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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22h

RE: hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/11737841… some more iOS dev pro tips: - if a method is deprecated, that means apple finished working on it. it's actually more stable. - if the main thread becomes slow, create a second main thread. - if a view isn't appearing, set its zPosition […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23h

remember: if a method has a double underscore prefix, they cancel each other out and you can treat them as public API foo = public _foo = private __foo = two privates cancel out = public ___foo = private again ____foo = if the teacher doesn't approve your app within 15 minutes you're legally […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

The indescribable urge to write a CLI HIG since everyone and their mother is making a CLI tool these days

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

i’ve been stringing along uber one for months now. if you threaten to cancel they’ll just give you insane discounts. i’m set through the end of november

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Hearing things on podcasts “iPhone Duo users will blast us with one star reviews for not being ready on day one” This may be true, but we can also turn the tables against the luddites: give big corporations absolute hell. Delta took three years to optimize for the iPhone 6. If you have […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I know this is an insane bastardization of the Humane pin demo, but it’s honestly one of my favorite refrains for AI wearables to just bark at it HOW MANY ALMONDS IS THIS

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/11733858… bluesky rocks dude. i have given a lot of thought to this argument, though, over the past year or so. an agent largely wrote the code, but i don’t think that really matters? in the case of slop, i would […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

My announcement post on bluesky. @hexaheximal.com replied “ai slop”

I replied, “thanks i was on the edge of my seat waiting for you to weigh in.”

they blocked me

totally worth it though get fuckeddddddddd

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I built Light Touch, a full-featured iPod touch 2G emulator for Mac. Networking + Wayback Machine proxy, GLES/3D games support, a built-in app store via legacystore.app, rotation, screen capture, the works. Have fun […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A Mac app with an emulated iPod touch + bezel sitting on top of the Apple keynote gradient background. The iPod is loading a 2009 archived copy of the NY Times, and the Mac app sidebar is showing app results for the word "Doodle"

Gameplay of Doodle Jump, with the iPod rotated and the iPod reflecting the bezel's rotation.

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

working title for Urinetown was pissville

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

REPORTER: Would you personally recommend using a case? STEVE: I personally recommend killing yourself. REPORTER: Steve, do you think Apple owes its customers an apology? STEVE: I think your parents owe me one. KATIE COTTON: Okay we’re done thank you all for coming […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

New blog post: LMFAO Would Like to Formally Apologize for Party Rocking samhenri.gold/blog/20260923-lmfao-s…

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/11730610… Apple secretly back-ported Core Animation to the 10.4 Tiger fork used by the original ATV, so I extracted the binary, transplanted it into actual Tiger, and now we have Core Animation. A Christmas miracle. The context is that I'm trying […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

cloudflare released a tunnel product that was seemingly entirely vibe-coded, so now you can google dork to snoop on everyone’s localhost. what a time to be alive

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

they had a german parade in NYC today and it was a bunch of lederhosen and beer steins, but I was hoping to see different representation. like a float consisting entirely of six trash bins and extremely detailed instructions about which one to use. or a Bosch dishwasher balloon.

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

I’ve only been doinkin around with the iPhone Duo design kit for a little bit but I’ve gotta say it’s almost akin to page/print layout. For adapting an app, you end up thinking a lot about the individual pieces of a feature, page flow, attention, and what’s reasonable to adapt. My honest genuine […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

i have an extra ticket but it’s GA. if they play Prompt Optimization Best Practices we’re opening up the pit. hydrate beforehand

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

got a new job and i’ve been browsing the supplemental insurance options, which are kinda fun. loss of limb insurance for $1.07/month? let’s do it baby

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

i want to eventually get The Big Beautiful Notification but i’m unwilling to have news alerts on for everything up until then. can some news agency just have a newswire service that only lights up for when It Happens

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

my ancestors survived the pogroms so i could eventually buy Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Cinnamon Butter Bomb microwave popcorn for $8

a line of guy fieri popcorn on the shelf at a supermarket. from left to right, we have prime time kettle, cinnamon butter bomb, straight up popcorn, and big bite butter. they’re all eight dollars, and they all feature Guy Fieri’s big dumb face

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

When I was younger, I didn't know about common law, and I thought when America declared independence, we just started from scratch and someone had to sit down and start writing a list like “Alright, number one, no murder. What else, what else…”

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

can i get you a bagel schmear? i have pizza flavor or dancing with the stars flavor.

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

waiting to see the Odyssey the way it was intended (UMD on a PSP)

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

blech the vance bootlicking during the 9/11 memorial

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

crazy how the first one comparatively looks like an eight grade science project slash homemade bomb

iPhone 2G internals compared to the iPhone Duo. The Duo has sleek black internals and looks beautiful, the 2G has yellow tape and colorless shielding and the camera is a tiny pinhole in the corner

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

clearing out my drafts. goodbye sweet prince.

“claude is gay because it likes to bear loads” with the “delete draft” button hovered over

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

The Duo will have a big impact on the app ecosystem. iPad layouts always took second billing, but now that iPhone-only apps are forced to support larger screens, I imagine more effort will go into bigger layouts. And at that point, they might as well enable native iPad support.

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

I mean it's cool and all but static analysis only goes so far, sometimes you gotta hook a fruit fly up to a debugger and see what's up research.google/blog/a-connectomics…

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/1172… on the other hand, i’d sooner set myself on fire than ask someone to repeat themselves

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I find this strangely compelling? I have an iPad mini right now and I'm drawn to the idea of "iPad mini but with a good display"

A size comparison of the iPhone Duo and an iPad Mini. The Duo is about 6/7 of the mini

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

if you're having trouble remembering how to develop for the iPhone Duo, remember this useful phrase: "Somebody Rearranged Aunt Vera's Bones During Mass" Size classes Reserved regions Arrangements Vertical bars Badges in tab bar Displacement regions Main screen is dead

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

utterly haunted screen layout, hell to the no

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

the new iphone is gonna transform the way i watch reels on the can

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

alright cmon i have a meeting in half an hour i have stuff to do show me the flip flop

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

Exclusive: The way the Apple + Quest Diagnostics work is you send in your blood sample and they have a guy in the basement who sips your blood like a sommelier and your score is updated based on how pure it is

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

"apple reference photos not available in EU or China" eu won't let you add metadata to images. cause of woke

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

I wish they would do a dramatic transition from apple park to an infinite loop interior that looks like this:

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

"I need a one dance" first of all, you WANT a one dance. second of all, it's "may I please have a one dance" and then MAYBE we'll talk

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

pray with every bone in your body that i can access the iphone’s hinge angle sensor without a private entitlement, i have a lot of goofy ideas but they cannot lock that thing down.

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