Marc Nause [mstdn] @nause_marc@mastodon.xyz
Joined Apr 2017
I went for a walk in the woods today and it occurred to me that it should be possible to automatically create hiking routes from #OSM data (spiced up with #Wikipedia data maybe). A short web search only turned up https://www.ctguides.com/walkwizard. Isn't this a thing or do I suck at search?
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Mark Murphy (aka Commons Guy) wrote about why letting Google sign your apps is a bad idea: https://commonsware.com/blog/2020/09/23/uncomfortable-questions-app-signing.html
I just realized that the design of the shirt I am wearing today has similarities with #software. Looks all sharp from the surface, but once you look closer you only find the small miserable truth and it is all held together by nothing but a little bit of string. #dev #engineering
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#TinyWeatherForecastGermany
#android #fdroid #floss
New version 0.50.1 ist out.
My weather forecast app left beta!
Key features:
- does not track the user
- GPLv3
- uses open data of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
- weather warnings for Germany
- supports #gadgetbridge
See the project page here at #codeberg:
https://codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeatherForecastGermany
You can get apks from the project page or from here:
https://kaffeemitkoffein.de/nextcloud/index.php/s/NxjPfLNfAfYB9PN
I am thinking about switching to a more tech/coding/tinkering/geek oriented international mastodon instance. I considered mastodon.technology or mastodon.sdf.org, but I am unsure and unfortunately there is no way to lurk without creating an account. Does anybody have some good advise for me?
Probably the most 90s thing I have seen all week. #Volkswagen #T3 #Helmet
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I just uploaded version 1.5.5 of my #Android app EasyOpenLink to Google Play. The #fdroid build will be available once the F-Droid build system feels like building it. The new version removes support for opening links in private mode in #Firefox due to https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/14499 😕
I just remembered that Joel Spolsky had written an article about how it is a bad idea to rewrite code from scratch and then I looked it up and the negative example he used was #Netscape: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ 🤣
New #Android versions break sh*t loads of things, bugtracker is unusable. Mozilla releases #Firefox update which breaks not only the UI/UX but also the way incognito tabs are opened via 3rd party applications. This suvks. Glad that I don't do #AndroidDev professionally anymore.
I am currently reading "The Cruise of the Snark" by Jack London. In one chapter he talks about Ernest Darling who seems to have been quite a character and a kind of proto-hippie ahead of his time.
Bringing home the harvest. #tomatoes #balcony #urbangardening
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If you, your project or your team depends on an open source project, don’t hesitate to mail its creators and tell them that you do!
You have no idea how useful such endorsements are when maintainers want to justify their time commitments!
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Joining "The Cult of #Remute Portable". Didn't expect the #Nintendo3DS to have a decent punch, but with the right headphones it sounds pretty good. #thecultofremute #3ds #NDS
#AndroidDev can be such a pain! The dev documentation says I can set an icon for an activity or an intent-filter, but the share menu will show the app icon in Android 10+ and I have no clue if this is a bug or desired behaviour. 😡
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro#iconlabel
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Joined Apr 2017
