Author: Thomas Karpiniec
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Several people are typing…
I use the chat system Matrix regularly. For something so distributed and open I continue to be amazed how well it all works. My account is hosted by a friendly fellow across town whom I don’t actually know very well and it’s absolutely endearing to me how the server goes down when the power goes…
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Building Cross-Platform Offline-First Apps with Bluetooth Low Energy
This is the transcript and slides from a presentation I gave at /dev/world in Melbourne on May 9, 2024, under the somewhat less descriptive title “Bluetooth Low Energy On All The Things”. If you like to watch things in video format then AUC has the original on their YouTube channel. Hello everybody. Yes, my name…
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/dev/world 2024 wrap-up
For the first time in five years I made the trip to Melbourne to attend /dev/world, a conference for Apple-loving developers. I am something of an imposter there with a Pixel in my pocket and being ignorant of what Tim Cook announced most recently, but it’s a fun and smart crowd and it was great…
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A new home with less upkeep
For many years I’ve hosted my blog over on SDF. It’s fine, but I decided it’s time I make the jump to my own domain and services. Jekyll development has continued apace since I first configured the template for my static website and it’s no longer possible to build it on the latest version because…