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I didn't realize that Hetzner had expanded to the US. And their prices are WAAAAYYY cheaper than Linode’s now. (Turns out that charging 20% higher prices for the same resources over ~5 years in the web-hosting business makes you pretty easy to beat.) Seriously looking at Hetzner now. Any experiences running medium-scale applications there, like maybe 20 server instances with ~a terabyte of databases? Long-term reliability?

Michael Tsai - Blog - Moving From Linode to Hetzner

Stumped by this one. Setting up an iPad with iCloud restore, and none of the apps are downloading automatically. Tapping one brings this up. I'm on my Wi-Fi network, other connectivity works… and while this iPad does have cellular, no plan has ever been activated on it yet. Reboots and Reset Network Settings haven't fixed it. iPadOS 26.1. Tapping "Download" immediately downloads the item over Wi-Fi. Anyone ever see this? Any ideas?

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David Smith (@_Davidsmith@mastodon.social)

2.03K Posts, 318 Following, 17.3K Followers · Independent app developer. Independent in general. Maker of Widgetsmith, Pedometer++, Sleep++ and Wa...

) and I have published the final episode of Under The Radar. We're incredibly proud of our ten-year catalog of 30-minute discussions on development, marketing, monetization, work/life balance, and mental health for app developers. We've heard from so many of you already (thanks!), and the show also brought incredible value to David and me, for both our businesses and our friendship. We had a great run! Thanks for listening, everyone.

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Under the Radar - Relay

From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar was all about independent app development. It was rarely longer than 30 minutes.

Thank you for your purchase, we will now email you literally every day, somehow, because there is so much news in the world of our shirts that you need a daily briefing

Every few years, I have to sign into AWS to do some minor thing, and there are 40 new levels of complexity to basic tasks, scary new terms and settings on everything that I don't want to touch, it turns out the one thing I needed doesn't exist anymore, and now I need to first create a user management system to set up assignment roles to tag my management assets so I can define an access policy for the one goddamn setting I was looking for

9 AM: This is awesome! I feel great! I love this DST change! 5 PM: shit

The "Apple's Values" section at the end is striking. (@npub13ntd...94ay)

Six Colors

Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged

On the day that Apple announces its quarterly fiscal results, as it did on Thursday, there’s a little ritual that happens down in Cupertino: ...

If you think Cook will say whatever he needs to say to please the current administration, but doesn't really believe it himself…

LOL, we're asking for tips for phone-case vendors now?

“OpenAI and Ive [are] working on a device roughly the size of a smartphone that users would communicate with through a camera, microphone and speaker. One person suggested it might have multiple cameras.” So… like… a phone? “…designed to sit on a desk or table but can also be carried around by the user.” So… like… a phone? “…sensors would gather data throughout the day that would help to build its virtual assistant’s ‘memory.’” So… like… a phone?

Ars Technica

OpenAI, Jony Ive struggle with technical details on secretive new AI gadget

ChatGPT maker working with former Apple design boss to launch personal assistant.

“Clarity and structure are sacrificed for the illusion of simplicity offered by a monochromatic haze of an interface.” God, @npub1erwf...50mm can write.

On Liquid Glass

A brief, throat-clearing caveat: while I had written most of this pre-launch, I was unable to complete it by the time Apple shipped its annual roun...