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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 18/08/2026

Can everyone stop trying to submit slop to the app stores? These review times are excruciating

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 09/06/2026

Gosh, my mum had one of these. I absolutely loved that piece of sh*t car

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 08/06/2026

#strava needs a garden landscaping category. I’m wrecked.

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 26/05/2026

Through every heatwave I get annoyed at my past self for not getting an air conditioning system fitted. Then I look at the prices again and think ‘ah well, I could just take a cold shower’

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 25/05/2026

A setting where if you’re using Bluesky in dark mode, screenshots with white backgrounds are magically turned dark.

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 12/05/2026

I hate to say this, but using AI as part of my day to day work has put the joy back into coding; I’m so much more productive, and I don’t have to waste hours writing tedious boilerplate

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 11/05/2026

Er, Claude? TIL you can customize the verbs in Claude Code 😂

Screenshot of a Claude code terminal, with the phrase “Destroying evidence…” displayed while the model is running

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 03/03/2026

New solar panels day 😊☀️☀️☀️

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 22/02/2026

Working almost exclusively with #KMP for the last few months has been liberating. I now confidently describe myself more broadly as a ‘mobile engineer’, and my bugs live in more people’s pockets than ever before

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 22/02/2026

What I didn’t expect while potty training our toddler was how many photos of poop my wife and I would send each other, nor how excited we get every time we receive one 💩❤️

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Sobo | Sobriety Tracker App @sobo-app.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

#DryJanuary is in full swing, with #alcohol the #1 habit being tracked this month. Wishing good luck to all those giving it a shot!! Sobo for iOS is completely free to download with no subscriptions or purchase necessary. Because there should be no barriers to quitting. Download: apple.co/3RWQMVP

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 04/01/2026

Nothing seems to eat up my Claude Code tokens more than unit testing with Kotlin coroutines and StateFlows 😞

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 25/12/2025

First Christmas for my youngest, and the first one where my toddler understands the concept of it all. Probably the best Christmas ever ❤️ Merry Christmas all!!

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 16/12/2025

Why does nobody on this train want to join my hotspot??

Notification which reads: “Personal hotspot available. Do you want to join “MI5 Surveillance”?”

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency. This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 11/12/2025

The best thing about being a mobile app developer is that your code could be sitting in the pockets of millions of people around the world. Bugs and all.

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 07/12/2025

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 06/12/2025

Trying to enjoy my evening but can’t stop thinking about how many ways McLaren could hand the championship to Max tomorrow 🫣 Come on guys let’s finish this 🧡🧡🧡

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 26/11/2025

Watching the budget announcement today, it’s maddening how shambolic UK parliament is - heckling, shouting, spiteful personal attacks - on both sides. I get that it’s probably always been this way but, aren’t they supposed to be adults?

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 19/11/2025

New job, and I’ve never felt so motivated. I have the freedom to work remotely, to balance my time with my parental responsibilities… I’m treated like an adult. In return, I’ve already closed 3 issues including a high severity incident, in just my first week. #RTO policies are BS

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 16/05/2025

I’d like to say I’m most proud of launching Sobo because it could genuinely help someone improve their life by giving up a harmful habit. But I have to confess that I’m also feeling incredibly smug for getting my iconography past Apple’s review process 😇🍆 apps.apple.com/gb/app/sobo/...

A partial screenshot of the Sobo app, showing part of a pornography sobriety tracker. There’s a two-dimensional icon that resembles the shape of a penis and testicles.

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 16/05/2025

If you've got a spare minute today, would massively appreciate some support to help push this towards the top! ❤️🚀 #IndieMaker #BuildInPublic #iosdev

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Clutched | Real-time F1 Leaderboard app (unofficial) @clutched.app · 03/05/2025

This Miami sprint race has been absolute carnage!! #f1 #formula1 #MiamiGP

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 03/05/2025

I’ve found sleep to be one of the most important things in life, and I realised how much mine was being interrupted after drinking alcohol - so I decided to quit. Wanted to track my sobriety with #ios widgets, so thought I’d build some! apps.apple.com/us/app/sobo/... #sober #BuildInPublic

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 16/04/2025

I thought I was having a good hair day today but the girl at the coffee shop just asked me if it’s windy outside 💀

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 31/03/2025

I finally caved and got an iPhone. My passion for #AndroidDev is as strong as ever (and my career depends on it 🙈), but I’m loving #iOS! It’s also great to experience my #KMP projects on a real device, I think it’s important to know both platforms deeply to get the best out of cross-platform #dev

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 25/03/2025

Just discovered police auctions are a thing. Mothers' day is SORTED 😎

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 20/03/2025

Seriously, #SelfHosted is the way to go when you're starting a new personal project. Why lock yourself into pricey cloud hosting when your network traffic is minimal? Love to watch my #RasPi faultlessly handle my growing user base, and it has cost me almost nothing ❤️ #BuildInPublic

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Clutched | Real-time F1 Leaderboard app (unofficial) @clutched.app · 13/03/2025

The hype for the #F1 season opener is REAL! Are you ready?? If you want to enhance your experience with real-time leaderboards and more, ad-free, subscription-free, COMPLETELY FREE, you know where to go: Download on iOS and Android: tosto.re/clutched

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 06/03/2025

I'm gonna need someone to tell me why we need to bring back woolly mammoths... Like, is it so starving kids can eat them? Y'know, the kids that could otherwise be helped with all that mammoth money 🤔

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Clutched | Real-time F1 Leaderboard app (unofficial) @clutched.app · 27/02/2025

#LewisHamilton looking strong in that #Ferrari in Sakhir right now ❤️💪 Live updates available right now on #clutched app Download on iOS & Android! tosto.re/clutched #F1 #F1Testing 🏎️

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 19/02/2025

I spent a lot of time finessing adaptive layouts with edge-to-edge support on both #ios and #android, while also using custom non-material design elements, such as navigation. Some of the APIs are hard to wield, but got there eventually. Let me know what you think! #KMP #CMP #KotlinMultiplatform

A screenshot of the Clutched F1 app in landscape orientation, showcasing a list-detail layout with a side navigation bar. The content includes a list of race weekends and details of the Abu Dhabi GP

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 18/02/2025

I've learned it's hard to stop chasing perfection and instead just get something out there. It's still a bit rough around the edges but, it's time to share it. Done > Perfect. Check out my app, available on Android and iOS! tosto.re/clutched #BuildInPublic #KotlinMultiplatform #CMP

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 27/01/2025

Commanders v Bills would have made for a great superbowl

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 27/01/2025

Approved on the first try! It has been a source of joy converting my Android app to #KotlinMultiplatform with #Compose 💪 Now to get some much needed improvements done before the 2025 season starts 🏎️ #BuildInPublic #KMP #CMP #ios #android

Screenshot of an email from apple app store connect confirming that the submission for an app called 'Clutched, Real time F1 data' to the app store has been accepted

Screenshot of an email from Google play confirming that the submission for an app called 'Clutched, Real time F1 data' to the play store has been accepted

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Eevis Panula @eevis.codes · 28/12/2024

Do you know what "Time to take action" (or, accessibility timeout) is, and how to support it in your Android app? In this blog post, I'll explain what it is and how you can make your users' lives better by respecting this accessibility setting's value: eevis.codes/blog/2024-12...

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 25/12/2024

Happy Hump Day, to those who observe

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 23/12/2024

Happy Holidays friends. May 2025 bring you happiness and joy, may your pull requests be merged and may your job not be taken by an LLM 🎄🙏

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Alex Smith @sevengreenrobots.com · 23/12/2024

This is seriously the one thing that's making me consider switching to iOS. Having to apologise to shopkeepers because they think my contactless payment was declined is getting tiring. I literally just unlocked my device, why is this necessary??!

Screenshot of the Google wallet tutorial, where it explains that after tapping a contactless card reader you may have to verify it's you before your card is charged.

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