy day, y'all 🫡

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 09/08/2026

Oooooh this looks promising!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 09/08/2026

Solid rec! I'll take it for a spin. I'm not sure why I feel like my docker containers need a UI for management, I've been hung up on that. Hadn't considered a headless tool...!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 09/08/2026

Dev friends who use MacOS - do you use something other than Docker Desktop for managing containers?

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 07/08/2026

Hey buddy what you do in a theater is between you and the -- oh, nvm misread it

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 07/08/2026

If you ever need evidence that we should be investing more in public education, join your local neighborhood facebook group. Reading comprehension, math & finances, collaboration, sharing resources... it's all there, and your least qualified neighbors will make themselves apparent.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 07/08/2026

This is 🤌🏼 super tasty

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 07/08/2026

Great feeling: waking up to a notification that someone bought a copy of Surviving Other People's APIs, the book I co-authored with my pal @philsturgeon.com for @apisyouwonthate.com leanpub.com/surviving-ot...

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Surviving Other People's APIs

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 07/08/2026

Our small but mighty team of engineers shipped 350k lines of code last month. That is... bracing.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 05/08/2026

Hah, hey thanks so much! Glad you got the joke, too I have it pinned to the home screen on my phone, and use it all the time 😂 If you've got feedback, I'm all ears!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 04/08/2026

Also - in case it's interesting / useful, I recently made a little in-browser ukulele tuner that I've been using when I play at home. It has some nice deep linking features that might be helpful for you! guithub.org/ukulele-tune...

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Free Ukulele Tuner Online

Free online ukulele tuner with real-time pitch detection. Tune to standard GCEA, Low G, Baritone DGBE, or D tuning. Works with soprano, concert, and tenor ukes.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 04/08/2026

Shorts only is an interesting strategy - have you considered long form videos too?

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 28/07/2026

Everyone's going to love my new service, the adjective project, where we make FUN BIG COLORFUL vectors

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 28/07/2026

Ah I was being a little facetious, sorry - I am fascinated by the compulsion to always say "UX & UI" or "UX/UI", as though they are inseparable things and not different words/ideas/concepts with different meanings. tl;dr - it's plenty fine to just say "icons" in this case, the Noun Project

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 28/07/2026

What's the difference between a UI icon and a UX icon?

Noun Project email header, titled "UI & UX Icons"

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 24/07/2026

Hot take: you've only _partially_ launched an app if it's only available on IOS or Android. 2026 - gimme both.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 24/07/2026

In related news, bsky.app/profile/phil...

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 23/07/2026

This is a super fun series, Jason. What a great idea! I've been talking about The Operator Problem™️ a lot lately - going from an MVP to someone running a product that must be stable and reliable. I hope one several(!) of these teams find their way to that step!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 23/07/2026

That's why I'm selling an exclusive $499/mo class on enterprise sales that is taught by way of interpretive sculpture

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 23/07/2026

Here's to that - authenticity tends to shine through, and not everyone can be their most authentic on camera (or on-video at all). Not to mention there's a whole bunch of people who would rather be dropped in the middle of the forest alone than have to make a video

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 23/07/2026

Any chance y'all have an API available/planned? I'd love to feature this on @apisyouwonthate.com

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 22/07/2026

I think the _un-edited_ world cup finals photo is the most interesting one. People aren't talking about this.

definitely a normal world cup photo and not one with Mitch McConnell edited into it

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 22/07/2026

An insult to everyone's intelligence

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 22/07/2026

This plus immediate jail if your products ads contain the words "the viral", and you've got my vote!

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 18/07/2026

My little tuner project is gaining some traction with bassists - started putting together some SEO fodder to try to bring me more new friends. Turns out there aren't many 5-string bass tuners online, funny enough. guithub.org/articles/bas...

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Use Guithub to Tune your 4, 5, or 6-String Bass | Guithub

A free online bass tuner for your 4-, 5-, and 6-string bass in a variety of tunings: standard, Drop D, Drop A, and half-step-down.

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APIs You Won't Hate @apisyouwonthate.com · 15/07/2026

One of OpenAPI's unsung heroes is its ability to be extended elegantly. You're gonna love @apievangelist.com's article on extensions. Also in this dispatch: Gin, the HTTP framework for Go, Upyo for sending email, Leaf Wiki, and the HTTP OPTIONS method. apisyouwonthate.com/newsletter/e...

apisyouwonthate.com

Extending OpenAPI

One of OpenAPI's unsung heroes is its ability to be extended elegantly. Also in this dispatch: Gin, the HTTP framework for Go, Upyo for sending email, Leaf Wiki, and the HTTP OPTIONS method.

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 14/07/2026

One tricky thing for us in migrating off of rails - we didn't want to get in the way of existing use of ActiveRecord with our original db, so we spun up a [new] database that needed to stay in sync with rails. That 2-way sync was a good deal of work, and not without its faults, too

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Mike Bifulco @mikebifulco.com · 14/07/2026

Good question - I think that's probably a decision that should be specific to the use case. For us, we spent some time standing up a new architecture to move to, and tested it by building a few small net-new features to support the new arch/infra before going deep on a legacy feature migration.

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