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Somewhat relevant from yesterday. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/03/apple-icloud-sharing-ex...

Literally just got an email about connecting GitHub to the iOS app and now it’s down. Spike in traffic perhaps?

And yet we’re about to face an eye watering increase in bills due to the way we’re charged for energy.

There appears to be a dark pattern occurring where the Tahoe update is selected by default and you need to uncheck it to just install the security update.

Maybe this is less of an issue now we’re in the digital era of console games but one of the biggest aspects for me is that if I buy one of these new machines, my existing library i…

Except those OSs would work on any machine. They’d be slow in some cases but would still work. Windows 11 has requirements that either require BIOS tweaks or a whole new MB (or new…

If I choose not to use a service that costs a fee (such as Netflix), I am not hounded for not paying it. If I chose not to pay a tax, I am hounded with threats of prosecution and f…

Absolutely this. I’ve only had a single Home Screen since Apple added the App Library. I’ve always had Apollo in the same position. I swapped it out with my grocery app. I can’t ev…

The irony, it’s now in the public domain but I can only access the bottom of the post if I have a Substack account.

With the cost of living crisis, this isn't going to help anyone. How does taking more money away from those with un-environmentally friendly cars help them afford to replace them? …

Letting myself get burned-out to the point of considering the s word. Every time I just thought “things will get better, it’s probably just me”. I’ve since switched jobs after a br…

I moved to more of a lead role about a year ago but I find myself jumping in to coding more often recently. Is there anything wrong with going back to full time development?

https://macosicons.com/ Unfortunately it doesn’t stick if there’s an update but it solves the problem temporarily.

I think the link should really be to their blog post? https://www.parallels.com/blogs/apple-silicon-wwdc/

Tell that to my 2019 HRV. Doesn’t even have CarPlay so I can’t use Siri to do anything for me. All AC controls are touch screen so I have to look away from the road just to change …

That’s exactly what I was referring to. I thought by replying to the comment that mentioned joining a team would have provided the context of what I was agreeing too...

100%. I worked alone for a few years. Again self taught web development. I tried to read the “best practices” for the languages I was learning. But it was bugs galore and code I fe…

Isn’t there a “law” that states the best way to get a correct answer is to post the wrong one first? I feel that should be in mind whenever reading through StackOverflow answers. *…

Agreed. It’s a wholly bootstrap site with unfinished elements, poorly laid out columns (on mobile at least), stretched images and requires a login for any action that isn’t the fro…

How does this work in terms of GDPR? If it’s only rolled out in a few countries, surely this is Facebook admitting they collect this data but we have no way to access it right now?…

I’m afraid to say it’s fairly easy for me. Two days of the week we get free fruit. Other than that, nothing is subsidised.

“But the company said Mail Online still failed to gather and present information responsibly” Does this not then undermine the meaning of the green tick for sites that are responsi…

I'm currently suffering a similar situation. My entire team are co-located and I work remotely. The timezone difference means there's no overlap unless I move my hours around. This…

I’m about 5 years into “professional” development work. I used to constantly work on personal projects whether they went anywhere or not. I just loved using them as an excuse to le…