I have been experimenting with the replication functionality in PostgreSQL in order to maintain warm backup database servers. I am pleasantly surprised at how straightforward it is to setup.
Irrationally excited to have KN95 respirators.
Anecdotally, in my area of Massachusetts I see about 50% of folks wearing masks inside stores.
I spent some time in New York City early last week, and was heartened to see most individuals — maybe 95% — wearing masks when walking outside.
My N95 should arrive tomorrow.
New Home Office
#My home office tends to get cluttered. I have an annual tradition of thoroughly cleaning it on New Years Day.
I am a day late this year, but I went a step further. I moved my office to an entirely different room.
I also setup a card table and chair as a place for video calls. When on video calls I do not use external displays or a laptop stand. I want to look straight into the MacBook Pro’s camera, so I use only the built-in display and put it directly in front of me. I now have a dedicated place to do so in my office where the room’s overhead light is in front of my face.
A start-of-year status update on Unread: Unread in 2021 and 2022
I’ve been quiet on micro.blog and on social media in general over the past few months. One of my resolutions for 2022 is to rectify that.
Wishing everyone a healthy and safe 2022.
(I deleted an earlier post with a similar sentiment.)
I am working as a clerk for a voting location in my city today. We are electing a mayor, city councilors, and school committee members.
Seen while out walking:
Amplosion ⚡️ is a simple app with a twist. On iOS 15 as a Safari extension it automagically redirects AMP links to their normal version, with powerful customizability and stats.
This is brilliant.
I just released Unread 2.8 with support for extra large widgets, Quick Notes, and more.
There is a mayoral primary in my city today. I am working at the polls. If today is election day for you, please vote.
This scene from The West Wing always inspires me on election days:
Yesterday I launched the Webpage Text API: a cloud service that lets an app or web service request the HTML content of a webpage without the junk (chrome, navigation, ads, and scripts) that clutters modern webpages.
I just released Unread 2.7, an update that improves the experience of reading linked list articles such as those from Daring Fireball, MacStories, and Hacker News.
I have a house guest. She does not like looking at the camera.
At the New Hampshire Fisher Cats game.
Seen on my morning walk.
Google Maps has a low quality photo of me on my walking route.
I filed FB9188387 describing a serious problem with App Store Connect accepting apps compiled by Xcode 13.
If the app contains Objective-C code with an NSDictionary defined using @{ @"key": @"value" } notation, App Store Connect will reject it.
This post has more details.
I just release Unread 2.6 with:
- Full-text search capabilities
- A compact article list option for iPhone
- More flexible caching settings
- A variety of additional improvements
WWDC Sessions
#These are the WWDC sessions I am most eager to watch:
- Add intelligence to your widgets
- Focus on iPad keyboard navigation
- Get ready for iCloud Private Relay
- Meet async/await in Swift
- Ultimate application performance survival guide
- Meet StoreKit 2
- Customize and resize sheets in UIKit
- Demystify SwiftUI
- Explore WKWebView additions
- Meet AsyncSequence
- Meet TextKit 2
- Move beyond passwords
- SF Symbols in UIKit and AppKit
- Secure login with iCloud Keychain verification codes
- Send communication and Time Sensitive notifications
- Use async/await with URLSession
- Build Mail app extensions
- Support Full Keyboard Access in your iOS app
- Support customers and handle refunds
- Accelerate networking with HTTP/3 and QUIC
- Design for Safari 15
- Write a DSL in Swift using result builders
At the New Hampshire Fisher Cats game.
As of today: fully vaccinated. 💉🎉