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Rafal @potato.horse · 10/07/2026

Just got it! It’s waaaay less flimsy than I had expected and has OPDS support + WiFi?!

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Rafal @potato.horse · 18/04/2026

So the spirit of the patty might safely escape its earthly prison. — your local taphophile

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Rafal @potato.horse · 25/09/2025

I caught a cold yesterday and now I'm couched. Bessel van der Kolk was right: MY BODY KNEW MY BODY IS READY

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Rafal @potato.horse · 29/07/2025

I made a little animation which seems to fit @chezpanique.bsky.social's article well blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-... #animation

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Rafal @potato.horse · 24/07/2025

wait, I have a doodle for that! (from sonnet.io/posts/emotiv...)

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Rafal @potato.horse · 23/07/2025

I think I know her cousin (from sonnet.io/posts/hummin...)

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Rafal @potato.horse · 22/07/2025

Working on the next #untested note. Guess what it's about!

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Rafal @potato.horse · 21/07/2025

Left: Vibe coded a tiny web app to extract colour palettes from movies. It works pretty well! If I re-write it from scratch, I'll post it here. Right: Wada Sanzo's Dictionary of Colour Combinations (In other words: I'm fighting the urge to add more themes to Ensō – this is my way of channeling it)

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Rafal @potato.horse · 08/07/2025

OK, so... I accidentally bumped the short app version to a really high number and pushed it to AppStore Connect. Is it bad? I feel like (knowing Apple) this is bad, and I'll learn about it really late. #macos #indiedev #apple

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Rafal @potato.horse · 01/07/2025

1½) Now you can write Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft and savour its every single letter, like a true steamship-loving sociopath. Claude was eager to convince me to rewrite the entire app, but luckily I still remember that `word-break` exists.

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Rafal @potato.horse · 01/07/2025

First 1½ bug fixes just arrived: 1) dead-key input works fine now (I was too clever with preventing the user from selecting/editing text) This has been the most common error report I've seen on TestFlight so far.

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Rafal @potato.horse · 01/07/2025

OK, we have 300(!) new sigma testers so far, and a ton of feedback, mainly regarding internationalisation (dead key input in Brazilian vs. Portuguese, then pinyin and Japanese). (I usually test it Ensō with: EN, PL, AR, FA, PT) This is going to be a fun rabbit hole #indiedev #a11y

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Rafal @potato.horse · 30/06/2025

That said, I'm mostly happy that for a larger part of the day, people would scroll to me before reaching the doomscrolling part of the feed (6.,7.)... and perhaps met the pear-butt instead.

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Rafal @potato.horse · 30/06/2025

So far: - I had to 4x the test group size as all slots got booked quickly - received a ton of (largely useful) feedback from users - the post wasn't mean to be a pitch of Ensō so many people came there without context -- luckily the mods stepped in and updated the description when I was busy

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Rafal @potato.horse · 30/06/2025

OK, I didn't expect HN front page for this post! I'll read the comments... after lunch. (I've been very lucky with the Orange Site as people have generally been very kind, but Ensō is my favourite baby, so I'm feeling a bit anxious, ok, protective about it) news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442...

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Rafal @potato.horse · 25/06/2025

trapped www.potato.horse/p/47RiQn4XJV... #doodle #art

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Rafal @potato.horse · 18/06/2025

I was going to draw a tree, but I didn't know how to draw the roots (more on www.potato.horse/p/6v2T8eNr5v...) #boxing #doodle #illustration #art #latenightdoodles

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Rafal @potato.horse · 14/06/2025

Temporary Ensō (𝜍) app icon -- honestly, if it looked better in small sizes, I'd keep it!

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Rafal @potato.horse · 07/06/2025

I'm starting to feel quite happy withe new version of Ensõ. It's even simpler than the previous one, supports OLED friendly themes, native menus, and... the coffeeshop mode! Calling the version sigma because it feels more Keanu than Hasselhoff. DM if you want to try it out!

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Rafal @potato.horse · 25/05/2025

The drawing reminds me a bit of Pan Twardowski (a character from Polish folklore, somewhat similar to Faust)

a slavic (16-17th century) nobleman with a marvellous moustache, riding a colourful human-sized rooster.

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Rafal @potato.horse · 22/04/2025

I think I have a doodle for this

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Rafal @potato.horse · 06/04/2025

Thinking about adding a gentle blur effect to the fading text in Ensō. Does this look good?

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Rafal @potato.horse · 05/04/2025

Ha! I was just practicing puffy jackets last night before falling asleep.

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Rafal @potato.horse · 04/04/2025

You can change the copy. I wish you could remove 90% of the little page they set up for you, because I don't need most of it. Also, avoid kit (aka convertkit) -- their payment form just stopped working for most of the people visiting my site. (likely due to update Adblock rules)

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Rafal @potato.horse · 22/03/2025

Just hanging out with Janusz and waiting for customers #art

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Rafal @potato.horse · 21/03/2025

Rootin’ tootin’ passepartoutin’ Also, I think I’ll just sign the print instead of making stamps. That doggo needs some urgent medical care #art #passepartoutin

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Rafal @potato.horse · 10/03/2025

time to call the Vatican Miracle Commission

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Rafal @potato.horse · 06/03/2025

Red Cossack, Green Cossack, Green Cossacks (and a half-baked linguistic joke) #doodle #fungi #cossacks #art

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Rafal @potato.horse · 05/03/2025

The magic hand I drew instead of hanging the laundry, trying to convince myself to hang laundry, an ancient art known as procrastinomancy. (via potato.horse) #doodle #art

A hand with wavy lines around it, labeled "The Magic Hand of Laundry Beckons You."

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Rafal @potato.horse · 03/03/2025

Just a regular day at the untested office, here with my co-programmer Mango Poochkin

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Rafal @potato.horse · 28/02/2025

Top of the lobsters.rs front page, neat!

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Rafal @potato.horse · 28/02/2025

hehe, adding tentacles to the article definitely had some impact on the referrer urls I see in the logs.

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Rafal @potato.horse · 22/02/2025

the underpants gnomes got it all backwards (more on potato.horse) #doodle #art #ladder ™

Sketchy, poorly designed yellow ladder tilted: "FUCK OUT AND FIND AROUND."

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Rafal @potato.horse · 19/02/2025

So lucky to live in these times of unrelenting technological progress

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Rafal @potato.horse · 19/02/2025

good morning, let's: #doodle #art (more on potato.horse)

floating plants (some of them upside down, looking like rockets), and interspersed text: fuck around and find out

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Rafal @potato.horse · 17/02/2025

Might need to take some time off to shave a yak or two

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Rafal @potato.horse · 17/02/2025

Project aside, I like putting little pets in my designs, be it a one-legged-snail, pair of snooping dogs, or a mildly-kinky ear:

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Rafal @potato.horse · 14/02/2025

"Dear ____ I will love you almost as much as my cabbages"

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Rafal @potato.horse · 14/02/2025

video version (contains flashing lights, interesting teeth)

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Rafal @potato.horse · 14/02/2025

whipped up some valentines, feel free to grab one if you're in a jam! #valentines #doodle #janusz #art

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Rafal @potato.horse · 14/02/2025

Current solution: hide the dock and pretend it never existed (it's really good, highly recommended). But, I do hope that one day I'll be able to shake my laptop long enough for all the icons to arrange themselves, like in this physics-based inventory system: x.com/TheGameBaker...

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Rafal @potato.horse · 10/02/2025

new frog just dropped via www.potato.horse/p/5HpDhQhFcV... #art #doodle #creektime #croakcrew

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Rafal @potato.horse · 08/02/2025

I'm quite happy with it, ngl

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Rafal @potato.horse · 08/02/2025

Messing with a little site where you can hold hands with random people (via party kit/ws) (also, it purrs)

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